Talismans

Talisman -
1. An object marked with magic signs and believed to confer on its bearer supernatural powers or protection.
2. Something that apparently has magic power.

A Bible is not a talisman. Church membership is not one either. There is no object on the face of the planet that can protect you magically, supernaturally or in any other way. I see the sad condition of people clinging to an object, particularly a Bible somehow wishing, hoping that it will keep bad things or events away from them. This makes me feel that memorization is a good thing. If you have the words locked in your head you do not need the object. I am sometimes tempted to take the book away from such a person and ask them to quote me some passage from it. That would be rather mean, but I know that they could not, except maybe John 3:16, and that sentence is rather impractical.

There is a great deal of practical wisdom to be found in a Bible but most of it is not the out-of-context feel-good bits that superstitious people like. If you want to use a Bible, well good, use it. Read it. Learn what is in it. It will be a whole lot harder than you think it will be, but you will gain from the effort. If you do not want to read, do not carry it, you look foolish.

If you do not like what I have just said, I would refer you to Proverbs 26:7.