is it possible for one person to believe in many religions?

Answer 1

Absolutely. I belive it is not only possible but it is healthy and I wish more people could. If more people concentrated on what makes their religions alike as opposed to what makes them different then the world would have a lot less pain and strife in it.

One of my favorite quotes and one that I use often is something Aristotle said. "It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it" By demonstrating that they can look at many religions and not completely accept nor reject every part a person shows that they are truly far onto the path of knowledge. It is very admirable and very wise to look upon many ideas and many beliefs and find what works for you.

Answer 2

Oh now this is rich! I get the biggest kick out of the opinions expresed by so many devout followers of they know not what!
The first three responses before mine are classic cases to prove my point.
Most people do not understand the difference between a Philosophy and a Religion. At one time the followers of the Abrahamic Faiths accepted that the believe in the one true God of Abraham was going to be tought to different peoples in different cultures and different languages.
As an Initiate(Priest), Alexander the Great was admited right into the holy of Holies in Jeruselem. The Occult knowledge shared by the initiates went beyond the human constaints of culture and language. Priests shared this knowledge and tried to spread it to the people under their control.
Buddism, Toaism, Confucism are all examples of Philosophies!
Any tolerant Abrahamic Faith easily allows the inclusion of these wonderful methods of achieving harmony with yourself, your community or your World-depending of course on which philosopher you are talking about!
To study and understand the structures and principals of the various Faiths-Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism,and even Islam is a wise manuvere, even if you are a devout believer in say Catholicism.
The Egyyptians and others did a hell of a job disrupting the Vedic systems and forbid much of the original knowledge from being taught by their "Slaves". This gave rise to Books such as the Tarrot and the Book of Genisis. Stories designed to teach issues of morality and begin sermons about life's various strifes.
As such, I find the Bahgavad Gita and the Uppanishads of the Hindu Faith quite interesting due to the lack of domination the enslaving countries had on the Indian Sub-Continent.
Two things made interfaith discussion difficult. The Paradox of Islam after the Schism of Sunnis and Shia, and the Crusades where Christians waged Holy War with Islam.
Now, religious figureheads became more important than the God the figureheads worshiped!

Answer 3

I guess it depends on the religion. If you claim to be a Christian but believe in any other religion then you technically can't be a Christian because the Bible says there is only one God (ditto that for Islam), so to believe in any other religion would mean that you don't truly believe in God the Father Almighty or Allah. Not sure how it works with Buddhism, Hinduism, or any of the New Age religions though...

Answer 4

Yes, and I think that is the best way to go about religion...each religion holds certain vews but in the end the aim is to make a moral person out of the believer. I may not believe in multiple religions, but I do believe in certain parts of different religions, and being able to choose what to believe in makes me more religious because I am choosing to believe certain things while one religion forces you to believe one way. Awareness and acceptance/understanding to other religions is key. I guess you can call me a Buddhist/Confucist/Catholic/Jew/Muslim/Atheist/ = Budconfcathjewmuseist. I will start a religious movement of my own.

Answer 5

No... you can make a mishmash if you like... but you can not believe in more than one.. you can believe in nothing.... But; The Creator of the Universes does not require you to be of any religion; only that you treat people as right and as fair as possible. Although, if they make war, and insist upon it, you must make war back...

Answer 6

You are bordering on a big pet peeve of mine. Whereas it is very possible to believe something is relevant to many religions, it is not possible to be something like a Christian and Jew at the same time....or my worst pet peeve a Christian and a Pagan at the same time. For example, things like peace and love and relevant to many religions. However, Jesus, great guy that he ss ,while being highly relevant to Christians is not relevant much to Pagans...nothing against him mind you. That is why it is absolutely nuts in my opinion to call yourself a Pagan and a Christian at the same time...I think that is total mental illness. Another thing is that Christians , many sects of them, go around trying to recruit others to their religion and welcome everyone in. Not true of Pagans...never heard of a Pagan recruiting others. Most generally Pagans feel others follow a Path that was realized by themselves...and that is a very important part for many of us. As for me, I would like to keep out many who think they can come in and "try it out." They are generally obnoxious and try to "school" the rest us after they read a few books and think they are an expert...just the "recruiting xtian" coming out on them. And that is very disrespectful to us.
So that is my opinion!

Answer 7

Yes you can. It's called being "Eclectic".


I'm eclectic pagan and it allows me to believe in many paths and/or religions.

Therefore i was born and raised catholic, was a born again pentecostal for 4 years and now im pagan. I believe in and study in Golden dawn, Thelema, Hindu, Buddhism, voodoo/santeria, gnosticism, strega(italian magick) and so many other things including my original upbringing. Provided that you dont use one religion to negatively judge another and believe that theyre all different paths to God/god/goddesses/universe you'll do fine.

Hope this helps.

Answer 8

Yes it is. I believe in things from a lot of different religions. For example, I am a christian that also believes in reincarnation.

Answer 9

Yes, it means you're open minded enough to see the common threads between them.

Besides God is too big to fit into one religion anyway.

Answer 10

Yeah..it shows you're open-minded and not limited to a certain "train of thought".