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I won't argue with that a bit, it's just that for an awful lot of people it's the only exposure to anything even pretending to be Christian they get in our increasingly Godless society. Most such churches at the very least mention Christ being our Savior now and again although they preach "go along to get along" and not Christ and Him crucified as their real message. They're a money machine "Church of Nice" providing a theoretically Christian alternative to whatever society makes popular from Anorexic Babes to Queers for Christ but they're careful about their facade and maintain a Christian veneer that requires them to at least touch base with some traditional Christian beliefs.

So, for a very large number of people in this country the mega-church leaders are the benchmark of Christian behavior and morality for them. When they go bad, a lot of people start to lose what little faith in Christianity they have and go from very little exposure to anything like Christianity to no exposure to Christianity.

God really does work in mysterious ways, though. I've known several people who started their Christian journey in a mega-church and didn't think the way things were explained fit together very well. So, they began to study on their own and eventually saw the same thing, the mega-church is a money making entertainment enterprise and little else.

If there had never been the attraction to comfy theater seating, "Christian Rock" as it's called, and coffee served during the show, they say they'd have gone some other route. Eastern religion, no religion, different things.

At any rate, I totally agree. In fact, one of my favorite YouTube goodies makes that very point.

"‘Mega’ churches are frauds, they are just large entertainment centers. "

"Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day--about 3,000 in all."
Acts 2:41

... I wonder what kind of "entertainment" the Apostles were using?