As far as I know, the above quotes and percentages are correct. It is certainly also correct that at the time of Martin Luther, both the Catholic and Protestant churches literally believed in the bible. The change happened mostly in the last 50 years, going along with better education and the scientific discoveries.

Yet literal bible belief still exists in Germany, two of my neighbors are literal bible believers. About 11% of the German population take the bible literally (5 years ago it was 13%). Interestingly, only 2% of the protestant ministers take the bible literally. The same goes for most of the European continent, with a slightly different situation in countries with a Catholic tradition, like Italy or Spain. No doubt, this trend will also continue in the US, with a delay of maybe 20 years behind Europe.

So far to the European religious statistics. But still, no one has come forward yet with a good defense strategy for the struggling fundamentalist God.