In the holy bible, Pentacostalism Is the only true way to be saved

Thank you Con. This round is for rebuttals. Rebutal #1 The Problem with interpretation The example that my opponent used is completely irrelevant to this topic. For 1. My opponent is using a contemporary example in modern day, compared to the Bible, back in BC, and AC. So, his example is completely irrelevant. Because the Bible was written so long ago, a lot of readers don’t understand what certain words, or terms mean, not because they take they take a passage a certain way, but merely because the wording is hard to understand. This is why we have “Bible Interpretation” books that make passages a lot easier to understand for the modern day reader. [1] The Bible was not written by 21st Century, English speaking Americans. In order to accurately understand the Bible, we must take into consideration the original setting in which it was written. For those of us living in the United States, we must realize that we are standing more than 2,000 years removed and half a world away from where the Word of God was first written down The Bible was originally written in old Hebrew, so this is merely why some people may “misinterpret” terms. If you could go to any Christian store, you could find a book that clearly defines passages, and terms. “When it comes to religion, we base an entire belief set on Theism to a certain set of principles that we interpret usually from written text. More relevant to the resolution, Christianity bases its beliefs from text interpreted from the Bible.” It is true that a Christian bases their beliefs on Theism, because they obviously believe in a God. Then he goes on to say, that every Christian interprets the passages from the Bible, in the way they see it. This is false, if this was to be true, then we wouldn’t have all of these different denominations, such as Jehovah Witness, Latter Day Saint, and Pentecostalism, because if they all interpreted the passages differently, there wouldn’t be a set denomination, we wouldn’t have any “religions”. "How can so many different groups of people read the same book but such take away such different things out it? Granted it"s a big book, with lots of stories. But just like any good book on philosophy, maybe the Bible was meant to be interpreted differently?" My opponent then begins to claim that every denomination interprets the Bible differently. This may be true in some aspects, but only because some Christian religions chose to ignore passages of the Bible, even though they acknowledge the scripture. For instance, many Christians say, that all you have to do to be saved, it to believe with your heart, and you’ll go to heaven, but, exactly where in the Bible does it merely suggest this? Many other Christians know about speaking in tongues, but yet say that it’s not a necessity to get into heaven, yet, where in the Bible does it say this? Nowhere in the Bible does it say that : 1. Only some people can speak in tongues. 2. Speaking in tongues is not for everyone. These are 2 common lies told by Christians, these are *their* made up beliefs, because they simply chose to ignore the facts in the Bible. For in Acts 2:39 it says that: “The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off--for all whom the Lord our God will call." Meaning, everyone can receive the Holy Ghost. It’s not limited. “But can any of us truly know what was meant to be interpreted unless we were the writers ourselves? Christians have an answer to this, and that answer is just as baffling to me” So, my opponent here seems to c hose Christianity over other religions? He here, is simply implying that Christians know the answers to everything, excluding Pentecostalism. Pentecostalism doesn’t fall under the Christian branch denomination. I kindly ask that he do more research on Pentecostalism. Rebutal #2 Basing beliefs on Faith and prayer “The is the most common answer you receive when questioning a Christian on why they believe their specific interpretation to be the true interpretation.” False. Many other people will say that they interpret something based on a experience they have had, or depending on their culture, they could misinterpret something a certain way. Pastor Rick Warren once stated: [2] “Never interpret Scripture based on your own experiences. The point of Bible study is not to shape Scripture to agree with your subjective opinions or your experiences. Feelings lie.” This goes to show, that many people misinterpret passages based on personal experiences. “In Christianity, prayer is an important aspect for many believers. It"s where you ask God for answers or Miracles, and he grants them. While some people may claim these answers come in God literally talking to them, others choose to interpret their answers by real life occurrences being vaguely related to a message that was chosen to be interpreted. Some will simply say they got a "feeling", and that feeling told them that the answer was true.” Once again, though Christians may “pray”, they aren’t doing it the right way. In the New Testament, Jesus talks about the proper way to pray. [3] "The New Testament records that Jesus taught his disciples how to pray and that he encouraged them to address God as Father." Though they may be praying, they are not praying in tongues, because Christians don’t believe in speaking in tongues. Yet, in the book of Corinthians, praying to God, requires one to speak in tongues. “For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries" (1 Cor. 14:2, NKJV”) God also promises that once you are filled with his Holy Spirit, the Bible will be made clear to you, and you will fully understand and interpret the Bible. "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak" (John 16:13).” Defending my case: “The interpretation of biblical points and there link to my opponent"s actual impact here, seems rather vague. She mentions that Peter tells the "people" on the day of the Pentecost how they must be saved, then she quotes a couple verses in the Bible that essentially says "tongues of fire seem to touch each person filling them with the holy spirit and could speak in tongues". No further reference to speaking in tongues is made by my opponent. This is what I would imagine she is saying is the "gift" of the Holy Spirit, but in her conclusion of what it takes to be saved under a Pentecostalism belief, you must be granted the ability to speak in tongues in order "to be saved". This is kind of ironic, because my opponent misinterpreted my argument. As mentioned in the Bible, the Holy ghost is peaking in tongues, so I’m not exactly sure what you issue is here. Also, as stated in my rebuttals, it talks about prayer in the Bible, and praying in tongues, because God is the only one who can understand you, while you’re speaking or praying in tongues. What these scriptures are talking about, is the gift of the Holy Ghost. We do this in my church. In 1st Chorinthians, it talks about the Gift of Prophecy, where one person speaks out in tongues, and the other person is able to interpret due to god. [4] The gift of prophecy edifies, exhorts, and comforts (I Corinthians 14:3); helps us build up or strengthen; and should lead us to the Word of God. It is the ministry of the Holy Spirit to convict of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment to come (John 16:8-11). Prophecy is divinely inspired and anointed utterance; a supernatural proclamation in a known language. It is the manifestation of the Spirit of God - not of intellect (I Corinthians 12:7), and it may be possessed and operated by all who have the infilling of the Holy Spirit (I Corinthians 14:31) Intellect, faith, and will are operative in this gift, but its exercise is not intellectually based. It is calling forth words from the Spirit of God. The gift of prophecy operates when there is high worship (I Samuel 10:5-6), when others prophets are present (I Samuel 10:9-10), and when hands are laid on you by ministers (Acts 19:1-6). “My first issue with this is that it doesn’t sound like something the Bible is propagating as a mandatory way to be saved, in the slightest.” False. I have already discussed Acts 2:38 and John 3:5, which says it is mandatory to speak in tongues to go to heaven. *** I would also ask my opponent to copy and paste the scriptures, not just give the verse, so it is easier for me to read, and the voters, that way we don’t have to go grab a Bible to look up the scriptures you provide. Because I am running out of charachter, I will stop here. Sources: [1] https://answersfromthebook.org... [2] http://rickwarren.org... [3] https://www.christcenteredmall.com...