I could scarcely disagree more (with the possible exception of the "whatever" where, of course, I agree wholeheartedly).
From my POV: Ordination and confirmation are acts of the Holy Spirit. So, from my POV to say that someone has been confirmed or ordained is to say that the Holy Spirit has done a work in that someone. For someone to say, "Listen to me because the Holy Spirit has done a work in me," strikes me as Biblical and not very different from saying, "Judge my life and see if I show the fruits of the Spirit," - with respect to taking attention away from God and directing it to the individual.
However, neither is sufficient to justify drawing an audience. There are diversities of gifts, and displaying the fruits of the Spirit does not demonstrate that one has the vocation or gifts of a theologian or teacher.
This is formal disagreement; that is, it seemed you were making a statement you considered self-evident, and I wanted to note that it was not evident to this particular self.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! NO WAY.
I suspect that even in your system . . . the statement has been made some time or other that
ORDINATION AND CONFIRMATION are merely human system confirmations of
WHAT HOLY SPIRIT HAS ALREADY DONE.
i.e. thoughtful flattering rubber stamping what Holy Spirit has already done . . . so that the officials feel like they earn their keep and the flock have all the formal accoutraments to clearly detect someone super kosher--especially according to man's sanction--vs someone 'merely' Holy Spirit alone seems to sanction.
I mean, we have to have something for the gold braid makers and the gold floss weavers to do.
And the only audience which counts is the one that the Father draws:
I apply all of those tests to my own words - so if anything I say fails on any of those points in the eyes of another person, that person should not listen to me either.
After all, one of my earnest continual prayers is that His Light will shine unobstructed by me.