I do find it to be an offensive comparison to say that if you don’t believe in tongues it is like not believing in the risen Savior.
You mistakenly included me here paragraph. I never said that one who does not believe in tonges lacks a belief in Christ.
But I agree that that would be offensive. One's belief in tongues, predestination, the penal substitution theory of atonement, laying on of hands for healing, believer's baptism, open or closed communion, etc. is not what saves a person.
Based on your replies I think you have been misding my point.
My point was that in prayer I think most Christians come to a time when there are no words to express their prayer. At that point we pray but not in a way that edifies our mind, but it strengthens our spirit. Our fellowship with God is not dependent on human language.
I understand that you have never experienced that type of prayer. But your experience is not relevant.
There are some movements, like some sects within the Charismatic movement, that deny the need for edifying the mind and confuse "emotional" with "spiritual".
But there are other movements (rationalism, the intellectual movement) within some sects that deny the spiritual in favor of the carnal.
Both are equally dangerous to Christians.
I am grateful for the intercession of the Spirit when I lack the words to articulate my prayers.
