I have yet to have a pleasant and amiable conversation with a proponent of homosexuality, abortion, evolution, pluralism, etc. Responses from the other side are almost always vitriolic and stereotypical. More than anything else that says something about motives. I do not think so. You see, I only wish it were as simple as you ll have to answer for your sins before God.
Criminals are under no obligation to have their motives revealed.
They simply have to pay the price for crimes committed. It is not that way with mankind before the judgment seat of Almighty God. Motives are the primary concern there. It is right to be a person of conviction. We should all be persons who are willing to stand for what we believe to be the Truth and the will of God.