Roman Catholicism is in Opposition to the Bible

I call foul. This debate is centered around “Roman Catholicism is in Opposition to the Bible” as that is what I agreed to be against NOT “Are the Roman Catholic Church’s traditions biblical?” these are two totally different positions, and I did not agree to the second one, I agreed to the first one, and will be debating from that stance.A rule is defined as:1. an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct:So any rules cover only how the debate of “Roman Catholicism is in Opposition to the Bible” is conducted. However, the sentence of “This debate is not to discuss the view that the Catholic traditions are authoritative, but rather whether or not the traditions contradict teachings found in scripture.” Supports the debate being about Catholicism going against the bible. Next I would like to address rule #1 “You may use any translation you desire, and you may use multiple translations in your arguments with the simple rule that you cite the translation you are using.” Pro has listed scripture multiple times without citing the translation he is using.********My position********Con1 - SupportsCatholicism has spread the bible across the global. Even if Catholicism has had the biggest impact on supporting the use of the new and old testament across the global, it is one of the major reasons. So rather than oppose the bible Catholicism has help and supported the bible.Con2 – Impossible to follow the teachings of the bibleThe bible has numerous incidents of contradictions:http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com...http://bibviz.com...The biggest contradiction is whether jesus and yahweh are the same. In John 14:9 “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?” indicates that if you have seen jesus you have seen yahweh.https://www.biblegateway.com...But in Mathew 27:46 “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”. How could god have forsaken himself if they are the same entity?http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com...This leads to it being impossible to follow the teachings of the bible. At best a theist must choose which of the passages to follow as they cannot follow both. Many do mental gymnastics in attempt to prove this congruent, but if the bible is a matter of interpretations then how can either side know for certainty they have chosen the interpretation intended by jesus and/or yahweh. Con3 – Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryThe teaching of the bible contradicts the teachings of the bible, so even if there are parts Catholicism that go contradict the teachings of the bible, this would still not be the opposite of what the bible does, and therefore not be an opposition, but in fact emulating the bible. Therefore not opposing but imitating the bible.In conclusion, rather than opposing or resisting the bible the catholic church has been one of the biggest supporters of the bible and spread it use across the global. It is impossible to follow the bible to the letter but the catholic church follows the way that it interprets the bibles teachings. However even if appear to be contradiction between what the catholic church does and what the bible teaches these would still emulate the bible because they bible appears to have many contradictions. *****Rebuttals******Tradition of Eucharist –“EUCHARIST Taken from a Greek word meaning "thanksgiving," Eucharist designates Holy Communion, the central act of Christian worship. At the Last Supper Christ gave thanks (Matt. 26:27; 1 Cor. 11:24), and embodied in the communion service is our Own thanksgiving. The word came into use very early, as exemplified by its use in the writings of the apostles ("Now concerning the Eucharist...." Didache 9:1) and the letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch (Ign. Phil. 4:1, about A.D. 107).”http://www.antiochian.org...Eucharist is giving thanks to the sacrifice that Christ preformed on the cross. It is not an offering, sacrifice, or redemption in and of itself. However, and this is where I think your confusion is, being thankful for the sacrifice he made is part of achieving redemption. The subtle difference is it doesn’t create redemption, nor can it by itself provide redemption, but being thankful is part of the redemption puzzle. “Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”https://www.biblegateway.com...Mary is a sinless mediator– Neither in CCC 494 and 969 does it state that mary is a mediator so your points is not valid and I will not address them individually.http://www.scborromeo.org...http://www.scborromeo.org...I will however quote from CCC 494.“Espousing the divine will for salvation wholeheartedly, without a single sin to restrain her, she gave herself entirely to the person and to the work of her Son; she did so in order to serve the mystery of redemption with him and dependent on him”She gave herself over to and serves jesus, and through jesus redemption and mediation between god and man occurs. It could be said that by giving herself over to yahweh, to create jesus, she did create redemption and mediation on earth however, she was not able to provide redemption and mediation herself, this is redemption and mediation because of yahweh using her as a vessel. The power lies not in her, but comes from her through yahweh. Priest synonymous with believerThe new testament teaches that you no longer NEED a priest to mediator with god. This is a distinction between priest’s status in the old versus new testament as mediator, this does not mean priest synonymous with believer, or believer synonymous with priest, just a loss of the mediator ability of priests. Believers are priests in the aspect that they can mediator between themselves and yahweh There is still a distinction in the new testament between the two titles. Acts 5:14 – “And believers were the more added to the Lord”https://www.biblegateway.com...Exodus 19:24 – “let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them.”https://www.biblegateway.com...ConfessionPriests do not forgive sins; this has never been the case. Priest are witnesses of your sins during confession to yahweh. The teaching is confessing your sins to yahweh, and asking yahweh for forgiveness. The priest is only there to help practitioners with that, they hold no power to forgive sins by any catholic traditions.Direction of PrayerCatholics are not praying to mary, they are asking mary to pray for them. As mary was of earthly origin, and has the favor of yahweh many feel that she can both relate to use better and Yahweh is more likely to listen to her prayers. This is no different than when someone gets in a car crash and asks others to pray for them, they are asking mary to pray for them, not treating mary as a celestial being. (the same holds true for saints)Salvation assuranceDifference parts of the bible list difference aspects of salvation.https://www.biblegateway.com...https://www.biblegateway.com...https://www.biblegateway.com...https://www.biblegateway.com...Yahweh will judge believers by different standards https://www.biblegateway.com...https://www.biblegateway.com...https://www.biblegateway.com...https://www.biblegateway.com...https://www.biblegateway.com...If you follow yahweh’s teachings salvation is assured, but it’s impossible to know exactly what yahweh’s teachings are for each person, so salvation cannot be assured.Salvation through church“The sum of your word is truth; and every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever." "And now, O LORD God, you are God, and your words are true"; this is why God's promises always come true. God is Truth itself, whose words cannot deceive. This is why one can abandon oneself in full trust to the truth and faithfulness of his word in all things. The beginning of sin and of man's fall was due to a lie of the tempter who induced doubt of God's word, kindness and faithfulness.”http://www.scborromeo.org...Does not list anything about salvation only being through the church try again.Conclusion rebuttalI have shown where the bible supports many of these traditions, and where Pro misunderstands the passages of the bible. This is not the first time that a man thinks he knows better than a religion, and Con is the reason we have so many different cults that worship yahwah. (jews, baptist, catholics, mormons, islamic, etc) They all disagree on the interpretation of teachings of yahweh so they split. Pro must prove that his interpretation is correct, and to say that is highly contested is an understatement. The world is bathed in the blood of this disagreement.