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In my text book I have the sentence 「どうして神様や仏様を同時に祭ることができるのか不思議に思うかもしれない」 Does
this translate to “how can they worship both Buddha and other gods at the same
time, they will think strangely”. When I typed in 不思議 to my online dictionary
it gave me a bunch of answers which to me some were completely different from
the rest. When I google translated it i was told it means “to wonder”. Can
someone shed a little light on this for me . Thanks!
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不思議に思う meaning/grammar
While 不思議 itself has a few different usages, the set phrase 不思議に思う generally
means 'to wonder' or 'to wonder why' (when どうして is included). You could say
that the literal meaning is 'to think of as being strange', but that can sound
a little strong.

So the elements of your translation are intact but instead of 'think
strangely', I would use 'wonder why'. More context about who is doing the
wondering would be helpful, but I would translate as follows:

> どうして神様や仏様を同時に祭ることができるのか不思議に思うかもしれない。  
>  (Somebody) might wonder how they are able to worship both God and Buddha at
> the same time.
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