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Originally Posted by Igzy
That's the second time you've said that, and I still have no clue what it means.
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Well, that's what I get for living in a narrow jargon community...
"Entailment" was used so often in my academic community that I just assumed it was a word commonly used in the general public. My bad.
It is a term in
semantics - the study of meaning - and often used in formal logic.
In short, if a subset of something (Set A) is fully included in another set (Set B) then it can be said that the meaning of Set B is
entailed by Set A's meaning. Think Venn Diagrams.
Thus, for example, the phrase "John is a man," is
entailed by that statement "John is a bachelor." Since all bachelors are men, then if he is a bachelor, he must be a man. The reverse it not true: not all men are bachelors.
Soooooooo, back to the topic: I would argue that a
healthy individual Chrisitan walk
necessarily entails having a corporate spiritual life. Why is that? Because that is what Christ is after. Thus, if you are genuininely seeking Christ and seeking to live Christ, you will - necessarily - be led into group fellowship and even work. I emphasize "healthy" individual walk. It is entirely true that "rogue" individual believers can have an individual walk that doesn't include fellowship with other believers. I would say that the lack of fellowship is a
barometer or "red flag" that the individual walk is unhealthy.
The reverse is not true. "Being part of a group" - signing onto its mission, doing work within and with it - does NOT necessarily entail having a healthy spiritual Christian walk. It is entirely possible to have a "successful" group experience without ever having to learn to hear the Spirit within.
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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak
A rigorous human order does not necessarily require faith. This is not an argument for confusion, but an argument about entailment.
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That is if you focus on a healthy living by faith in God, you
will get "order." If you focus having "order" you may not need any faith at all to succeed. As I said, a matter of
entailment
Any clearer?
Boy, this forum really has helped me to realize how many jumps and leaps I make in my explanations, thereby utterly failing to make clear cogent points! Ugh!
In Love,
Peter
P.S. Just because the word I used is a very nerdy word, does not mean the thought I am trying to convey isn't a real, genuine and experienced-based one. I''m not arguing for some "mental ideal" thought up in some ivory tower. Hope that comes across.