The Bible is composed of material composed and compiled over a period of more than thousand years. Each of the materials was written by a specific author, for a specific audience at a particular time for particular audience in different literary forms. The writings that made it into the bible were selected through a process rife with rivalry and conflict. The participants were from secular and religious walks of life. Emperors, kings, Ruling priests and bishops had the veto on the writings to be included. This contrary to the popular opinion that the final collection of writings included in the bible were the result of prayerful inspiration and Godly guidance. While the writing might have been inspired by the Holy Spirit the compilation was a mainly a secular process.
The 39 literary pieces that make up the Old Testament and the 27 that were selected to make the New Testament contain differing, often conflicting points of view. The four gospels that make the primary stories of the life of Jesus also have significant conflict. The four gospels by themselves offer sufficient conflicts that are rich ground for queering the bible. Furthermore, there are significant differences between the interpretation of Christianity as taught by Paul and the gospels as regards the teaching of Jesus Christ in the gospels. While religious apologists have strived hard to explain the contradictions, there are still many conflicts within the Bible that make it easy to question it.
The misuse of the Bible has further worsened the situation and has caused numerous people to question its infallibility and accuracy. Bible passages have been quoted to justify wanton killing, war, slavery and patriarchy. However the same Bible contains teachings that advocate for universal freedom, love for neighbors, peace, equality and gender equity. The portrayal of vicious, jealous and vengeful God is found alongside that of kind, giving, understanding, and heavenly Father.
Queering the bible is made easier, more justifiable, excusable and understandable when the inherent flaws are worsened by translations. Translations always involves interpretation and as a simple phrase input into Google translator will demonstrate when translated into another language and back into the original language, it is unlikely to be the same phrase when translated back. For the bible the translations have been into multiple languages over long periods of time, with translations being based on other translations, the original meaning has over time been lost or at least highly diluted in some of the translations.
A lot of people have questioned the bible and lost their Christian faith due to the inherent contradictions in the bible. Another potent source of biblical queries is the misquotation of the bible. Sometime passages in the bible are quoted to justify war, killing and discrimination. The justified issues are opposite and contrary to Christian ideals and cause adherents to doubt and query the authenticity, reliability, accuracy and infallibility of the bible. However the individual believer must not only learn how to cope with these issues, but also how to reply to them. Blind and unquestioning belief is not an ideal Christian attribute but rather a failure on part of the Christian.