Questions tagged [united-states]
For questions relating to the country known as the United States of America.
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When did the African-American population become Christian?
As someone who's never been to the USA I might be making a completely wrong assumption, but from all the media, it seems that the majority of the African-American population were traditionally ...
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What is the dominant "Other Christianity" of the Members of the US Congress from the Dakotas? [closed]
According to this map:
the predominant religion of a given region is usually more or less close to that of the Member of Congress who represents it. Wisconsin and the Northeast are heavily Catholic (...
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When/why did the [N]RSV become a "Catholic" Bible instead of a "Protestant" Bible?
The Methodist church my aunt grew up in back in the 50s and 60s relied almost exlcusively on the RSV, and she continued to use it until her death a few years ago as her preferred translation.
However, ...
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Why wasn't the Bible enough for the founding fathers of America? [closed]
In light of the 4th of July in America, the founding fathers created new and brilliant ideas and concepts by which the "new world" would and still live by.
It is almost as if they created a new ...
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Is the USA mentioned in the Bible?
I've dug up at least one reference that may be a candidate.
Jeremiah 6:21-23
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons ...
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Why is the KJV frequently said to be the "true" translation?
This question actually centers on the KJV translation itself. It's not hard to find a church in America (particularly in the south) where they believe that the KJV is the one true translation and that ...
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