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The Comfort of Illusion: Why Religion Persists in the Age of Science
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 29 2025
Pages: 354
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
What explains humanity's unwavering attachment to God in an age where science has dismantled the supernatural?
For millennia, religion has offered meaning, order, and comfort in a chaotic world. Yet modern science has revealed natural explanations for nearly every mystery once attributed to the divine - from the origins of life to the birth of the cosmos. Why, then, does religion endure?
In The Comfort of Illusion, Dr. Robbie King takes readers on a sweeping journey through history, psychology, anthropology, and philosophy to answer this timeless question. With uncompromising clarity, he reveals:
How religion embedded itself into human culture as a survival mechanism.
Why psychological needs for meaning, purpose, and certainty make faith so resilient.
The ways religion has adapted-shifting from literalism to unfalsifiable metaphors-to survive the rise of science.
How cultural inertia, tradition, and community keep religion alive even when its claims collapse.
What powerful alternatives-like the cosmic perspective, Zen Buddhism, and secular humanism-can offer in a post-theistic world.
This book is both a deconstruction of faith and a roadmap for spiritual fulfillment without illusion. It speaks to believers seeking understanding, skeptics searching for clarity, and anyone curious about the deepest human need: the quest for meaning.
About the Author
Dr. Robbie King is one of the most prolific authors in the world today. A clinical psychologist, aeronautical engineer, economist, scientist, linguist, historian, and multi-genre writer, he has published 98 books across all 10 Dewey Decimal categories, surpassing even Isaac Asimov's breadth. In 2024, he shattered Barbara Cartland's record for the most books written in a single year, with 39. His works span business, psychology, linguistics, history, fiction, art, and philosophy-making him uniquely equipped to explore the enduring power of religion in human life.Also from
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