People have used the "bible alone" to sanction the KKK, the holocaust, "gay marriage", sodomy, snake-handling, absolute pacifism, child abuse, and wife battery, to name but a few evils.
If the "bible alone" were enough, then preaching to the baptised is a waste of time. But we both know it is not.
We have pastors and preachers because the "bible alone" has, since the beginning of time, been recognized as "not enough".
Scripture backs this up by mandating that we have an organized church made up of humans with authority to interpret and bind the faithful.
You have your man-made traditions (and extra-biblical spin of what the bible means) but deny it. Whereas Catholics have always claimed that Christ actually gave the Church authority and used that authority to safeguard and spread the good news.
how the heck is snake handling "evil" - misguided maybe - but hardly evil
Evils have shown up from time to time in the Catholic numbers as well. Evils which often have more a lack of bible than a surfeit of bible to blame. Protestants and evangelicals have no monopoly on evils.
Where in the bible does it state to have an organized church...
The organized church and the current papal situation was derived from Rome was eatablished as a nation state with a spiritual head...
Can't find that in the good boook