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Why isn't the Bible ever on the New York Times Bestseller List?

If it's the bestselling book of all time and more copies of it are sold than any other book, why isn't it always number one on the New York Times?

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1. If it's always gonna be number one, then whats the point of even putting it up there? Let other authors have some fame.
2. Because it's what is popular in that week. Anyway, it's not a novel or non-fiction. Religious texts aren't on there- it doesn't just have one author. EDIT: The Bible was written by many different people, okay? God did not sit down with a pen one day and churn it out. Whether you think it's God's words or not, he didn't write it.
3. The best-seller formula is not about actual sales ever for a book, it is about the rate of sales in a week at selected stores across the country. Actual sales vs rate of sale is an important distinction. Rate of sales can be high one week and land a book on the list, but actual sales may not be as good overall, so it is possible that in a six week period that a book that never made it on the list can out sell a best seller. The reporting stores for the NYT list are fairly 'secret', so that publishers and authors can't attempt to influence the list by sending people to particular stores to buy a certain book.
4. Because normally that has to do with one author. the Bible has many. It's always number one in the hearts of Christians though. (me!)
5. Because of the communist ACLU.