Some people don’t understand the phenomenon of multiple religious belonging. They assume that individuals can’t practice more than one faith. My entire life has been a giant exercise in proving those people wrong. It started with my childhood when I actively participated in two radically different Christian denominations. I may have been formally Roman Catholic, but I was just as much Presbyterian. It wasn’t a matter of 70 percent one and 30 percent the other. It wasn’t even 50/50. I was 100% each.
Most religions have rituals and scriptures and they place heavier demands on one's life than a philosophy. As for church and religion, there are folks who enjoy that type of community. Nobody has found a way to create as solid a community without that religious component.
I wonder if you distinguish between a religion and a philosophy? It seems to me that one could embrace Taoist philosophy along with almost any religion. How do you distinguish between a church and a religion? I know several people who are attracted to the social element of churches without especially caring about the mythos or ethos the churches seem to based on.
Most religions have rituals and scriptures and they place heavier demands on one's life than a philosophy. As for church and religion, there are folks who enjoy that type of community. Nobody has found a way to create as solid a community without that religious component.
I wonder if you distinguish between a religion and a philosophy? It seems to me that one could embrace Taoist philosophy along with almost any religion. How do you distinguish between a church and a religion? I know several people who are attracted to the social element of churches without especially caring about the mythos or ethos the churches seem to based on.
Neurodivergent universalists. We can start our own group/traditions.