Read Walpola Rahula's "What the Buddha Taught". You will know how far deviated incense burning and bowing to pictures are from Buddha's teaching.

Buddhism is a very rational philosophy. If you study Buddhism in the light of it being a protest against established thiestic, ritualistic religion in India, these will start making much more sense.

As far as McMeditation is from Buddhism, the same is true for regular people worshipping Buddha like a god.

Religion might have democratic elements, but truth isn't democratic.