Hello,
institutionalised religions manifest through people's actions. There may be different tendencies and doctrines, but all those who kill, lie and rape (or just get on your nerves and annoy you) share the same red life blood and are all our family.
Buddhism is a made up umbrella term that somehow manages to connect Stephen Batchelor on one end with Soka Gakkai on the other
There are good reasons why millions of Koreans have converted to Christianity, just as there can be good reasons to "convert" to one of the countless Dharmic approaches.
From my limited experience it is those individuals new to a religious current that go on the most about how great it is for reasons x,y and z. Reality always gets you in the end though, and once you have spent half a decade to really research and practise your newly adopted religion (most people just like to bask in the sun of their own enthusiastic projections though....), you will have discovered that one cannot find a magic bullet there either...and warts are everywhere.
So what do you do? WHAT do you do?
One of the reasons why Buddhism is seen as being so nice is because is has no structural power in western society. It "feels" like it is so free....because it is not a force to be reckoned with in western societies.
The Dalai Lama cannot even allow women to receive full Bhikshuni vows in his own school....that is how free Buddhism can be.....
Much more importantly:
What does your heart say when all the chips are down?
Whatever is true about you, embrace it, see it clearly...and spend your life expressing it in a worthy way.
Gassho,
Hans Chudo Mongen