Does religion produce unique sensations?

[Dystopia]

Religion is just an interesting mix of Sociology, Psychology, and Groupthink.  The serotonin produced by being a part of such groups is not unique, and can readily be experienced elsewhere.  (I voted no)

Yes, but why don't I see people showing the same devotion and feelings of "awe" towards other institutions other than religion? I mean, I see people excited about politics, culture and partying but none of these things makes people do the thing they do for religion, whether it's killing or something harmless like a prayer.

The only thing that religion produces in large quantities is murderers.

I hate it when people answer off topic to my topics - Additionally, it has produced a few interesting buildings and cultures, so there's that.

Nothing that can't be repeated with a healthy amount of drugs

But why risk your life when you can simply pray and feel awesome?

I suspect this is because no secular institution has ever made as grandiose a claim as Christianity, so there is a far less tempting reward on offer for most Communists to devout themselves so fully. Even still the works and speeches of the likes of Julian of Norwich, John of the Cross and the two Fatima seers who died as kids are of something I have never seen elsewhere. Could be just hot-house environments leading to their productions, I have noted mystics do not appear outside of convents, monasteries or ultra devout locales but I've never seen a school or a philosophical academy produce something like that.

There is no reward for being a communist, just the pleasure of maybe one day (In a lifetime?) seeing the working class triumph, and that's expecting too much.