Beg no more....we have our choice, rely on the interpretation of the church which has been around for 2,015 years and 3 days, or based on each individuals own understanding......let's see now...Hmmmmmmm, maybe I'll stick with many of the most educated, brilliant,gifted, inspired people who ever lived instead of counting on the variety of different opinions expressed on this thread about the very same subjects....
You just said you didn’t have to be subject to the pope in defiance of an ex cathedra statement. Catholics have no choice but to be subject to the pope bases on catholic teachings. No room for negotiation on that. So a catholic is either obeying the pope or not.
At first I excused your exaggeration of the time you say your religion has been around as you just "rounding off". But, by taking it further and adding three days (January 3, 2015), you are only sounding silly. How can you possibly think Roman Catholicism came into existence before Jesus was even incarnated??? I'd like to hear your rationalization for this doozy.