| − | From the beginning, attempts have been made to both negate what God has commanded in the [[Bible]], as well as to otherwise drastically misconstrue it's meanings, often by sophisticated forms of sophistry. One of the most recent evident manifestations of such has been in the area of [[homosexuality and the Bible]], in which proponents of [[homosexuality]] and more specifically, homosex (also referred to as homoeroticism<ref> homosexual erotic activity; same gender sexual relations</ref>) and [[same-sex marriage]] have strove to cast doubt on what God has explicitly stated on the matter, and to outright deny commands of God, and then to present assertions to the contrary. (cf. Gn. 3:1-5). However, these attempts are exposed as specious, by consistently using proven rules of Biblical exegesis, which the Author of Scripture has made evident, and by which the Bible is manifest to be the immutable and coherent spiritual and moral authority it presents itself to be. | + | From the beginning, attempts have been made to both negate what God in the [[Bible]] has clearly commanded not to be done, as well as to misconstrue it's words in order to promote sins which men desire to do, often by sophisticated forms of sophistry. One of the most recent evident manifestations of such has been in the area of [[homosexuality and the Bible]], in which proponents of [[homosexuality]], and more specifically, homosex (also referred to as "homoeroticism" or homogenitalism relations<ref>homosexual erotic activity; same gender sexual relations</ref>) and [[same-sex marriage]] have strove to cast doubt and to outright deny what God has explicitly stated on the matter, and then to present assertions to the contrary. (cf. Gn. 3:1-5). |
| − | In contrast, in their attempt to disallow the universal condemnation of homosex as well as to force sex into passages which it does not belong in, hermeneutics often employed by pro-homosex proponents effectively negate the authority of the Bible as a whole, and render it a book out of which most anything may be validly derived, which is a popular misconception, exampled by such fiction as the Da Vinci Code<ref>http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/thedavincicode.html</ref>
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