I think choosing to participate in religion is perfectly rational. Because like

I think choosing to participate in religion is perfectly rational.

Because like music, religion is understood precognitively.

Choosing to listen to music that we love is rational, even if our love of it is precognitive and therefore not rational any more than out choice of vanilla over chocolate is rational.

Choosing to participate in religion is rational, even if our enjoyment of it is precognitive.

In the case of music, and religion, and even love, we can scientifically explain what is going on that creates the desire to make the rational choice to favor it.

Music provides patterns of predictability, Religion provides the pack response, and love provides us with literally ‘heroin’, and a tremendous discount on trust testing.

None of these things are mysterious any longer.

WE LIKE TO PRETEND THAT THEY ARE.

Because it absolves us from intellectualizing them and by doing so losing our joy of them.

These things that give us joy also give our cognitive minds rest.

That alone is enough of an incentive.