Pals intention for this chapter is to inform his audience of the works and thinking of Sigmund Freud. He first goes on to give a brief introduction to Sigmund Freud and names him as one of the two chief mentors of the modern mind. I agree with this statement because every time I studied and came across Freud in the past, we always mention him as the father of human personality. Pals goes on to talk about some of Freud’s work such as Totem and Taboo (1913), The Future of an Illusion (1927), and Moses and Monotheism (1939). Of these three, I found the most interesting one to be The Future of an Illusion. In this book, Freud compares faith in God and obsessional neurosis. Freud defines illusions as something that has been derived from human wishes. Freud mentions the Oedipus complex. This controversial idea says that a boy grows up to acquire desire for his mother and jealousy and anger towards his father. It is the case where a boy feels that it is his competition to win his mother from his father. Freud mentions in this book that like the obsessional neuroses of children, which grew out of their Oedipus complex, religion also grew out the same way resulting in mainly dominant male Judeo-Christian God. This sums up the fact that religious phenomenon is related to individual experiences. I found most of Freud’s points to be very reasonable when he talks about illusions. The only topic I am unsure about is his controversial idea of the Oedipus complex. I understand where Freud is coming from, but I can’t see that happening. However, I do agree with Freud when he mentions that science is able to answer many questions about reality outside of ourselves. After taking many science classes over my school career, I have learned that reality can be proven through science and experimentation. Freud makes this claim and says mentions the fact that religion was brought up at a time where reality could not be explained. It was religion which a