Both have the power to change the other. Both work together and change to support each other or they don't survive. I.E. in cultures were resources are scarce and populations huge such as China and India, the religious goal appears to be pacifism and non-interaction. In prosperous cultures religions encourage the accumulation of wealth. Christianity gave us the crusades.
Many people seem to find religion in their later years.
As mentioned earlier, many find religion a convenient excuse for what they want to do despite what the good book says. They want a higher authority to say that they are good and that they have protection from the big scary universe. The Correct Religion I find it difficult to believe that only on faith has it right. I know that I'm doing it right. Good in this sense is not unconscious bliss as from heroin but the joy of knowing that you are doing right.