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Well i know one guy who tried to do this and failed dramatically.Akbar was the king of the Mughal Empire where the majority were Hindus and he himself was Muslim.Muslims were the second biggest group and there were small minoroties of Sikhs,Christians,Jains and Parsees.According to Akbar all religions had some good so he thought that if you merged all the good parts together you would get the perfect religion.There was only one problem.No one wanted to follow his religion so after his death this religion just died.By the way it was called Din-E-Illahi.

NOTE:The mughal empire comprised of the now razz akistan,India,Bangladesh,Nepal,Bhutan.Eastern Afghanistan and some other parts in central asia.

Intermingling faiths is easily possible since faith is a personal matter. Now, as to whether or not you'd be accepted in either community for the entirity of your beliefs... well, that depends on the members of that community.

Most, if not all, of the larger religions are made up of various sects and sub-divisions due to differences of doctrinal interpretation anyway.

OK, Gaia ate my first post, let me try to recapture it here.

While I was studying to join the Order I belong to I spent some time focusing on the following idea: "All religions are languages" - I know that I didn't originate the idea, but I can't recall the source at the moment.

Essentially, all religions are an attempt to do one thing - explain the Divine and its relationship with Mankind. However, as we rarely have adequate words to explain the Divine. It is something we can feel, and know, and experience, but it is extremely hard to tell someone else about and have them feel/know/experience it in the same way. Each religion is a product of its culture, history, and the people who have lived it. However, each religion is also merely a language that a group shares so that they can discuss their view of the divine. Religion gives us a set of common words with which to express those experiences. Each religion has its own set of diction, idioms, slang, and dialects (dialects would be the various subgroups/sects of different religions).

Just as when people attempt to translate things between languages, mistakes and misunderstandings often occur between religions. People unfortrunately tend to focus on the words and not the meaning behind the words. When we lose sight of the underlying meaning and get caught up in diction, we view other religions as alien. When we attempt to move past diction and grasp the meaning behind the words, we foster understanding between religions.

OK, I didn't get all that I had before. But its a start, and I gotta run.