No. I don't think it is possible or even desirable for the two to cooperate. But I do think that there's little need for war. In my view, they are mostly distinct things addressing mostly different questions.
If you and others worship, that's no skin off my nose even if I think you are presumptuous about a god's wishes. Indeed, I recognise that religion offers some valuable outputs for its adherents and to society as a whole. Having a whole category of people who believe in compassion and forgiveness is a good thing in my view.
Just don't expect everyone to adopt your model of a divinely ordered universe or imagine religion is useful for explaining things outside its purview. For instance, the bible is pretty crap at explaining nature: Darwin did a better job on the origin of species than Genesis 1 or 2; Copernicus was smarter than Joshua about the central position of the sun in our solar system.
But if you want to know how to behave when someone slaps you on your cheek, it gives advice which has some utility (at least in certain circumstances).
So coexistence is cool. But they are different things.
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