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This is a term that has haunted me for years and since I was once part of a committee to identify such an item as necessary amenity. 

So what is a necessary amenity?  I will define as best I can remember: an item or system which at one time was considered as unnecessary but nice to have now become essential. 

Shall I start?  Once a burro was an amenity; most people walked when they needed transportation. Soon, most people had a burro or horse and rode to destinations near and far.  Soon a carriage was an amenity until most people had one or a similar buck board.  The next transportation amenity was the Model.-T.  Now the automobile is a necessary amenity.

Now I question the necessity of the automobile can we not live without it? 

A necessary amenity merely seems to point in the direction of our perceived quality of life.

It seems that time is a qualifier.  Air, shelter, water and food are necessary dependant upon the time frame.  Air is necessary every few minutes.  Shelter is necessary within hours dependant upon the ambient climate.  Water is necessary within days and food only after weeks.  Does this make everything an amenity?

 

What of healthcare?

 

Which amenities do you find necessary?

 

What does this have to do with faith?