American Christianity has always been a power structure and nothing more. Christianity being the organized entity calling itself church. There is a difference in having had a spiritual experience with Jesus and following any man made doctrine.
Especially ones that are modeled after every other ancient church structure. The sooner American organized Christianity is treated like the business structure it is and either taxed like a corporation or outlawed as a grift the better off it will be for those who really believe.
Church muddies the water. Jesus did not pass out bibles. The organized church is who Jesus was speaking about when he said, "I never knew you."