Random Thoughts

There is a difference between calling for reform of a particular authoritative body and disregarding the fact that any authoritative body even exists. Essentially, the Protestant reformation, after 1600 years of leadership, denied any existence of an authoritative Church, established by Christ Himself, on earth. We can make a similar comparison in the medical field. Let's say there's a legitimate argument that says, "Doctors don't spend enough time with their patients". The most logical way of proceeding in correcting this setback is to fix the current problem, but maintain the authority of the doctor that has been established both through logic and sense over the centuries. What the Protestants did in the reformation, to use to medical analogy, is to say, "Doctors aren't spending enough time with their patients; therefore, we should get rid of the authority of doctors altogether, and each person now has the ability to make decisions on life and death based on how they read the signals of their body". How does such a radical change make any sense? If it doesn't make sense in the medical realm, how does it make sense in the spiritual realm, where the Church has been deemed authority, not only from accrued earthly wisdom from the hours of studying, but also from God Himself through the Holy Spirit?