What causes you to laugh at history? St. Jerome would not approve of this rolling on the floor laughing. Try reading some serious scholarship on St. Jerome before you ridicule and mock automatically.
St Paul, in writing the Bible, says that he laid a foundation and others are building on it. He said the foundation he laid was not based on the foundation of anyone else. Paul told Peter he was wrong to his face. How was Paul Catholic?
Have fun devoting yourself "to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith."
As Catholics were responsible for writing the New Testament (under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit), the Catholic Church doesn't "interpret" the Bible. We explain it. Protestants can only "interpret", because they are not the author (guided by the Holy Spirit), and therefore, can only guess at the possible meaning of a chapter, passage or phrase, just as anyone can only guess at any author's intentions in any other book.This statement is a perfect example of a belief system so mired in insular self-service and arrogance that it is impossible for reason and truth to be heard. To argue that it is not strains one's belief that the person on the other side has the capacity of basic reason. I am sure the intent is not to do so, but it nevertheless delivers a message of disrespect and underlying mockery of the sincere faith of millions of other brothers and sisters in Christ. Upon reading it, I could not help but believe that the original poster was writing it facetiously.
I imagine that if you could interview the Pharisees and Teachers of the Law of Jesus' day, they would make precisely the same arguments for not accepting Christ's teaching. This kind of insular belief system, that can accept no truth except one that occurs to itself, spreads death, not life.
I am a believer, and rely on the scriptures as inspired by God - regardless of the humanity and personal fallibility of the original writers, practitioners, and leaders of the faith. And every single one of them, regardless of how incredible they were, were fallible and human. They would be the first to tell you. Remember the Apostle Paul had to rebuke the Apostle Peter to his face (Galatians 2:11-14). Somehow God's perfect message about who he is revealed by Jesus Christ overcomes all our fallibility and is perfectly capable of speaking directly to the individual believer.
The doctrine of the infallibility of the Pope or anyone else has been a scourge on humanity since its conception. Mankind continues to suffer as it pays the bitter dividends of this particular doctrine to this day. Intended or not, it undermines the basic tenets of the gospel message.
That being said, I respect any person who proclaims Christ regardless of how deeply I may disagree with him on a point of faith. I have many dear friends who are Catholics, who are very faithful, sincere brothers and sisters in Christ who inspire me to be faithful. I hope I do the same for them. Please interpret my very direct comments of disagreement in the spirit of a brother in the faith.