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Do you know anyone who is dual faith? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Depends on the religion I guess. I don't know how someone reconciles any of the abrahamic religions together if they're dual one of those.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I was thinking they'd be the easiest to reconcile - Christianity is just Judaism with extra steps. Islam is very similar to Judaism even though no-one talks about it. Jesus exists in all three but they have different takes on him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messianic_Judaism

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

A lot of Christians are Pagan. They either found a way to incorporate Pagan gods as angels or change the semantics up a little. This was common among the Irish, and the Aztecs actually ended up seeing the Christian god and saying "hey it's one of our own" rather than the Christians modifying the Aztec beliefs.

Some Christians are Buddhist, either because they are Catholic and believe the Buddha was canonized under a slightly altered narrative or because they found an interpretation of the Buddhist teachings that don't conflict with Christian ideas.

Also, some interpretations of Judaism are atheistic. Some readings of Genesis omit the interpretation that he made the universe, just the Earth (which a lot of Mormons use to claim God comes from a lineage of gods, something that oddly feels more satisfying than the traditional Christian view).