Is it normal to have seemingly random emotional reactions when listening to/ reading sutras? Also what to do with seemingly conflicting information?

I came across the earth store Buddha sutra or something along those lines. When I learned of the earth store Buddha's compassion and their vow, I became extremely emotional. It was completely out of my control... the depth of their compassion was more than I could have mentally conceived until then.

However further into the sutra they start talking about different hell realms and the horrible experiences people go through. I honestly just don't know what to do with that information. Apart of me intuitively feels like some of the things that ive read/heard don't align with the dharma. Is this aversion? Not going to lie, I feel off for some reason I'm trying not to think to much of it or get sucked in... I'm just perplexed. I understand the emptiness of words and concepts but I feel poisoned in a way. Are there sutras I should watch out for or dialogues that move away from the dharma? When I got to the part about thinking/saying allowed this Buddha's name or that Buddha's name to shave off eons of karma, that just seems like total and utter nonsense and contradictory to the core of Buddhism.

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