I think your point is to be argumentative, unnecessarily so. As it is a fact that there are certainly thousands of churches that are NOT the Latin Rite Catholic Church or even aligned with Rome. So how many ‘Christian’ churches are there? Show us your exactitude. Do you include the Mormons and their dozens of schisms. The Mormons certainly call themselves Christian.
My only point is that if you do not want to follow or believe in what the Roman Catholic Church teaches chose another church. There are certainly many to chose from. The exact number is irrelevant.
There is absolutely no backpedalling. Regardless if there are thousands or tens of thousands. There are certainly plenty of churches that claim to be ‘Christian’ Hell, if you don’t find one you like, start your own church. Luther did, Henry VII did, Joe Smith did, L. Ron Hubbard did.
And 2,999 to 7,999 Catholics did, too, yet Catholics still claim to have only one church. That is, if we're supposed to believe your sources.