So the Word of God over 2000 years ago as manifested by prophets, the evangelical authors, the oral traditions of the day, the language, translations, research, authenticity, tradition, cultural contexts etc must be be plain and clear because so many people at the time were “illiterate and uneducated” and hence the need for any interpretation in seeking what is accurate and true is unnecessary.
“The Founders, were not gods.” Really pro-found.
The Catholic Church thrives on this inadequacy, and was sustained by it throughout its existence, including during the time it ventured into the sale of prostitution "indulgences" and empire-building.
The printing press hastened the Reformation, and was the death-knell for Catholicism in much of North-Western Europe.
God now needs middlemen and charlatans. Who would have thought?