can a person be more than one religion?

Question

if a husband is a different religion from his wife and they have a baby, what religion is the baby?

Answer 1

the correct answer to your questionis that a person cannot be more than one religion, but a family can....

Answer 2

The baby, while he is a baby, doesn't have any religion. As he grows, he will develop a system of beliefs, which may or may not be the beliefs of either parent.

There are many religions that people try to combine; voodoo, for example, is an attempt to mix Catholicism with Santaria. Catholicism, for that matter, is an attempt to mix Christianity with Paganism, and Islam is an attempt to mix Christianity with Arabic tribal religions. No mixes are successful (Luke 5:36-37); just go with the pure religion with nothing added or taken away.

Answer 3

The baby can adopt any religion when his grown up. However, s/he is human and humanity is the first religion. BTW, some of the countries have religion by birth, for example in India the baby's religion is father's religion by birth. In fact in some countries wife's religion changes to husband's religion. However, I know people who follow two religion, I know a chineese who is budhist as well as christian. It all depends on your thought and believes.

Answer 4

Generally a couple will decide among themselves as to the religion a child will be raised in. You can not belong to 2 separate religions and truly follow both because of the many different laws and regulations that are different between both.

Smart parents would raise the child in an atmosphere of religious tolerance, allowing them to experience and learn about all the religions and allow them to decide when they reach a suitable age, say 15, to make up their own mind as to which religion is what they wish to believe in. Members of the Baha'i Faith do that and it is quite successful.

Answer 5

Traditionally, the baby adopts the mother's way of worship.

There's no black and white rules (and I think it's not all that important for a child), but whether the 5 year old goes to Greek or Hebrew school depends on which one is the mother's influence.

Answer 6

Great question.

My husband is Catholic and I am Seventh-Day Adventist. In the early part of our marriage, my husband decided that we (including our child) were going to be a Catholic family because he's Catholic. However, GOD has made the decision for my family.

My husband and my child attend my church! I do not or have not ever forced my husband to believe what I believe. It is only my duty to share what I know. The conversion comes from the Holy Spirit.

I am training my child to grow-up as a Seventh-Day Adventist Christian. When he's older, he can decide if he wants to be for God or for Satan.

Answer 7

You can believe in all of them but u cant be more than one religion and baby is free to choose but as far as he/she is a baby parents should choose it

Answer 8

My children have been raised with my faith, but have not been held back from attending church with their father if they chose to. Now that they are 18 and 19, they haven't made a decision yet, but it is definitely their choice. Each of us has to make our own choice in this matter. It isn't up to our parents and shouldn't be something you do just because its tradition. You have to seek out the truth for yourself.

Answer 9

Whatever religion the parents decide. I know someone who is Jewish and his wife is Catholic. The children are being raised Catholic, but are familiar with Judiasm and are involved with some of its traditions.

Answer 10

You need to pick one and raise the child in that one religion. When they are older they can make their own decision.