Sounds great. But how do you know when you're getting it "unfiltered and straight"? If the Bible was easy to interpret, there'd be no disagreement about what it "plainly" says. "Plainly", that isn't the case -- which is why there are a zillion Protestant denominations out there, each one proclaiming their own interpretation of God's Word to be "unfiltered and straight".
They can't all be right. Somebody has to decide what God is trying to say to us with His Word. In most Protestant churches of the mainstream variety, the final authority in matters of doctrine rests with the elders or the leaders of the synod; in so-called "independent Bible churches", the preacher of each individual congregattion gets to decide. In each case, a man or group of men officially define what their congregation believes, and those whose interpretation of "God's Word unfiltered and straight" differs significantly from the official interpretation are generally not encouraged to remain.
In other words, Protestant denominations and congregations have their own popes and bishops, just like the Catholic Church, and both are led and defined by men who act as infallible teachers of Truth and who possess the authority to define what is and what is not authentically Christian. The only real difference is that we have one Pope, and the Protestants have a pope in every pulpit.
And those who reject even this authority -- those who believe that every individual has the Spirit-given power to interpret God's Word unfiltered and straight -- become their own popes: a Papacy of One. This is the ultimate rejection of authority -- the decision to rely only on oneself as the final judge of Truth. "Ye shall become as gods, knowing good and evil".
God's Word unfiltered and straight? Sure. But the only way to know one is getting God's Word unfiltered and straight is to look to the teaching authority that Christ Himself left us: the Catholic Church.
And those who reject even this authority -- those who believe that every individual has the Spirit-given power to interpret God's Word unfiltered and straight -- become their own popes: a Papacy of One. This is the ultimate rejection of authority -- the decision to rely only on oneself as the final judge of Truth. "Ye shall become as gods, knowing good and evil".Ah, ... but we don't consider ourselves infallible in interpreting scripture. We remain open to God's authority to correct our misunderstandings.
However, in the case of Catholic doctrine declared by an ex-cathdra pronouncement by your Pope, you have decided that such is infallible, and thus, not open for correction, even by the very authority of God.
In other words. You don't know the Bible well, so you choose to be dependent on protectors of homosexuals to tell you how to interpret it?
A pity.
Would you mind showing me in Scripture where people are DIScouraged from opening the Scriptures for themselves?