Just wow is right. I’m just stunned that supposedly intelligent people would fall for such utter rediculousness.
That's what happens when people hand over all responsibility for acknowledging truth to a "superior". They are mandated to swallow it all and condemned should they question anything. This is NOT what Jesus nor His Apostles taught. We are told to "test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world." (1 John 4:2) And how do we test? By the very word of God - His divinely-inspired and sacred Scriptures which are able to make one wise unto salvation. Those who would deny Scripture's place and purpose are not to be trusted.