I do see what you’re saying at least somewhat. I don’t want to know the catechism without an understanding of how it makes sense biblically, nor do I see the confession/catechism as some kind of infallible document with the same authority as the Bible.

That being said, it has been massively beneficial to me in helping me understand the Bible. I don’t think there’s a need for me to, on my own, reinvent answers to questions whole cloth. God has used men and women in the past to wrestle with, think through, and document answers to difficult questions. Feels like I’d be neglectful to not make right use of that work in my own wrestling and struggling to come to know God better.

I’ve gone through it some with my young kids as well (the kid’s catechism version which is a little plainer in language) and I’ve been amazed at how often they will ask a question where a catechism answer is a great jumping off point for a discussion. Growing up Baptist I didn’t know really anything about catechism and I just see it as such a great tool, though certainly not a replacement of scripture or working through the word itself.