It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. — Bill Gates. American businessman and philanthropist (born 1955)
Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.
I don't think there's anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a binary fashion.