Bad News For Evangelicals

[silverspine]

What does the commandment of love have to do with some Evangelical Christians being ignorant of the tenets of their faith? One can be ignorant of their tenets of faith and still love the Lord with all their heart, mind, soul and strength. And being ignorant of most Christian doctrines doesn't mean they're "dabbling" in Christianity;

I disagre. Have you ever met a true NFL fan who didn't really understand football? Maybe a newbie who just got into it. That's fair enough, he will learn soon. But on Superbowl Sunday it seems like nearly everybody is a diehard football fan. If you would go about your local sportsbar, which is way fuller than usual, and ask random people about specific, noteworthy players, you would soon discover that they aren't really fans at all. But rather, they just wanted to join the excitement of the day, so they pick a team based on their preferred colour, place bets, cheer, curse, buy shots when favored team scores and so on. The next day at work or school they either complain or boast about the outcome of the game, then continue another year without giving football another thought.

On the other hand, true fans understand the game well, are familiar with the better players, and will likely remember who won the last 4 Superbowls. Likewise, anyone who loves anything with all their heart, mind, soul and strength, would certainly gain basic understanding of the subject at hand fairly quickly, because to use all your heart, mind, soul and strength requires a high level of devotion

they could be sincere believers who really do love the Lord but just don't happen to have the intelligence, education and/or knowledge that some others have.

I certainly agree there is variance of knowledge, that was what I originally posted about

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I don't need to search for that imaginary fairytale. I wasted most of my life doing just that until I got smart and realized that it just doesn't exist. I'm good without a god.

If you are 'good without god', then why did you spend most of your life searching for him? When people are content they generally stop searching. But let's say you were deceived into thinking there was something worth seeking (for most of your life), then why the bitter attitude toward others who are 'deceived'? One might expect compassion and understanding from someone who went through the same thing