Religion is all about
faith and has nothing to do with
reason,
rationality or
logic. We, as humans, have a need to believe and I
think this is something we are born with and will have to
accept. Even an
atheist believes in something (namely that there are
no
gods) and this belief is mostly based on faith rather than
reason. And
conversely, some of the most rational men in history were deeply
religious.
Well, what I wanted to add to the subject is that two different
religious faiths that would seem mutually exclusive doesn't have to
be. We are capable of believing the logically impossible and if you
think about it, the basis of all religion is blind belief that
goes against against all reason.
Most of the christians in Europe during the last few
centuries also observed old pagan and folkloristic traditions
(although we prefer to call it superstition nowadays). The
Japanese see no problems in being both Buddhist and Shinto at
the same time. Zen Buddhism and Taoism is quite popular even among
christians (some of the anyway).
Well, I can certainly understand that some practitioners of organized
religion feel threatened by the concept of people making their own
decisions about what to believe in, but for me the act of believing is
more important than what you actually believe. That some religions
also provide you with a set a morals and ethics can be both a
curse and a blessing.