Hello @shigeo
I understand correct, that one person can belong to different religions? I could not imagine this, if they really believe in one…
Hello (^o^)／
There is no faith in Japan to believe in one God like Judaism, Christianity, Islam.
It is quite different from the biblical and Koran transmitted God.
It is the animism that the soulthe spirit dwells in everything.
This way of thinking is introduced by a British anthropologist Edward Burnett Tylor in his book, but in Japan, it has become familiar over 1300 years ago.
Hi @shigeo ,
Thanks for sharing this interesting thought!
The population of religion is such an interesting term.
I recognise this from my country as well. In Denmark pretty much everyone identifies as christian, but some also believe in the old Nordic gods like Odin and Thor.
I guess some people have no problem believing that one god can coexist with another.
Hi (^。^)
Japan incorporates religion into everyday life. Many people will visit the shrine (worship) when children are born. 3 years old, 5 years old, When they become 7 years old they will visit the shrine (worship) at some age. About 30% of the wedding ceremony is done by Christianity ceremony. The hotel that tackles the banquet in Japan surely has a Christian chapel. There are also many famous hotels.
If dead comes out from the family, most of the time, we call Buddhist priest and do in the Buddhist ceremony.
We live while relating to a religion completely different from shrines, Christianity, Buddhism in my life, but we coexist without fighting each other.
However, this coexistence is rather close to “customs” and “habituation” rather than being each believer. I am thinking the specificity of Japan where people accept these.
**Hello @shigeo **
As @TorM mentioned in comment “one religion”,i also believe in one religion which is the “Religion of Humanity”
and there is not any religion which is greater than it.
I think it’s great that people seek different religions depending on what their cause is @shigeo .
The fact that we are not fighting each other over differences in beliefs, proofs that we have come a long way.