In 2020, when rioters caused mass destruction over one incident they perceived as racist, and the media encouraged it, it was quite a scare. Most conservatives decided it was time to take action, and that meant abandoning conservatism and using government to conquer their enemies. They became partisan purists and so paranoid that anyone who has the slightest disagreement they assume is from the enemy, a new brand of political correctness. They embraced identity politics, adopted the leftist worldview of race vs race, religion vs religion, gender vs gender, orientation vs orientation, only playing as the opposite side. This means that now not only are liberals seen as the enemy, but also anyone who liberals claim to defend, or anyone they associate with the left for whatever reason.

If you don't believe me, here is Exhibit A: https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/20/we-need-to-stop-calling-ourselves-conservatives/

Among the things they feel are plaguing society are weakness and overtolerance. Now weakness does not sound out of place here, but for some reason they view unwillingness to be mean, nasty, and even brutal as weakness. And with that, they stand against Jesus on his most central doctrines. Islam would fit much better, because it returns to the literal interpretation of the Old Testament, which allows and even commands such heinous deeds along with the Quran. And their theocracies are known for things like throwing gay people off of skyscrapers. Now Muslims don't agree on this of course, but correct or not it is much easier to reconcile with Islam, because Christianity is very explicit about loving thy neighbor even if he's against you. And we know how Darwin's ideas of the natural order would also fit nicely.

Even now, they're only fond of Christianity because it's been the American tradition since its founding, and one that goes back thousands of years in most of their cultures. They don't actually believe it deep down. And it's more of a political identity in America, being Christian signals to others what your views on controversies are more than it speaks about your religious beliefs.