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I'm assuming you mean "built into our DNA" in something like a metaphorical way. I would say that statements like "all human societies have had religious components" also run the risk of falling into vacuousness by virtue of being too abstract and vague.
I would argue that this statement is concrete and absolute, whereas statements that religion's importance is limited to its effect on social cohesion are myopic at best. For example, the Soviet Union was able to maintain social cohesion without any religion, even though most of its citizens retained their ingrained religious beliefs.