You lost me on the first paragraph of the first link...I'll only follow a pastor as long as he follows the bible...
I have the same Spirit within me that the church leaders have in them...I am told to 'search the scriptures' to know that I have eternal life...Not to blindly trust a bishop, deacon or priest...
What did the Christians do for the first 300 plus years of The Church? There wasn't a canonized Bible yet, you realize that?
You lost me on the first paragraph of the first link...How sad. You close your mind to the teachers Our Lord appointed. You can never learn with that narrow view.
Everything you need to know about Catholicism in the Bible:
http://www.scripturecatholic.com/
I would kindly suggest you bookmark this site and read the contents.
What you don't realize is the fatal flaw in your belief system is that the person sitting next to you does the same and draws different conclusions about the same set of scriptures. Which one of you is right and how do you go about proving it? Which one of you is truly following the Spirit with in them and why should any of us trust or believe anything you have to say?
As St. Paul says. But, as he also says, there are diversities of gifts of the Spirit. You seem to be a nose complaining that some other part of the body thinks it's a hand.
Can you (a) give me the citation of your "Search the Scriptures' passage and then (b) show unequivocally how it is directed at YOU? Isn't it in fact a traditional interpretation of something Jesus says to the Pharisees that you are offering as justification for not listening to what St. Paul says about diversities of gifts?
Years ago, after I had become a Catholic, then fallen away from the practice of my faith, I came to a crossroads. I had been with a Baptist Bible study group for a year or two, and felt myself on the horns of a dilemma. Finally, one night, I prayed, "What shall I do, Lord? Shall I leave the Catholic Church? All I want is the TRUTH, wherever that leads me."
I know it will sound odd to those who have never had a similar experience, but I heard a voice within say, "No! I want you to go to Mass, and Confession, and Communion, and do all the things that good Catholics do, because I have work for you to do in My Church."
I obeyed, and have never been sorry even once. God bless you.