I wonder where he learned that.
Getting back to my original response to your post and the invite I gave you to check out the RCIA program at anyone of the parishes in the FTW area: My challenge to you to bring your best arguments to them was not for the purpose of wasting your time arguing...... it was so that you would see for yourself that most of your arguments against Catholicism are not based on the truths of Catholic doctrine and the teachings of the Church. The fact of the matter is you would find everything you said you were looking for in your original post, with the exception of avoiding all things based in Rome. I believe it is simply pride which causes you to bristle at the thought of learning and coming to believe in teachings you have been calling a heresy for many years of your adult life. You might end up like one of these guys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxDumU0TSrY
Or
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3255282/posts