I'm going to respond point by point.
Jesus says to not use vain repetitions like heathens do.
Catholics pray with beads and use vain repetitions.
The Bible says vain repetitions, not all repetitive prayer. We say the Our Father, all Christians do. Its vain if its believed to "awaken" God to our suffereings, while the Rosary is directly for helping us meditate on the wondrous mysteries of the Lord. You'd be better arguing against meditation than vain repetitions.
Jesus says to pray to His Father in heaven.
Catholics pray to saints.
Prayer as the word was originally used means to request respectfully. So, in the understanding of Catholics, even to ask our fellow believers on Earth for their prayers in times of need would be praying to them.
The Lord God says to not have any graven images.
Catholic churches have the most graven images covering them.
Graven images, means that the images are made to be worshipped. God had no problem with imagery. He had the Ark covered with two Cherubim. The walls of the Holy of Holies were tapestries that had images of angels and animals, as God told them to do so.
The Lord God says to keep the sabbath holy and it is hallowed.
Catholics worship on Sunday, because of Constantine persecuting those who worshiped on sabbath. Essentially sun worship, paganism.
Sunday worship began after 70 AD when all Christians were banned from the synagogues. The Pope at the time of Constantine and the Council of Bishops made it official to worship on the Lord's day, which is Sunday.
The Lord God did not tell us to observe Ishtar (Easter).
Catholics observe Easter.
Easter is an English word. In Europe and most Christian countries its still known as Resurrection Sunday. Only the United States and England call it Easter.
Jesus rebuked Jews for putting the traditions of men over the word of the Lord God.
Catholics make you jump through hoops and study Catholicism before they will allow you to be baptized. This places a sense of foolish pride inside Catholics, who, when they hear criticism of Catholicism, take it as a personal insult because of how much time and energy they put in to their entry in to the church. It blinds them to the issue at hand, and instead I normally see them babble incoherently against protestants as heretics. When Jesus started His ministry, He told the apostles to drop what they were doing and follow him. He didn't make them wait 18 month before baptizing them.
Correct. The length of time it takes to enter the Catholic Church is rather long, but the entire process is to be a time of coming to accept God. I think the amount it takes is too much. By the way, it isn't 18 months, its more like 9.
The Lord God did not tell us to celebrate Christmas (winter solstice, pagan celebrations).
Catholics observe Christmas.
The actual date of Jesus' birth is lost to history and is hotly debated among scholars. However, to celebrate the day that God descended to Earth in the form of a human is correct.
Jesus told us to pray in secret to the Lord God and how the Lord God knows His children.
The current pope told us that it is dangerous to have a relationship with the Lord God, and would have people believe that He is literally too busy to hear prayers.
You're only looking at part of his speech. He said that to rely only on a personal relationship with Jesus without instruction, study, or oversight by an elder or shepherd is dangerous and leads to heresy. (By the way, every denomination and non-denomination teaches this. Even the Bible does, "Lean not to your own understanding.")
Jesus is the living torah, the WORD of God.
Catholics base most of their teaching on the letters of Paul.
Actually, most of Catholic doctrine is based on the whole of Scripture. The Catholic Church may lean Pauline right now, but at times the Church has been more Cephan and Johannine.
In revelation it mentions the wine of the wrath of fornication.
The pope recently allowed Islamic (satanic) prayers in the Vatican (multiculturalism, paganism, Islam, secular humanism). He also said that atheists and other people of other religions go to heaven too.
First, he allowed a Muslim and a Jew to pray to God for peace in the Vatican gardens and not within the sanctuary of St. Peter's or the Sistine Chapel, because that would be offensive to God. Second, he never said they would get to heaven. He said that all have a deposit of good in them, the conscience and Law that God gave all men to be born with. In order to seek heaven, one must first turn and ask what he believes is good, and then to seek truth. Since Jesus is Truth Itself, all who seek truth honestly will come to Christ.
Jesus said that He has the power to forgive sins on earth.
Catholics confess sins to priests.
Jesus gave that power also to His Apostles. The end of John and Matthew 16 specifically say that Jesus gave them the power to forgive or retain sins, to bind and loose. Also, we confess to priests because personal sin harms the entire body and Scripture says that we must confess to one another to heal the harm done to the Body of Christ.
Jesus said call no man father except the Lord God.
Catholics call priests father.
Paul calls himself a "spiritual father", Stephen refers to Abraham as Father Abraham, as did Jesus. We all call our biological and/or adoptive dads father. This was a teaching of hyperbole. For if this teaching is to be taken literally, you cannot call anyone Grandpa, Pa, Dad, Rabbi, Teacher, Professor, Doctor, or even Mister (Mister comes from Master). To do any of those things, based upon your interpretation would be sin.
In revelation it mentions the whore of Babylon being drunk on the blood of saints.
Catholicism reveres saints equal or above Jesus.
We revere saints yes. Never as equal or above Jesus. Only God can be worshipped and adored. None of the saints are, they are revered, but none of them can "grant" miracles, but all saints, whether in Heaven or on Earth may boldly approach the Throne of God on behalf of another.
All have fallen short of the glory of God and have sinned.
Catholics think that Mary did not sin.
Not all Catholics believe Mary was without sin. We believe she was without original sin. Though, I will admit that many of us believe she did live a sinful life. I've never seen any evidence to this, which is why I have yet to take a stand for or against.
Jesus says to not use vain repetitions like heathens do.
Catholics pray with beads and use vain repetitions.
The Bible says vain repetitions, not all repetitive prayer. We say the Our Father, all Christians do. Its vain if its believed to "awaken" God to our suffereings, while the Rosary is directly for helping us meditate on the wondrous mysteries of the Lord. You'd be better arguing against meditation than vain repetitions.
Jesus says to pray to His Father in heaven.
Catholics pray to saints.
Prayer as the word was originally used means to request respectfully. So, in the understanding of Catholics, even to ask our fellow believers on Earth for their prayers in times of need would be praying to them.
The Lord God says to not have any graven images.
Catholic churches have the most graven images covering them.
Graven images, means that the images are made to be worshipped. God had no problem with imagery. He had the Ark covered with two Cherubim. The walls of the Holy of Holies were tapestries that had images of angels and animals, as God told them to do so.
The Lord God says to keep the sabbath holy and it is hallowed.
Catholics worship on Sunday, because of Constantine persecuting those who worshiped on sabbath. Essentially sun worship, paganism.
Sunday worship began after 70 AD when all Christians were banned from the synagogues. The Pope at the time of Constantine and the Council of Bishops made it official to worship on the Lord's day, which is Sunday.
The Lord God did not tell us to observe Ishtar (Easter).
Catholics observe Easter.
Easter is an English word. In Europe and most Christian countries its still known as Resurrection Sunday. Only the United States and England call it Easter.
Jesus rebuked Jews for putting the traditions of men over the word of the Lord God.
Catholics make you jump through hoops and study Catholicism before they will allow you to be baptized. This places a sense of foolish pride inside Catholics, who, when they hear criticism of Catholicism, take it as a personal insult because of how much time and energy they put in to their entry in to the church. It blinds them to the issue at hand, and instead I normally see them babble incoherently against protestants as heretics. When Jesus started His ministry, He told the apostles to drop what they were doing and follow him. He didn't make them wait 18 month before baptizing them.
Correct. The length of time it takes to enter the Catholic Church is rather long, but the entire process is to be a time of coming to accept God. I think the amount it takes is too much. By the way, it isn't 18 months, its more like 9.
The Lord God did not tell us to celebrate Christmas (winter solstice, pagan celebrations).
Catholics observe Christmas.
The actual date of Jesus' birth is lost to history and is hotly debated among scholars. However, to celebrate the day that God descended to Earth in the form of a human is correct.
Jesus told us to pray in secret to the Lord God and how the Lord God knows His children.
The current pope told us that it is dangerous to have a relationship with the Lord God, and would have people believe that He is literally too busy to hear prayers.
You're only looking at part of his speech. He said that to rely only on a personal relationship with Jesus without instruction, study, or oversight by an elder or shepherd is dangerous and leads to heresy. (By the way, every denomination and non-denomination teaches this. Even the Bible does, "Lean not to your own understanding.")
Jesus is the living torah, the WORD of God.
Catholics base most of their teaching on the letters of Paul.
Actually, most of Catholic doctrine is based on the whole of Scripture. The Catholic Church may lean Pauline right now, but at times the Church has been more Cephan and Johannine.
In revelation it mentions the wine of the wrath of fornication.
The pope recently allowed Islamic (satanic) prayers in the Vatican (multiculturalism, paganism, Islam, secular humanism). He also said that atheists and other people of other religions go to heaven too.
First, he allowed a Muslim and a Jew to pray to God for peace in the Vatican gardens and not within the sanctuary of St. Peter's or the Sistine Chapel, because that would be offensive to God. Second, he never said they would get to heaven. He said that all have a deposit of good in them, the conscience and Law that God gave all men to be born with. In order to seek heaven, one must first turn and ask what he believes is good, and then to seek truth. Since Jesus is Truth Itself, all who seek truth honestly will come to Christ.
Jesus said that He has the power to forgive sins on earth.
Catholics confess sins to priests.
Jesus gave that power also to His Apostles. The end of John and Matthew 16 specifically say that Jesus gave them the power to forgive or retain sins, to bind and loose. Also, we confess to priests because personal sin harms the entire body and Scripture says that we must confess to one another to heal the harm done to the Body of Christ.
Jesus said call no man father except the Lord God.
Catholics call priests father.
Paul calls himself a "spiritual father", Stephen refers to Abraham as Father Abraham, as did Jesus. We all call our biological and/or adoptive dads father. This was a teaching of hyperbole. For if this teaching is to be taken literally, you cannot call anyone Grandpa, Pa, Dad, Rabbi, Teacher, Professor, Doctor, or even Mister (Mister comes from Master). To do any of those things, based upon your interpretation would be sin.
In revelation it mentions the whore of Babylon being drunk on the blood of saints.
Catholicism reveres saints equal or above Jesus.
We revere saints yes. Never as equal or above Jesus. Only God can be worshipped and adored. None of the saints are, they are revered, but none of them can "grant" miracles, but all saints, whether in Heaven or on Earth may boldly approach the Throne of God on behalf of another.
All have fallen short of the glory of God and have sinned.
Catholics think that Mary did not sin.
Not all Catholics believe Mary was without sin. We believe she was without original sin. Though, I will admit that many of us believe she did live a sinful life. I've never seen any evidence to this, which is why I have yet to take a stand for or against.