I have a soft spot for the topic of people who are dual faith. It’s weird, you know. If you’re an atheist, you get a thumbs up from me. If you’re religious with one faith, you get a raised eyebrow from me. And if you are dual faith, you get two thumbs up from me. It just feels like you’re more open-minded if you are more than one faith.
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Seems like a number of Christians also worship Trump
Worship of Trump baffles me. Said worship isn’t even consistent. One moment he’s the second coming of Cyrus the Great, another moment he’s the second coming of George Washington, and another moment he’s the second coming of Jesus himself. At this point, they might as well just max it out by acknowledging he’s the latest Avatar, the sixteenth doctor, the latest vessel of Professor Ozpin, and the most infamous and most anime-named Lemmy mod all wrapped up into one and be done with it.
On a slightly more serious but lighthearted note, it does invoke the question “what counts as a religion?”
In the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), having multiple faiths is explicitly forbidden in the Ten Commandments: https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Exodus#20:1
2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
And you can see this play out historically: when Christians met peoples of other faiths, they didn’t see it as an opportunity for learning and cultural exchange, they saw them as heathens that needed to be proselytized… or eradicated.
Conversely, I feel like Buddhists are the most likely to have other faiths, because Buddhism changed and adapted as it spread throughout Asia, and incorporated elements of the local religions.
I’m certified omnireligios. I celebrate every religious holiday of every religion, ever. Employers have to accommodate; I work, like, 4 days a year.
https://www.learnreligions.com/religion-in-japan-4782051 The main religions in Japan are Buddhism (69.8%) and Shinto (70.4%)
Hi there. I teach World Religions (and other philosophy classes), so this is my area of expertise.
Some religious traditions are more open to being practiced along side other traditions, while some have beliefs that demand exclusivity.
In Hinduism, for example, there are millions of gods… all of which are a part of the Supreme God. This logic can, and has, been extended to the gods of other religions.
Likewise, some religions pair together quite nicely, like Buddhism and Shinto or Taoism and Confucianism.
There are also ways in which some religions might have some common ground. You can apply some Buddhist ideas within your Christianity, depending on what those Buddhist ideas are. On this, see Thomas Merton’s work on Zen, or DT Suzuki’s work on Christianity.
As to practicing multiple faiths being a sign of maturity… I think it’s more that friendliness to ideas outside your comfort zone is the mark of maturity here. This can include atheism too. Someone who genuinely wants to understand other perspectives is going to walk away with at least a few ideas they can affirm.
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I think it’s basically the norm.
Categorising people neatly is for the benefit of statisticians, not something that’s real in the human heart.
We need a better statistic system.
statistics ≠ real life
