Create? Neither can create the other. Shape or influence? Certainly. History shows that they borrow from each other and shape each other. The main religion in a culture typically supports the culture, just as the culture supports it; each accommodating the other.
Religion is a very important and integral part of Society. Without religion there is no Society
The earliest religion in society was animism.
A society without religion will be a ship in the ocean without compass and rudder.
The British Society for the Philosophy of Religion was created in 1993.
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion was created in 1949.
International Society for the Sociology of Religion was created in 1989.
If you would understand the MUSLIM religion then you could not ask stupid kind of question even you can except the MUSLIM religion. just few stupids are trying to create a negetive image of MUSLIM religion which is meaning less. Its my chalange
Force has to be used to create a communist society
Freud believed that religion emerges as a psychological response to human needs for comfort, security, and guidance. He considered religion to be a form of wish fulfillment, where believers project their desires for protection and meaning onto a higher power or deity. Freud viewed religion as a collective illusion that serves as a defense mechanism against existential anxieties and the harsh realities of life.
Religion
It would be easier to answer this question if you specify what religion you are talking about affecting the Buddhist society.
Religion was government