[manachar]

I suspect the result shown here is part of the broader tendency for people to only adopt the parts of things that make them "feel better".

Zen comes to America and it's adopted by self-absorbed people as a reason to be more like the self-absorbed people they want to be.

The advantaged of a well-thought out dogma is it can include things like a focus on compassion so that a tool doesn't just become another tool to help people rationalize their worst tendencies.

There are, of course, problems with dogmas, but I do encourage people to seek out things that challenge themselves rather than confirm their opinions and behavior.