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I just don't see Christ condemning tradition EVERY TIME He encountered that "mindset," and responding with "it is written. Rather He FULFILLED what was written, except in a couple of cases.

I don't think anyone has said Jesus condemned ALL traditions. The scriptures I've posted many were addressed to the religious rulers of his day - the Pharisees, the Sadducee's and the Scribes and Sanhedrin members. They were the "organized religions" of their day. They had a lot of made up rules as well as twisted versions of God's laws.

In one example, his disciples were being watched and someone tattled on them that they didn't wash their hands the right way before they ate. Another time Jesus was verbally abused because he healed a person on the Sabbath day, there were other examples but they boiled down to people in power positions in the religious communities all had their own little sets of rules. And they used these convoluted traditions sometimes to help themselves get an upper advantage over others or to extort money.

What Jesus was trying to open their minds and hearts to is the "spirit" of the laws on which the traditions were based. For an example, when Jesus healed a man on the Sabbath, the leaders practically wanted to string Jesus up. But he stopped them by asking which one of them who had a sheep or oxen caught in a ditch would not go out and save it even if it was the Sabbath? He explained to them that the Sabbath was made for the man and not man for the Sabbath.

One sneaky traditions they had was instead of giving money set aside to help their parents in need, they would instead say the money was set aside for God. They would be let out of their obligation to honor their mothers and fathers yet they would keep their money. Jesus disparaged their traditions about divorce, too. Each time he reiterated the Biblical mandates for the laws and any tradition which did not align to the spirit as well as the letter of the law was called out. They really started to hate him when he got to talking about Jesus saying he forgave a man's sins. They knew this meant he thought he was God since only God could forgive a man's sin.

The point is not that ALL traditions are wrong or unneeded but each one must be viewed under the light of scripture so that we know what is truly from God and what is from man. What is applicable to our Christian walk today and what may not be relevant anymore. Not all thing are expedient.