You certainly did a lot of work.
In a way, yes. But it was spread over a few decades. Like you, I too am not all that interested in "organized religion", i.e., hierarchial structure - That is not very Biblical.
What that articles says is important enough, so I've been told by many different denominational theologians, "that one should spend some time doing some study on its conclusions." But that's up to the individual, not a "church"!