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What Was The Best Selling Book In America This Year???

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It's the Bible! In 2008, 25 million copies of the bible were sold. Can we get an Amen???!!!!

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106 comments to “What Was The Best Selling Book In America This Year???”

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  1. 1

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    LG WAS GOING TO SAY THAT!!!
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    SAD.
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  2. 2

    lmao.



  3. 3

    amen! the world is not as sick as i thought = ].



  4. 4

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    I thought it was Hustler magazine !



  5. 5

    Oh Jesus!



  6. 6

    Its the number one book around the world



  7. 7

    bibleicious :)

    thats surprising… haha…. but apparently everyone is praying this year due to the economic recession… :) ha ha… i think i'm gonna go shopping there :)

  8. emmz says – reply to this


    8

    isnt it always?



  9. 9

    ATHEISTS RULE THE WORLD!



  10. 10

    I wore mine out…



  11. 11

    great! now that many more people will be brainwashed. yippeeee!



  12. 12

    I was gonna say Twilight

    But usually the Bible is a very popular selling book.



  13. 13

    That's so sad. A book of myths is the best selling book. How sad that people actually believe this book is literal fact. Jesus, Horus, Mitras, Buddha and the rest of them are all the same–myth. Christianity stole pagan traditions and put a Christian stamp on them.



  14. 14

    How sad.



  15. 15

    LAME. there are way more interesting and more accurate books out there.



  16. 16

    so like….who gets the profits from bible sales???? god or jesus?



  17. 17

    It's always the Bible. That's why they leave it out of the weekly/monthly top sellers lists… Because it'll always be in the top spot.



  18. 18

    Surprised it wasn't one of two books written by booooooooobama



  19. 19

    The Bible is the best selling book of all time….. it's filled with some good stuff you know….like jesus



  20. 20

    Re: BettieP – Your so right, most people actually don't get the point that Jesus was powerful beacause he was good at healing people…doesn't that just make him smart and good and knowing what herbs to use when a person iss sick! Then doesnt that mean every single doctor is like Jesus too! Also all the messangers of God like Mohammed, Moses, and Jesus have basicly the same story … they went to the desert came back and said they saw God AND PEOPLE BELIEVED THEM EVEN WHEN THEY HAD NO EVIDENCE!NONE! .



  21. 21

    AMEN

  22. midi says – reply to this


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    apparently the bible belt is a little bigger than previously thought.



  23. 23

    Yay being brainwashed.



  24. 24

    lol!
    I would've thought it would be Breaking Dawn



  25. 25

    It's always the best selling book every year Perez!



  26. 26

    woo!!



  27. 27

    " the 21st century will be religious or will not be" - andre malraux



  28. 28

    Re: avamaleki – u are just plain stupid!! Jesus was not " powerful" b/c "He was good at healing ppl"… He used to teach ppl about TOLERANCE and other unimportant things like this…

  29. Kate says – reply to this


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    The bible is ALWAYS the best selling book. It's also the most widely published book and has the most translations worldwide.



  30. 30

    its always the best selling book.



  31. 31

    So, what was the biggest selling non-fiction book?



  32. 32

    No, you may not get an Amen from me. Did you know the Bible is also the most stolen book?

    Yeah…

    CC



  33. 33

    PRAISE THE LORD!



  34. 34

    fer real i was gonna guess twilight haha.



  35. 35

    Seriously? There are 25 million people in this country that give a shit?

    I had no idea.



  36. 36

    whoa!
    i thought it would be one of the twilight books with all of the sucess those have done.
    but Amen.



  37. 37

    Bahahahahahaha



  38. 38

    That makes me happy!! Amen!! Jesus rocks!



  39. 39

    Oh praise the lord!! the Bible is a pile of crap - Religion is supposed to be about love and acceptance and community yet the Bible is the most violent book out there.



  40. 40

    Ok… umm that many people are lying to themselves that they will become more intouch with God so they can survive the economy! Come on people just by a dictionary and learn something that will actually help you!



  41. 41

    Re: morganm – I agree…but compared to the 6 billion people it's not that many, thankfully.

  42. Net2 says – reply to this


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    the bible is not violent and if u believed in hell of course you want every1 to be a christian because even if u h8 some1 u wouldnt want them 2 b damned for eternal in2 the firey pits of hell



  43. 43

    So which version? King James?, New World Translation of Holy Scriptures?, The Book of Mormon?, etc….? Rest assured, "Red Carpet Suicide" will not be in the running next year. just sayin'.



  44. 44

    Re: MyChemicalRomance

    Holy shit, this. I was so afriad of giving Stephanie Meyer that satisfaction.



  45. 45

    omg can you believe some of these comments. what has the world come to. It's astonishing how many people don't believe in god. All we can do is pray for them.



  46. 46

    hmm i thought it would have been twilight

    i dont really think the bible can count unless its all the same version of the bible..



  47. 47

    Re: Pattinson
    I'll definetley say an Amen so that…its so sad how many ppl dont believe….SMH



  48. 48

    hey! i thought twilight was the most sold book they sold over 30 million copies
    so far over the world who else thinks robet pattinson is super HAWT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



  49. 49

    Amen!



  50. 50

    twilight didnt come out in 2008 -_-

    breaking dawn did



  51. 51

    Let's hope all those Bibles are put to good use and read thoroughly, not just certain verses. Let's hope they take the speckle out of their own eyes before they point at their brother's.
    Amen.



  52. 52

    aah fiction really sells dont it???



  53. 53

    Wow. People need to get some real books.



  54. 54

    I think that is awesome! I was going to say Breaking Dawn or that book that came out from JK Rowling or whatever but more power to the BIBLE!



  55. 55

    Could it be that there are still people out there who believe in the Adam and Eve bullshit? Damn catolic church is to blame for women being considered less worthy for so many centuries.



  56. 56

    ameeen

    hallelujah Jesus..



  57. 57

    =[

    TWILIGHT



  58. 58

    Everyone love a good fictional book.
    Except me.

  59. slgee says – reply to this


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    How is this news?
    The Bible is the best-selling book ever…
    You should probably mention that it sold 25 million copies around the world, not just in the US or something…
    Whatever, Beedle the Bard is better than the Bible.



  60. 60

    the bible is full of nonsense, uhmmm i think the tales of beedle the bard should be the number one

  61. slgee says – reply to this


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    Re: jana_bby
    For real!

  62. slgee says – reply to this


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    Re: eljimmy
    *HIGH FIVE*

  63. slgee says – reply to this


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    Re: vamp-mistress
    Nope, it's not.
    You're just retarded.

  64. mute says – reply to this


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    it would be funny if in 2008 years from now, someone believes the Lord of the Rings series and takes it literally and everyone starts worshipping hobbits.



  65. 65

    its not shocking at all

  66. mute says – reply to this


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    why is it that i can only comment on certain posts? most of the time, it tells me to just login when i'm always logged in. ARG. is there a secret i should know about?



  67. 67

    HOLLA! CORINTHIANS 13



  68. 68

    [re=3246625]Re: Alexis



  69. 69

    Re: mute – Tell me about it! It's a BOOK. I believe in God and all, but I'm not going to follow a rule book that was created millions of years ago or whatever. Times change, I'm sure God knows that. It's not even necessarily REAL. I'm being honest with myself, I'm not trying to be hateful or cruel so don't tell me I'm going to hell, please. It's not really any normal human's business to condemn people to hell. If God wants to send me to hell for not believing in a book that causes so much hate and conflict..fine. I'm going to stand for my beliefs and MY God isn't going to judge me for that, nor should any of you extremists.



  70. 70

    Wow fuck off for not posting my comment. Anyways, Alexis. You are a bitch for thinking anyone who isn't Christian is sick, Christians are some of the most sick, twisted intolerant people I have ever met.



  71. 71

    Re: BettieP – Did you get this info. in your Bible 101 course at the local community college? It's a lot more complicated than that.



  72. 72

    Re: Slutstick – No, they're not. They just know something very important that you don't yet.



  73. 73

    Who DOES get the profit from the sales of bibles?
    Haha, I'd love to know



  74. 74

    Re: MISSKJK_8408 – Don't be sorry for anyone that has stepped into R-E-A-L-I-T-Y, sweeties.



  75. 75

    it's always the bible.



  76. 76

    That's pretty sad



  77. 77

    Who gets the money?



  78. 78

    Too bad most of them wont to ake the time to read it, but will nevertheless talk about it like they are experts



  79. 79

    I used the pages of mine to wipe my ass.



  80. 80

    Awesome fiction book,
    But if anyone here commenting wants to look into the history of religion check out the egyptian sun god and many others who were the basis for jesus christ all dying on december the 25th and miraculously rising a week later.
    Which is coincidenltly the way that the sun rises,it's all pagan just in a new cover.
    If you have so much faith in your deity check out the facts behind jesus. x



  81. 81

    This makes me want to go burn a bowl of entrails in protest for the Almighty Zeus!



  82. 82

    amen!!!!!



  83. 83

    Well…this shit's got to stop! How about a non-fiction book for 2009!



  84. 84

    I thought it was going to be a Harry Potter book or The Audacity of Hope.



  85. 85

    Um. The Bible is the best-selling book every year. Seriously, any employee at Barnes and Noble could tell you that. It also has the most copies in print. But then again, I don't know why I would come to this site expecting intellectualism



  86. 86

    fuck da bible!



  87. 87

    It takes one weird ass person to throw a hissy on a blog because a religious volume is the most popular book. If you don't believe it, ignore it. It's not hurting you. Mind your own business and practice some tolerance, you assholes.



  88. 88

    Ahhhhhh!! That's how the Vatican can afford to pay hush money to all the victim of their pedophile priests!! LOL



  89. 89

    twilight!



  90. 90

    oh boyyyyyy, great page for people to express their opinions that everyone must hear on religion…



  91. 91

    Oh, wonderful. -_- More brainwashing and ignorance spread. Woot!



  92. 92

    Not a socker!! God ruuuules! since the bible came out so U could buy it it has been the #1 seller IN the world!! What book you thought it would be? Harry potter?Twilght?! well sorry to dissapoint uuuu!!



  93. 93

    Re: methesupergirl – it's caTHolic sweety pie.



  94. 94

    I'm completely baffled why today's human beings still believe in talking burning bushes, talking snakes, Adam and Eve, the earth is 6000 years old, Noah's Ark… it's just sad!!!



  95. 95

    I thought it was twilight.



  96. 96

    I wonder how many secular humanist said "WHAT?!?! THAT CAN'T BE POSSIBLE!?! I JUST TOLD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ON THE NET THAT GOD WAS DEAD!11"

    LAWL.



  97. 97

    It's always the bible



  98. 98

    to BettieP:
    I think its SAD that you have no faith.
    You have nothing to believe in.
    Christ is the truth.
    And all of the Christians will have the last
    laugh when their in heaven, and you're down here.

    God Bless you,
    mckenzielove.

    Happy Birthday Jesus :)
    MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!



  99. 99

    Disgusting. Sad. And by "The Bible", does he mean Christianity's bastardization of the Jewish Bible and many Pagan holidays and beliefs?



  100. 100

    this means nothing

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