The Gods #78515 For some reasons, I have two religious beliefs. How can I distinguish them during the dedication ceremony?

[AskSatanOperator]

I was raised in a Christian family and have always believed in Christianity. Later, I converted to Taoism and learned some Taoist magic. Now I want to dedicate myself to Satan, the Father of Satan. In the devotion ritual book, should I write "former Christian" or "former Taoist"? I take the devotion ritual very seriously. Could you please explain this to me?

 

[OttoHart]

Taoism isn't really a religion. It's a philosophy, which may or may not have religious elements depending on what exactly you studied (certain regional variants honor deities while others don't, some believe in a metaphysical soul while others don't, it's not a monolith).
For the most part, there's nothing there to directly rebuke, as opposed to christianity.

Do the ex-christian version, and simply don't engage in Taoist practices anymore (or rather, filter them critically, through the lens of what you learn as a Zevist).

 

[Henu the Great]

At the end of the day, this detail does not matter. The important part is to renounce the falsehood of the past, whatever that may be. That is why in this (now updated) dedication ritual, we also have the option of "none/empty". That is how I did the dedication ritual back in 2020, and so did many others before and after me before the update.

 

[Hárbarðr]

You have asked the same thing before in Chinese, see my reply there:

If a person has two religious beliefs, how can the dedication ceremony indicate whose believer he was before?

一个人有双重宗教信仰。在祭祀撒旦时，需要注明他之前的宗教信仰。我的朋友无法在这个网站的论坛注册，所以他让我问问老师。我的朋友出生于中国一个基督教家庭，他母亲在他小时候就立誓要把他献给耶稣。成年后，他变得非常叛逆，因为一些原因，他皈依了中国传统的道教，甚至还找了一位大师学习道术。现在他想把自己献给撒旦。那么，他应该在祭祀仪式簿上写他之前是基督徒吗？还是应该写他之前是道教信徒？如果他之前是道教信徒，可以直接写吗？我的英语不好，所以以上内容是机器翻译的。

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