Direct Scripture is only direct Scripture unless that little voice inside your colon tells you differently.
I’m jealous that I don’t hear these voices. Maybe I should remove my tinfoil hat.
There are two things I would add to this excellent essay. I would add the selective to the point of dishonesty manner in which Protestantism supports its claims through the scripture. We have seen that on this thread: passages that destroy the Protestant feeble edifice are ignored or pontificated away as empty metaphores, parables for fools, etc., while scant prooftexts of Protestantism are presented out of context, surrounded by man-made theorizing.
The other is that there is a reason for anti-Catholicism, a simple one: we are the only Church that really matters, now and for the past 2,000 years.