Read up on The Great Awakening in the USA.
You had large parts of the USA without an established church and a lot of religious freedom. So, you had pastors able to preach whatever they wanted without government intervention. This free market Jesus produced a lot of religious diversity. Some pastors used this as an opportunity to turn religion into a business.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
The entire idea of literate people needing a pastor to read them the Bible is already going against their beleifs.
Churches are scams that Christians have internalized. Modern Protestant movements have been coopted by grifters.
Orginized religion is a control mechanism from old times that we have left lying around for any old con man to take advantage of.