I don't know what "x" you trust, A8. Good luck with it.
(#14,548): Dr. Eckleburg: "[I]nfant baptizers do not say "I know my child is a member of God's family." We say "I trust God that my child is a member of His family."
(#14,766): A8: When they say, "I trust God that my child is a member of His family", that really means only, "I hope that my child is a member of His family."
(#14,775): Dr. Eckleburg: Thanks for the rewrite, A8, but the word is "trust," not "hope." The distinction is vital, and I'm sorry you missed it.
(#14,778): A8: "Trusting that X" reduces to "hoping that X" when there is no ground for believing X more likely than ~X.
(#14,786): Dr. Eckleburg: LOL. I have plenty of ground for believing X over ~X.
(#14,789): A8: Just two weeks ago, my nephew was born. Now, tell me what ground I have for believing that he is elect and not reprobate?
(#14,800): Dr. Eckleburg: I don't know that you do, A8.
(#14,801): A8: Then it is not the case that you "have plenty of ground for believing X over ~X." Therefore, since as I pointed out in #14,778: "Trusting that X" reduces to "hoping that X" when there is no ground for believing X more likely than ~X", your "trusting that X" reduces to "hoping that X".
In other words, when infant baptizing Calvinists say, "I trust God that my child is a member of His family", that really means only, "I hope that my child is a member of His family", exactly as I originally pointed out in #14,766.
-A8