I was going to say "Question your assumptions" but penultimate means "next to last." It could be you're on the right track at that. Anyway, we're just a way station on a trip to . . . somewhere.
No I used the word for a reason. I believe that man was created in the "image of God" and therefore given many "god-like" qualities the most important being self-awarness and reason. I am making no assumptions as to what or who God is, only that humans are the only creatures with those qualities. Humans are also the only creatures that posses the capacity to contemplate God OR science.