Dylar wrote:Nordengrund wrote:What do you think of people mixing religions?
I've read that in Asia, many Christians also happen to be Confucian or Buddhist, and in Japan it isn't (or at least wasn't) uncommon for someone to be both Shinto and Buddhist. I'm a Christian but I really like Confucianism as I agree with a lot of their morals and proverbs, and I had a phase where I tried to mesh Buddhist concepts with Christianity.
I'd like to point out that Confucianism isn't exactly a religion, but more of a lifestyle, and I think the same could be said about Buddhism, at least from what my peers have told me.
You could convincingly argue that Confucianism is a philosophy compatible with Christianity (Confucius often spoke of "Heaven" in a monotheistic sense and how it rewarded the just and punished the wicked). But Buddhism is a religion with it's own cosmology, deities, and concepts (karma, reincarnation, etc.) which are incompatible with Christianity.