Murder mystery: what killed Christianity in Europe?

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Once christianity became institutionalized and became a secular power, it was the beginning of its downfall in Western Europe.  Enabled by that power, the institutional church became corrupted and carried out atrocities, even persecuting other christians of conscience.  It's no wonder that the church in Europe is looked upon with such disdain by many.  The christians who settled America had the same ideas, and were fleeing from church persecution.  That's the main reason why the framers of the constitution were so careful to avoid any governmental control or direct association with a religion.  Americans don't have that history of suppression by religious institutions and would, therefore, be more likely not to have a negative view of religion.