Bad News For Evangelicals

[Angrboda]

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

Fascinating analogy. Unfortunately, typical people such as those polled don't simply embrace their religious beliefs at Easter or Christmas. Given what I know of evangelicals in general, that would seem to be as far from the case as possible. Nor would they be described as not loving and caring about their faith.

As Hume has noted, in so far as an analogy departs in the specifics of how the things are similar, it loses credibility until the point at which it is no longer a credible argument. I think you've reached that point.