The correlation you make between religion and survival is rather profound, and definitely answers the title of your post with a yes in my book. In the past, I've told people about my conclusion from reading the Bible, and it not conveying to me as being a book of religion, but of law, and they would look at me like a cow staring at a new gate. Since then, it has become clear that part of this is because Christianity has morphed into a religion that serves as a tool to promote the survival of its adherents rather than being a society of people who abide by the law.
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The leaders of the church, just like political leaders, are there because they enjoy the power. And the more power they get, the more they want. The ''laws'' in religion take advantage of how the human brain understands the importance of ''sacrifice'' and hard work in order to achieve something and be rewarded. The religious leader will tell the followers that if you do ''X'' you will be rewarded with ''Y'' and the human brain will believe it. There is no doubt that the religious leader is there for his own benefit and not because of altruistic intentions.
The Kingdom of God [ creator ] is a form of government, not a religion.
There are four things needed for a kingdom: a king, a law, citizens, territory.
Religions are man's attempts to understand his experience meshed with other's attempts to keep him in darkness.