There is no scriptural basis for requiring Christians to tithe

This is great, we're getting nearer and nearer to the truth: ~~REBUTTAL~~ +"But, that is not tithing - that is donating. The concept of tithing is that of a mandatory, consulsory offering necessary for pleasing God and financial blessings. That's a far cry from what he is describing." Let's us look at our definition of the word "tithe' _ Tithe: "to pay or GIVE a tenth part of especially for the support of the church" So tithe not just mean paying in a routine, or somehow as you say, do it with a pressure a compression upon their faith, tithe just simply mean give tenth part, when we say give, it could has some likelihoods with pay but the word "pay" mean must, "give" means you may or may not, give is a more freedom term. +"So, my opponent's statement, "God really didn't care if their food were rotten", is a false statement. It was apparently a core issue. It also proves that the people WERE in fact tithing, which changes the meaning of Malachi 3 from what most preachers teach." _To be able to understand this verse from Malachi, we ought to look more than just Malachi 1:7 Malachi 1:7-8 ""You place defiled food on my altar. "But you ask, 'How have we defiled you?' "By saying that the LORD's table is contemptible. When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?" says the LORD Almighty." God really doesn't care how many and how you give Him your offering or tithe, like when we go in church, it doesn't important how much you give, 10% is a proportion that the Bible had given in the Old Testament, but what does God care about? What God cares about is how you give your offer, how do you tithe, like this scripture said "By saying that the LORD's table is contemptible...", the matter was the men thought about offering to God is pointless and they made and blasphemy about that by saying; "The Lord's table is contemptible...", like the book of Isaiah said +" However, I do agree with my opponent in the premise that there was more to the issue than the tithes, which God was certainly responding to. Yet, in many churches, a person could be doing everything else "right" except for tithing and they are told that they are under the CURSE - one that Jesus freed us from on the cross." _ I do indeed think so, but there's this strange thing that you think the belief of Jesus freeing them from the cross is a curse is kind of insulting and aggressive toward Christianity, in the introduction you said: "There ARE preachers and denominations tell people that they're under a curse...", yes there are, but not all of the preachers and churches, I can say the people you're talking about are minority in Christianity. +"My opponent has also made a grave mistake in this debate. He defined saints as the LEADERS of the church. The scripture defines saints as ALL BELIEVERS. The amount that was being collected in Jerusalem was not for Paul's livelihood - he had a tent making business. It was to return to Jerusalem with money to help the poor there and help fill needs within the church." _True, but as we read the Bible, the saints, or let's just say in this situation, Paul, have a lot of respects and a high position in the churches, as we read the Bible, Paul always considered as a Church Father, the one who taught the early churches morality, yes indeed it wasn't for Paul or the Saints' livelihoods, but it also just not for the poor in Jerusalem, I believe the money will also for the cost of preaching the Gospel. +"I agree with my opponent that the early church was not at all interested in covering pastoral salaries or church building costs. However, today's church is no more deserving of this. The current church model needs money because of the way it is being done. If we did church like Acts 2, home to home and person to person, we would not need to give billions to pay for pastoral salaries, building funds, and elaborate decorations." Paul also said: "To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law."( 1 Corinthians 9:20), the evolution of the churches continue to grow, Paul wanted us to adapt and grow in the environment of the world we're living in to be able to preach the gospel, think of if we live person to person, home to home, will that be adapting with this busy environment we're living? Plus, the pastors now are the people who study for the glory of God and to preach, so I think we ought to help them in their lives, supporting their flesh for they to be able to support us in our spirit +"Jesus did share the story of the widow who gave more than all the others. He was illustrating a matter of the heart. This widow, even in her need, was willing to give to others even when it was all she had. This in no way substantiates the tithe." _ The matter of the heart like you said, then do you think now that not all of the Christians who giving 10% not because they're under pressure? There are not lots of church who pressure their church's members to give money in the box. It's true and indeed we provide for our brothers and sisters, but look at the church you're worshipping now, we believe that in a church, Jesus is the head and all of us, all of us are the body parts, then do you think we should tithe for the church, to keep it growing? To pay for the cost of preaching gospel, to pay for the pastors and the building funds? You're a member of a church, and I believe you should do something to help the church that you're participating. Thanh you and I'm waiting for your next argument.