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This is to state the general rule or principle that explains why talk of "implicit Christianity," in the second sense of the phrase, as I have distingushed distinguished it
(cf. Notebooks, 13 December 2002; rev. 9 December 2008; also, 11 December 2004), may well need to be avoided. Such talk is problematic because it appears to violate this rule or principle – -- namely, by tacitly claiming that, if being a Christian necessarily implies having a certain self-understanding/understanding of existence, having this same self-understanding/understanding of existence necessarily implies being (at least implicitly) a Christian. According to the above stated rule or principle, being a Christian is precisely not implied in having a certain self-understanding/understanding of existence, unless by "implied" is meant "anticipated," rather than "presupposed."

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