1.   Freud concedes that religion does indeed, have this restraining, civilizing role.

2.   And what religions do is use it to control people and scare them.

3.   Fong says she likes the way that Buddhism allows devotees to meditate on their own and not require, as other religions do, communal fellowship.

4.   Regardless, logic tells us that our society would never allow a religion to practice human sacrifices, as many religions have done throughout human history.

5.   They may direct their message at the weak and susceptible, but so do other religions.

6.   And their Buddhist religion can do without silly questions about how to become a saint.