Call to Conversion

Yes, I know that we are all called to continuing conversion.
But how is it that there are so many people who call themselves Christian, some in positions of great authority, (and not only in the Anglican Communion, there are dreadful numbers of prominent Catholics, or parochial apparatchik who strive to exert an authority to which they have no claim,) who either do not actually believe what their Faith professes to believe, or at least don't think it is significant enough to be toooo opinionated about...
Their beliefs are like the dinner Dr Johnston described, well enough, I suppose, but not to invite a man to.
Oh, yes, I kind of believe Christianity is true, but not TRUE, not something I would bother to invite you to believe, not something I care enough about to try to share.
For the love of God! (literally,) either the Faith is true or it isn't worth a bucket of warm spit!
Either it is true, in which case it is the most important fact in the universe, or it is utter nonsense -- have some of these men knowingly devoted their lives to nonsense? or are they con artists?
The Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali is beginning to interest me greatly.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2028638/Church-of-England-row-over-Muslim-conversion.html
The Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, accused the Church of failing in its duty to "welcome people of other faiths" ahead of a motion at July's General Synod in York urging a strategy for evangelising Muslims.
However, his comments were condemned by senior figures within the Church. The Rt Rev Stephen Lowe, the former Bishop of Hulme and the newly appointed Bishop of Urban Life and Faith, said: "Both the Bishop of Rochester's reported comments and the synod private members' motion show no sensitivity to the need for good inter-faith relations. Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs are learning to respect one another's paths to God and to live in harmony. This demand for the evangelisation of people of other faiths contributes nothing to our communities."
A Church of England spokesman added: "We have a mission-focused Christian presence in every community, including those where there are a large number of Muslims. That engagement is based on the provisions of Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which provides for freedom of thought, conscience and religion."
The spokesman played down the likelihood of the synod agenda being hijacked by those whose priority was a perceived threat from Islam: "The agenda has not yet been confirmed."
Pakistan-born Dr Nazir-Ali told the Mail on Sunday that, while Church leaders had rightly shown sensitivity to British Muslims, "I think it may have gone too far."
He added: "Our nation is rooted in the Christian faith and that is the basis of welcoming people of other faiths. You cannot have an honest conversation on the basis of fudge."
Britain's only Asian bishop, he was tipped to become Archbishop of Canterbury before Dr Rowan Williams's appointment in 2002.
Since he was passed over, he has felt able to speak more freely about his inter-faith views and has become a talisman for hard-line evangelicals who see Islam as a threat to culture and religion.
In January, he drew criticism for declaring that some parts of Britain were "no-go areas" for non-Muslims.