God doesn't mind if at the same time I called him Allah, Yahve or Vishnou... the most important to honor His name is not to kill, not to lie, not to thief... what do you think about it ? I am not speaking of a new religion, I am speaking of being at the same time muslim and jew, or protestant and hinduist...
2007-03-30 23:11:16 · 11 answers · asked by Thom Jefferson 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
for JoeBob : if I want to become an opera singer, I go everyday to practice opera. If I want to be a priest, maybe I have to choose one religion (and even in this case, it is not sure). But as an average citizen, I go one day to the opera, the other day to the basball game, and I go one day to the mosque, another to the Ganesh temple and the week after to the church ??
2007-03-30 23:45:15 · update #1
You certainly can enjoy many different tales and legends at the same time.
I enjoy Peter Pan, Harry Potter and Lord Of The Ring at the same time.
2007-03-30 23:36:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can start off studying many different religions. But once you go down the path a ways, religions diverge at a certain point. And to go deeper, you must choose one path to follow. If you dont like where that path is taking you, you can always explore another one. But to explore several at the same time would be quite confusing and not too fruitful I would imagine. At some point you must choose, just like anything else in life. Am I going to go to the movies or stay home and read? Am I going to the opera or do I want to go to the ballgame?
2007-03-31 06:34:40 · answer #2 · answered by JoeBob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Per your illustration with the opera and baseball.
An opera and a baseball game cannot take place in the same place at the same time.
That is the real 'problem' with your suggestion.
Many religions are mutually exclusive, if you pick this part and that part and cobble them together then you have a different religion.
Same with opera and baseball. Both cannot be fully complete in that shared space and time.
2007-03-31 07:48:06 · answer #3 · answered by thankyou "iana" 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is exactly what the Israelites did in the Old Testament. They worshiped the one true living God however they also worshiped the gods of the people- and what did God say- "Only worship me. There shall be no other gods before me." God DOES mind. Allah is the not the one true God. If all gods were ok to worship then Jesus died for nothing- and believe you me, He died for each and every one of us. One day people will know that there is only one God- and the names of gods in all religions are not the same. You cannot be muslim, and Christian etc at the same time-
2007-03-31 06:30:43 · answer #4 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who says you can't? I am a Universalist. I consider all paths worthy of study and contemplation. The great lessons of the universe are all tucked in to the different spiritual paths in different ways, I could look at two different scriptures presenting the same lesson, but find one is presented in a way that makes sense to me better. In my personal relationship to the cosmos, I find Paganism suits my beliefs the best, but study of other religions does not negate my beliefs, only expands on them, and helps to clarify them, if anything. The only ones who will tell you you can't do that, are the ones that insist that thier religion must be the only one.
2007-03-31 06:22:59 · answer #5 · answered by beatlefan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see why we can't. The only issue that would come up would be if you wanted to join a church and had to read their doctrine then sign it. So I think it's far easier to just believe in the universal church and live your life out the way you choose and not the way someone else would like you to. I really don't think God would mind.
2007-03-31 06:20:26 · answer #6 · answered by meganzopf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lord Krishna says, just because you see Me as Krishna I am not Krishna. It is the limitation of human mind that it visualises even the Supreme power in a human form. You can visualise God in any form, not necessarily as Krishna, Jesus or Allah. In whichever form you worship, even inanimate, the prayer ultimately is for the Supreme power.
2007-03-31 06:18:51 · answer #7 · answered by bankman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Islam and Judaism are monotheistic religions. Strictly so. Therefore following one of those faiths, according to their accepted dogma, prevents you from following any other. Hinduism, on the other hand, is polytheistic, and therefore has many gods.
2007-03-31 06:18:11 · answer #8 · answered by Al_ide 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You *are* free to do so.
It might get a little confusing, though.
And if I were you, I wouldn't tell *some* of your co-religionists about your other religious practices.
2007-03-31 12:16:54 · answer #9 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, Just try doing that with Islam !
(ref: Quran)
2007-03-31 06:21:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋