Don't the people who practice this sort of faith ever wonder how the top guys in the fancy get away with perpetually reinventing this jazz? The "top guys" who are the successors of the Apostles? Yes, I take them seriously. You? Not so much.
If you want your pontificating taken seriously by Catholics you might want to learn a thing or two about the subject.
Honestly, it never fails to amaze me how many rabid anti catholics there are on this site.