Not really, mainly because the question is specious.
You assume that telling someone you love them but disagree with them being an Auburn fan is exactly the same as telling someone you love them but disagree with their lifestyle choice to act on their homosexual nature.
There are so many things wrong this.
1. You have already acquiesced that homosexuality is nature not nurture.
2. If you are willing to stand by the above example, you then also assume that being an Auburn fan is nature not nurture.
Finally and here is the kicker:
3. There is no book that says being an Auburn fan is immoral, against God's nature, and a sin.
Fair or not, there is an implied assignment of judgement with regards to believing someone's lifestyle decision is something that goes against God's will, which is why you disagree with their choice. Now I now many will say "But thats not me, I couldn't possibly pass judgement, thats not for me." And for everyone of those, you have the Billy Grahams, Pat Robertsons and Westboro people yelling anything but that message.
You call it disagreeing with someone's lifestyle. They hear that you think they are going to hell for living as God (if they believe in him) made them.
Nice that you chose one of the more lighthearted questions I asked. You did that for a reason, because you think that strengthens your argument. If you go back and notice I mixed in some lighthearted questions with some serious, life altering decisions. The fact that you attacked one of the lighthearted questions speaks volumes. Why climb Everest when you can climb Cheaha Mountain right?
First off I never said anything about homosexuality. I don't know how many times I have to say this, but I guess I'll have to say it one more time. I'll type it in all caps this time so maybe you can read it as I intended.
DISAGREE WITH SOMEONE'S CHOICE OF WHO THEY SLEEP WITH? NOT OK.
And I guess I'll have to address this because you can't seem to get around it. Maybe I'm controversial in my view on this, but whatever. I don't think being homosexual is a sin if you're not acting on those desires. I think acting on your homosexual desires is a sin. You can't help who you're attracted to, or who you love. But then again, those aren't the issues I'm talking about here. I'm talking about the actual act of sin.
I have a lot (A LOT) of sinful desires. I was born with them. It takes everything I have to not act on them. We're all born with sinful desires, acting on those desires is what makes it a sin.
I love to drink. I'm a big fan of going to a party or social gathering and drinking until I'm the life of the party (or at least to the point where I think I am). It's a desire I have to fight every time I go to a place where alcohol is flowing. I choose not to act on those desires because I don't want to sin. Do I drink? Sure. Do I get blackout drink and forget my name? No. (We could go off on another tangent about alcohol/sin/faith/Christianity, but let's not.)
Some have a temptation to sleep around outside their marriage. Some have a temptation to lie just to see if they can get away with it. Some have a desire to steal, etc. The important thing to note is that temptation isn't the same as sin.
We all agree that life isn't fair right? I mean that's basically been ingrained in all of us for as long as we can remember. That sad and unfair part of life is truer for some more than others. Some people are born with desires or temptations that will leave them unfulfilled. God creates us how he creates us. It's not up to us to ask why.
Romans 9:19-21
19 Well then, you might say, “Why does God blame people for not responding? Haven’t they simply done what he makes them do?”
20 No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who created it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?
My life isn't perfect, I'm not perfect. I sin daily. But my
desire is not to follow through with the temptations placed before me.
