I do not think anyone would disagree that religious leaders who abuse their students/parishioners are not authentic in their religious practice.
I assume you revere the Buddha. Well, he put the Dharma and the Sangha above all else. The Dharma is fairly intellectual. There are texts. There are arguments, which you say you eschew. The Sangha is community, which you said you reject completely. There is no Buddhist philosophy or tradition not based in these three. If you deny the Dharma and the Sangha, what is your path to enlightenment? Do you personally commune with an incarnation of the Buddha? Do you claim to be one?
You don't sound like any kind of Buddhist I've encountered. You can't hate everything and hope for enlightenment.
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