Can you be two religions?, Christian and an atheist Options

[AyeVickaye]

I have 2 friends that claim they're more than one religion. One claims that she is Catholic and atheist (being that her dad is Catholic and the mom is atheist). My other friend claims she is Catholic and Buddhist (being that her dad is Catholic and the mom buddhist)...When they asked them about it...I was like 'what? you cant be two different religions...Its either or but not both..' Can you be two different religions??

[Gigi]

I don't think so, but only if you take each religion in their respective, strictest meanings. You can't be fully Catholic or fully Atheist; they just completely contradict each other (Atheism isn't a religion anyway, it's a LACK of belief in God or some kind of higher being, but that's just a technicality, really).

Then again, I've always been a person that thought taking one religious completely seriously was a ridiculous idea. It's one thing to read and interpret religious materials as metaphors and use the teachings as a moral compass to guide the decisions you make in life, but another thing to worship the writings of any particular religion literally (this is why I'll always laugh at Creationists). So if you're going by the former, it's completely reasonable to adhere to two religions by combining ideas and beliefs, like Carrie said.