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Faced with the biblical establishment of the exclusive sanction of male and female sexual unions, and condemnation of homosexual relations, homosexuals almost seriously impugn the reliability of Scripture, most particularly when it conflicts with their desired conclusions.  Countering this, conservative Christians contend for the reliability of the Bible,<ref>The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, by Bruce M. Metzger</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=wWDSR8y911kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inerrancy+of+the+bible Inerrancy By Norman L. Geisler]</ref> and the meaning of those related to homosexuality,<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=WcyqvWfJnyYC&dq=Marriage+and+Family+in+the+Biblical+World+By+Ken+M.+Campbell&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=tdP-w02BMG&sig=JTDKQfOh_7OF_DO5Ejw7ZOZ12kQ&hl=en&ei=xClXSrrCFoGZtgfGrLzdCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1 Marriage and Family in the Biblical World By Ken M. Campbell]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Zeotd-ylKtwC&dq=Straight%2Band%2BNarrow%3F%2BCompassion%2Band%2BClarity%2Bin%2Bthe%2BHomosexuality%2BDebate&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=WOY_52R5Bm&sig=BUMeUZv6ocyWnysyKH5OUPoDLb4&hl=en&ei=8ClXSvKYKtWktwe_tLjdCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3 Straight & Narrow? By Thomas E. Schmidt]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXAVf8m_HKgC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=Homosexuality++By+James+B.+De+Young&source=bl&ots=ZjVJVYi9Fb&sig=NAf_HeY1mb2l2fwdAj5lxnUx_Mw&hl=en&ei=GypXSonvK5mltgeVns3jDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1 Homosexuality By James B. De Young]</ref><ref>[http://www.robgagnon.net/ArticlesOnline.htm Robert A. J. Gagnon Articles Available Online]</ref> and see the diminishing of the authority of the Bible by many homosexual authors as being ideologically driven.<ref>[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0108a.html Authority of Scripture, by Joseph P. Gudel]</ref>  

Faced with the biblical establishment of the exclusive sanction of male and female sexual unions, and condemnation of homosexual relations, homosexuals almost seriously impugn the reliability of Scripture, most particularly when it conflicts with their desired conclusions.  Countering this, conservative Christians contend for the reliability of the Bible,<ref>The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, by Bruce M. Metzger</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=wWDSR8y911kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inerrancy+of+the+bible Inerrancy By Norman L. Geisler]</ref> and the meaning of those related to homosexuality,<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=WcyqvWfJnyYC&dq=Marriage+and+Family+in+the+Biblical+World+By+Ken+M.+Campbell&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=tdP-w02BMG&sig=JTDKQfOh_7OF_DO5Ejw7ZOZ12kQ&hl=en&ei=xClXSrrCFoGZtgfGrLzdCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1 Marriage and Family in the Biblical World By Ken M. Campbell]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Zeotd-ylKtwC&dq=Straight%2Band%2BNarrow%3F%2BCompassion%2Band%2BClarity%2Bin%2Bthe%2BHomosexuality%2BDebate&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=WOY_52R5Bm&sig=BUMeUZv6ocyWnysyKH5OUPoDLb4&hl=en&ei=8ClXSvKYKtWktwe_tLjdCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3 Straight & Narrow? By Thomas E. Schmidt]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXAVf8m_HKgC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=Homosexuality++By+James+B.+De+Young&source=bl&ots=ZjVJVYi9Fb&sig=NAf_HeY1mb2l2fwdAj5lxnUx_Mw&hl=en&ei=GypXSonvK5mltgeVns3jDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1 Homosexuality By James B. De Young]</ref><ref>[http://www.robgagnon.net/ArticlesOnline.htm Robert A. J. Gagnon Articles Available Online]</ref> and see the diminishing of the authority of the Bible by many homosexual authors as being ideologically driven.<ref>[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0108a.html Authority of Scripture, by Joseph P. Gudel]</ref>  

Those who seek to find support for sanctioned homoeroticism in Scripture typically view the Bible as a book that was not wholly inspired of God, and which allows a vast range of metaphorical interpretation, even within historical narratives, as well as tolerating a much broader range of interpretation of basic moral commands and their immutability, even to the point of such being determined by contemporary cultural morality. The Bible is almost universally held by them to be partly the work of ''[[homophobic]]'' editors.<ref>B.A. Robinson; Thomas Horner; Steven Greenberg</ref> Those who penned the Bible are sometimes essentially deemed to be too ignorant on the subject of homosexuality for their censure of it to be valid, thus impugning the Divine inspiration of Scripture, as well as demonstrable sound exegesis.<ref>Victor Paul Furnish, The Moral Teachings of Paul: Selected Issues (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1985), p. 85.</ref>  This effect may be seen as a desired one, and part of the [[homosexual agenda]], and a form of [[homosexual historical revisionism.]]  

Those who seek to find support for sanctioned homoeroticism in Scripture typically view the Bible as a book that was not wholly inspired of God, and which allows a vast range of metaphorical interpretation, even within historical narratives, as well as tolerating a much broader range of interpretation of basic moral commands and their immutability, even to the point of such being determined by contemporary cultural morality. The Bible is almost universally held by them to be partly the work of ''[[homophobic]]'' editors.<ref>B.A. Robinson; Thomas Horner; Steven Greenberg</ref> Those who penned the Bible are sometimes essentially deemed to be too ignorant on the subject of homosexuality for their censure of it to be valid, thus impugning the Divine inspiration of Scripture, as well as demonstrable sound exegesis.<ref>Victor Paul Furnish, The Moral Teachings of Paul: Selected Issues (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1985), p. 85.</ref>  This effect may be seen as a desired one, and part of the [[homosexual agenda]], and a form of [[Homosexual Historical Revisionism |homosexual historical revisionism]].

Another solution to the problem of the universal condemnation of and lack of sanction for homosexual relations is that of Professor Walter Wink, who concedes, "I have long insisted that the issue is one of  hermeneutics, and that efforts to twist the text to mean what it clearly does not say are  deplorable. Simply put, the Bible is  negative toward same-sex behavior, and there is no getting around it." And that "Paul wouldn't accept [a loving homosexual] relationship for a minute." However, he and similar revisionists view the Bible as offering no coherent sexual ethic ''for today'', especially as regards homoeroticism, which teaching Wink terms “interpretative quicksand”.  Instead,such hold that people possess a right to sex that supersedes Biblical structural requirements for sexual unions, and essentially proposes that sexual ethics are best determined by one's own subjective understanding of Christian love..<ref>Walter Wink, "To hell with gays" and "the Bible and homosexuality"</ref>  (contra. Dt. 12:8; Jdg. 17:6; Mt.4:4)) It is understood that this enables the objective immutable moral laws of the Bible to yield to a love that can actually rejoice in iniquity (contra. 1Cor. 13:6)<ref>[http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosexuality_and_the_Bible_Wink.html HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE Bible (WALTER WINK REFUTED)]</ref><ref>[http://www.robgagnon.net/Reviews.htm "No Universally Valid Sex Standards? A Rejoinder to Walter Wink's Views on the Bible and Homosexual Practice", Gagnon]</ref>  

Another solution to the problem of the universal condemnation of and lack of sanction for homosexual relations is that of Professor Walter Wink, who concedes, "I have long insisted that the issue is one of  hermeneutics, and that efforts to twist the text to mean what it clearly does not say are  deplorable. Simply put, the Bible is  negative toward same-sex behavior, and there is no getting around it." And that "Paul wouldn't accept [a loving homosexual] relationship for a minute." However, he and similar revisionists view the Bible as offering no coherent sexual ethic ''for today'', especially as regards homoeroticism, which teaching Wink terms “interpretative quicksand”.  Instead,such hold that people possess a right to sex that supersedes Biblical structural requirements for sexual unions, and essentially proposes that sexual ethics are best determined by one's own subjective understanding of Christian love..<ref>Walter Wink, "To hell with gays" and "the Bible and homosexuality"</ref>  (contra. Dt. 12:8; Jdg. 17:6; Mt.4:4)) It is understood that this enables the objective immutable moral laws of the Bible to yield to a love that can actually rejoice in iniquity (contra. 1Cor. 13:6)<ref>[http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosexuality_and_the_Bible_Wink.html HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE Bible (WALTER WINK REFUTED)]</ref><ref>[http://www.robgagnon.net/Reviews.htm "No Universally Valid Sex Standards? A Rejoinder to Walter Wink's Views on the Bible and Homosexual Practice", Gagnon]</ref>