A young Thai woman became a Shia in the shrine of Imam Reza

It would be difficult to dispute our universal attraction to religion. However, if we all possess this disposition and it is responsible for religious belief, then why are there atheists? Furthermore, why do some people lose their faith while others gain faith in adulthood? Clearly, there are individual differences that require explanation. To this end, I return to the argument of comforting faith, not as a competing theory but as an added component that explains the diversity of attitudes towards religion.