I prefer this thread. One thing at a time.
When I joine Discipleship dynamics about 25 years ago, I had to write out my testimony. One of the instructions was that nobody wants to hear my life story so be concise, hitting the main points and supporting them when necessary. It had to fit on one sheet of paper.
The diatribe in the post you linked to is just way too narcissistic. But it does bring up an interesting point: Those that really love “church organization history” tend to like Catholicism. Reminds me of a friend who was a bibliophile. He loved books and collected a lot of them, some quite old. But he rarely read them.
i.e. a focus on church history as opposed to God and the bible is missing the point. And when one examines the history of the Catholic church and its actions over the centuries, especially AFTER reading the bible, one RUNS from it.