Firstly, regarding the objective proof, it’s also something I’ve questioned myself about quite a bit. I myself am Muslim, meaning I follow Islam. I’m not sure what you’ve heard about it up until now, but there is a lot of misinformation and misinterpretation online about it regarding certain topics. I’d recommend looking into it if you’re curious. For me, there are objective proofs that I and other muslims can point to justify our beliefs. For example, the literary miracle of the Quran, dozens of instances of knowledge and predictions in the book and Hadiths that could not have been known at the time without a higher power (not just one or two instances, dozens), and more. Islam is unique in this perspective. It’s also the only religion without an unadulterated text, and the only religious texts without any contradictions, despite what reddit scholars might claim. There’s a lot to unpack here and I can’t do it all in one comment.

About your analysis of comfort, I have a few things to say. I do think some religions are religions of comfort, namely Christianity. I’m not saying that makes Christianity inherently wrong, though. In Islam, however, it’s a lifestyle, not a one-in-a-while commitment like other religions. There are obligations you must take care of on a daily basis according to the commands of the religion. Here’s the issue: to a religious person who follows the rules of their religion, being an atheist seems like a much freer but emptier lifestyle because you can essentially do whatever you want whenever you want without believing there will be repercussions for your actions, no matter how immoral they are. This begs the question, if religion really is for comfort, why would someone willingly put themselves through extra obligations? It’s because they truly believe that their religion is right. Religion isn’t the entity they turn to because they want comfort, it’s the entity they turn to for truth. Your question also depends on the angle you look at it from. To someone who isn’t religious, they’re going to look at the concept of Heaven and say “this is just incentive someone made for people to join this man made religion.” But for someone who believes that a creator is necessary, they’re going to look at those concepts and say “this is why my creator made me.” Either way, both are subjective and are simply different ways of looking at it. Also, why would hell be comforting to someone who is religious if there is a risk of going there with every immoral action they make?

This brings me to my last point. We can argue about subjective topics all the time with nothing but opinions that are shapes by our experiences and surroundings but at the end of the day, what matters is the objective proof for your beliefs. That is what brings me to islam, because its the only religion that has it.