Top 91 most frequently asked questions about the Bible

Search engines on the internet capture a window into the minds and hearts of people around the world. When the search volume on a keyword or phrase increases in a short period of time, that’s indicating how our collective human consciousness has drawn together on a common topic of interest. (Scroll to the bottom of this article to see the current top searches.)

People are searching and looking for answers all the time, both for the practical needs of everyday life as well as the big existential questions about the meaning of life and how then we should live. (by the way, existential was the word of the year in 2019.)

The Bible is a collection of books that speaks to the human experience so profoundly and powerfully. One group with a passion for exploring the Bible had launched a website, LookInside.Bible (now inactive), with answers to the most frequently asked questions and topics about the Bible from the world’s most popular search engine, Google.

List of Top Questions about the Bible

1. What is the Bible?
2. What does the Bible say about pornography?
3. Contradictions in the Bible
4. How do I read the Bible?
5. Why are there so many bad feelings about the Bible?
6. What does the Bible say about sex?
7. Is the Bible a fairy tale?
8. Should we take the Bible literally or not?
9. Does the Bible talk about homosexuality?
10. Why is the Bible so boring?
11. How to understand the Bible
12. How old is the Earth according to the Bible?
13. Who wrote the Bible?
14. Does modern science disprove the Bible?
15. Why read the Bible?
16. Is there an unforgivable sin in the Bible?
17. What does the Bible say about pride?
18. What does the Bible say about anger?
19. What does the Bible say about lying?
20. Where did the Bible come from?
21. What does the Bible say about prostitution?
22. Different versions of the Bible
23. What does the Bible stand for?
24. What language was the Bible written in?
25. What does the Bible say about death?
26. What does the Bible say about depression?
27. What does the Bible say about sadness?
28. What does the Bible say about drinking?
29. Does the Bible have a sense of humor?
30. What’s in the Bible?
31. How many people wrote the Bible?
32. What does the Bible mean?
33. Can you make the Bible less confusing?
34. What does the Bible say about tattoos?
35. What does the Bible say about dinosaurs?
36. Where to start reading the Bible
37. What does the Bible say about abortion?
38. When was the Bible written?
39. How many books are in the Bible?
40. What Bible do Catholics use?
41. What does the Bible say about bullying?
42. What does the Bible say about immigration?
43. What does the Bible say about refugees?
44. What does the Bible say about divorce?
45. What does the Bible say about money?
46. What does the Bible say about protesting?
47. How old is the Bible?
48. What does the Bible say about marijuana?
49. What does the Bible say about marriage?
50. What does the Bible say about the end of the world?
51. What does the Bible say about prayer?
52. What does the Bible say about heaven?
53. Why do some Christians use the Bible to justify hate?
54. Why was the Bible ever made?
55. What does the Bible say about abuse?
56. What does the Bible say about cremation?
57. Why is the Bible allowing itself to be used the way it is?
58. What does the Bible say about forgiveness?
59. What does the Bible say about hell?
60. What does the Bible say about rape?
61. What does the Bible say about birth control?
62. What does the Bible say about fear?
63. What does the Bible say about suicide?
64. What does the Bible say about relationships?
65. What does the Bible say about gossip?
66. What does the Bible say about revenge?
67. What does the Bible say about cursing?
68. What does the Bible say about fasting?
69. What does the Bible say about friendship?
70. What does the Bible say about dating?
71. What does the Bible say about adultery?
72. What does the Bible say about the environment?
73. What does the Bible say about politics?
74. What would the Bible say is the most important part of itself?
75. What does the Bible say about tithing?
76. How to read the Bible in one year
77. What does the Bible say about love?
78. What does the Bible say about doubt?
79. What does the Bible say about racism?
80. What does the Bible say about interracial marriage?
81. What does the Bible say about discrimination?
82. What does the Bible say about diversity?
83. Is the Bible sexist?
84. Why is the Bible so anti-women?
85. What does the Bible say about feminism?
86. What does the Bible say about war?
87. What does the Bible say about being transgender?
88. What does the Bible say about faith?
89. What does the Bible say about gambling?
90. How do we know the Bible is true?
91. Why read the Bible if it can be interpreted differently?

Google Trends Today

While these searches are probably not Bible-related, though occasional there might be one, they do show what is on the minds of many people today. Take a look at the top searches in the United States, as measured by search volume on Google Trends; and how searches for “Bible” are trending: