Why isn't there an official  21st Century USA Bible?
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Well - in the United States I would say that the New International Version (NIV) is probably the most used in most modern day churches. \n\nI don't think that the Tanak, Apocrypha and Koran should be included because the Bible is a book about Christianity in the NT and a book about the Judaism in the OT. However, Jewish people don't use the Bible. \n\nThe apocrypha has questionable stories that haven't been canonized - the Tanak isn't really Christian and the Koran is a Muslim book. \n\nBuy a separate copy of each - they're just books and I don't see the need of having them in one compnendium.
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Get over it... \n\nWelcome to living in a democracy, where it matters what others think.\n\n(BTW, micber is right that I also want to learn more about the Bible - I DO admit it).
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The New American Bible is the version used in Catholic Churches in the United States. It might be convenient to read the same words that you hear at Mass.
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It is Strong's Concordance (you were VERY close).  If you actually need the physical book, you will be hard pressed to find one for free.  It is one of the largest, heaviest books I have in my library.  I would guess that a new one goes for around $40-50.  You might be able to find one cheap online, but it would be expensive to ship.  I would recommend calling a few used book shops in your area.  You can find software online that you can either download, or use right off the internet, however that you can use for free.  Any online Bible with a search feature does pretty much the same thing.  I like biblegateway.com.  If you specifically need the numbers that go with the search however, I don't think they have that.
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The Nestle-Aland Greek text has become the near-universally accepted standard.  It is outstanding and has exhaustive footnotes to record variant manuscripts (although reading the footnotes can be more challenging than reading the Greek).\n\nAs for English translations, I prefer the New American Standard Bible (NASB) as I believe it does the best job of translating in a word-for-word fashion.
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Catholics read the Bible for 1,200 years before Protestants existed. Why wouldn't we? The Bible belongs to the Catholic Church. It was compiled by Catholic bishops, and approved by a Catholic Pope, for the sole purpose of use within the Catholic Church. Those who have borrowed the book from the Catholic Church have consistently demonstrated their inability to interpret it correctly. When I read the Holy Bible I see a Church that is ONE, even as Jesus and His heavenly Father are ONE, a church united in teaching, united in beliefs, united in worship, not a manmade tradition fragmented into thousands of conflicting denominations.  I'll continue to read the Bible as Catholics have always done, and I'll continue to look to God's holy Church, the biblical pillar and foundation of truth, for correct and authoritative interpretation. Leave God's Church for the doctrinal chaos of manmade denominational religion?  No. I don't think so.
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Check these out.\nhttp://etext.virginia.edu/kjv.browse.html\nhttp://www.audio-bible.com/bible/bible.html
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Yes!\nRead the BIBLE! instead of that ^_^
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You can probably find one at a bookstore or public library.  Or you could check your telephone directory for a local church and ask for advice on how to find a Bible in your community.\n\nIf you want to download a copy, there are thousands of books (not just Bibles) that you can download from Project Gutenberg at www.gutenberg.org.  The page for the King James Bible is:\n\nhttp://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7999\n\nAlso, there are a number of audio versions of the Bible that you can download here:\n\nhttp://www.audiotreasure.com/#download\n\nFinally, there are a number of organizations that distribute bibles.  The Gideons is one of them:\n\nhttp://www.gideons.org/
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"...can it be backed up with scripture?"\n\nCertainly not; it's not Scriptural.  It's a pseudo-religious phrasing of an old conservative attitude.
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That is an easy one!\n\nFind a Christian Bible.\nFind another book.\nCheck if that book is found in the Bible.\nIf it isn't there then obviously it was left out.\n\nHow hard was that?\n\nThe Egyptian Book of the Dead? Nope, not there.\nThe Tibetian Book of the Dead? Nope, not there.\nWar & Peace? Nope, not there.\n\nWhere did you get this silly idea that the Bible was supposed to contain every single book in the universe and that the mean ole' Council of Nicea left all those millions of books out?
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Because people dont actualy read their Bibles. Sad.
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Because society is so messed up these days and noone realizes it other than us christians. The way I see it... In the next generation, only 5% will be bible believing Christians... Try to find one than! Well, i wish I could help. Good luck.
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TRUTH ABOUT IT ALL\nEven though we may not believe that most things written on the bible is true its hard to dismiss the fact that everything that is written on the bible 'is coming true'.\n\n**To those people that ask where USA is said on the bible: It's not written there as US, it sort of has a 'hidden meaning' to it. Not everyone can get what it say**\n\nActually, there are only going to be two very powerful countries in the 'end': USA and Iraq. But USA is referred to as the 'bad' country and Iraq is 'powerful' country.\n\nWell, I hope this helps. If it doesn't, then sorry.
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There are loads of contradictions in the Bible. Maybe if the church let us see all the books of the Bible. Including the stuff they rejected for the final canonical version of the bible we would understand fully the religion.
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i found a bible search c link below\nhope u find what u need.\n:)\nit's 1 of my favourites.
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The thing to look for is what's called the "historical-critical method." This is the method of researching, translating, and interpreting the Holy Scriptures that the bishops at Vatican II approved. In short, it uses not only the texts themselves, but also our archeological discoveries, historical sciences, and human reason to come to the best understanding of the Bible.\n\nMany (but not all) Protestant denominations reject the historical method, and translate and interpret the Scriptures literally and directly. (The King James, New King James, and New American Standard are of this type.)\n\nOther translations try to use modern language to get the ideas across. These are "paraphrases," not "translations," and the Contemporary English and New Living Versions are the most notorious of them.\n\nThe Catholic Church favors the New American Bible or the Revised Standard Version (not the New American STANDARD of the NEW Revised Standard ... those too are paraphrases). The NAB and RSV were translated by committees of Catholic AND Protestant Scripture scholars, and are very sound.