In the place of 1 Timothy 2:5 ("For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus") you wrote...
"therefore, it is because Jesus Christ is the one mediator before God that we can be subordinate mediators."
LOL. Where does that verse speak about us being "subordinate mediators???"
And you get James 5:16 ("Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much") completely wrong, too. You wrote...
the prayers of the righteous (the saints) have powerful effects. This is why we ask for their prayers. How much more powerful are the saints' prayers in heaven, in whom righteousness has been perfected.
We are to pray for one another while we live, to strengthen and console each other. We are to confess our sins to each other because all men sin. But men cannot absolve us of our sins. Only Christ on the cross pays for our sins.
And nowhere does Scripture say we are to pray to dead people which is idolatry, not so pure and simple.
If your church gets these simple verses so wrong, no wonder RC doctrine is so confused.
Dear Dr Eckleburg, why should I prefer your interpretations to the interpretations of anybody else? Your opinions, well-founded as they may seem to you, differ from those of many millions, many millions of other believers, and here I include Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox, and for that matter, many Scripture-believing Jews.
So why should I prefer your Bible views and not those of so many others, equally intelligent and equally honest as yourself?
Oy.