Mechanical Instruments Are Not Authorized For Use in Christian Worship

---REBUTTALS---AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLEPro states: "Why wouldn't I use the Bible to assert the authority of the Bible, when the authority of the Bible comes from the Bible. "This argument, in logical form, goes as follows:P1: Whatever the Bible says is true. P2: The Bible says that whatever the Bible says is true. C1: Whatever the Bible says is true. This is, again, circular logic and fallacious [1]. Thus, you cannot use Pro's logic to affirm the resolution. Prefer my Morgan Freeman proof. ---HISTORICAL USE OF MUSIC IN CHURCHPro states: "[C]hurches . .. from the first century . .. [often] didn't use musical instruments in worship. Th[is] . .. implies that . .. this was because they didn't believe that the Bible authorized it. "Some Christians don't eat meat, ever. Some Christians do not and cannot drive. Does that mean that they don't eat meat and/or don't drive because they think that the Bible doesn't authorize eating meat? No. It is impossible to tell why these people did not use instruments in Church. Via Pro's logic, one may believe that 1st-Century Christians didn't take frequent baths because they felt that the Bible didn't authorize it, which is ridiculous. ---SINGING IN THE BIBLEPro states: "[T]hey didn't praise Him with mechanical or instrumental music, which is a different kind of music than singing. "Again, Pro fails to demonstrate that early churches solely praised the Christian God with via voices, or that the early churches are the "correct" churches and should be emulated. ---SPECIFICITY OF GOD'S COMMANDPro states: "When God gives a command, we can't add to it or subtract from it. . .. . Bread and [wine] are the elements God has ordained for the Lord's Supper[. ] . .. The specific divine requirement for these elements excludes everything else. "Where does the Bible specifically command that Christians use only vocal praise? Nowhere. In fact, the Bible commands exactly the opposite, as I prove in Contention ONE. As bible. ca states [5]: "The Bible, indeed, never condemns the use of instruments of music in worship, but neither does it command their use. Many things we know to be wrong are not condemned by name in the Bible. Thus, we can never assume that we have God's approval to do an act when no scripture teaches against that act. " ---CHRISTIANS SHOULD ONLY CARE ABOUT THE NEW TESTAMENTThis is false. As the Restored Church of God states [6]: "Some falsely claim that the Old Testament is not relevant to God’s Church today. Christ Himself stated, in Matthew 4:4, that man ought to live “by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. ” He showed that the Old Testament is indeed a valid part of God’s Word (Luke 24:44). In II Timothy 3:16, the Apostle Paul wrote that Scripture is “profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. ” Keep in mind that, when Paul wrote this, there was, as yet, no New Testament. The Bible consisted only of the Old Testament writings. " ---CONTENTION ONE: THE BIBLE USES MUSIC TO PRAISE GOD Pro states: "In Ephesians 5:19, the Bible says, 'Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. '"First, again refer to my point that there is no implication in the Bible that musical instruments were not used. Simply because one verse in thousands only mentions vocally praising the Christian God, that does not mean that musical instruments were not used or not part of correct worship. Second, refer to my numerous (10 verses) references to the use of music in the Bible, of which 6 explicitly mention using music to praise God. Clearly, it does not "add" to the Christian God's command to use what the Christian God explicitly recommends. Third, as the Restored Church of God states [6]: "God’s Word plainly teaches that using musical instruments in the course of praising God is appropriate. "This proves beyond a doubt that the Bible is pro-Church-music. ---CONTENTION TWO: I'M GOD, AND I AUTHORIZE MUSIC IN CHURCHPro offers no rebuttal to Contention Two. Do not let Pro bring up any new responses to this point in the 4th Round, because Pro has completely dropped this point. This is terminal offense on Pro's case: Because I'm God, and Christians must obey God, and because I command that some sweet tunes be made in church, Christians must make sweet tunes. ---Back to Pro. ---REFERENCES[5] . http://www.bible.ca...[6] . http://rcg.org...