All this began during a time when the US was probably the most religious country on Earth.

Eh... not quite. I have serious doubts about US religiosity. It may be religious compared to Europe, but not compared to the world. Furthermore, all this nonsense originated in the least Christian areas.

Y'know with all the religious wars,

Just how many religious wars are you thinking of in these 2000 years to talk about 'all the religious wars'?

the deeply corrupt clergy

We're talking about 2000 years and you suggest that what can be said of some clergy in several decades in the 16th century was somehow the universal experience.

So let's not pretend that Christianity stopped any bad shit from happening.

Well no, I wasn't arguing that Christianity led to a heaven on earth where nothing bad ever happened. Some of the wiser aspects of Christianity are not even the theological aspects, but the practical ones: a heaven on earth is impossible and attempts to create one lead to tragedy (see the French and Bolshevik revolutions), humans should not play god (see transgenderism), humans are by their nature fallen and imperfect (which is why you don't give absolute power to an individual).

All this began during a time when the US was probably the most religious country on Earth.

Eh... not quite. I have serious doubts about US religiosity. It may be religious compared to Europe, but not compared to the world. Furthermore, all this nonsense originated in the least Christian areas.

Y'know with all the religious wars,

Just how many religious wars are you thinking of in these 2000 years to talk about 'all the religious wars'?

the deeply corrupt clergy

We're talking about 2000 years and you suggest that what can be said of some clergy in several decades in the 16th century was somehow the universal experience.

So let's not pretend that Christianity stopped any bad shit from happening.

Well no, I wasn't arguing that Christianity led to a heaven on earth where nothing bad ever happened.