After one of my friends taught me something about Buddhism and told me that reading sutras could help me become peaceful, I started reading the Earth Store Sutra. As I read the sutra, I found that religion sometimes uses terror to educate its believers. If we break the law, we may go to prison; if we violate religious norms, we may fall into hell after death. Maybe some people behave themselves only because they are afraid of going to hell, not because they are interested in going to heaven. One of the aspects of faith may consist of fear. I’m not sure whether it’s improper to discuss religion like this. I don’t mean any offense.