I think most people are syncretic, the difference is one of degree. Religions, beliefs, and cultures don't change from A to Z in a blue, but gradually over time. Along the way new things are added and discarded. Just like in the past there were different hominids existing on earth at the same time and today you have different types of bears or even among brown bears or really anything else. It's like that in nature and it's like that in culture, and down to individual beliefs. There are constant interactions and variations.
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