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Omnism
- Thread starter Philomath
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Little Darwin
Member
From what I see on the net, it seems that it is somewhat synonymous with Syncretic viewpoints as expressed on this site (of course I could be missing a subtlety).
Acceptance of all religions sounds a lot like Unitarian Universalist to me. If there is a difference, could you express it? Perhaps the difference is acceptance of all faiths and belief in all faiths?
I like what I have seen so far...
Acceptance of all religions sounds a lot like Unitarian Universalist to me. If there is a difference, could you express it? Perhaps the difference is acceptance of all faiths and belief in all faiths?
I like what I have seen so far...
Philomath
Sadhaka
The acceptance of the legitimacy of all religions is the basic tenant of Omnism.
Omnist's realize that although all religions have some powerful spiritual truths and great wisdom in them which can be very inspirational and moving, but they also contain a lot of human opinion, social politics, and outdated viewpoints . Beliefs and rules that made sense at one point in history but dont apply as well in todays world. Omnists tend to focus on spirituality more than religion and our general approach is exploratory and open minded rather than dogmatic and rule-based. Omnists tend to be freethinking, non-dogmatic, non-hierarchical, syncretistic and science-friendly.
I respect all beliefs, as long as those beliefs don't espouse harming or being intolerant of those who disagree with them. You can be Christian Omnist, a Buddhist Omnist, a Neo-Pagan Omnist or etc, it's not confined to one belief system.
All beliefs systems such as atheism, agnosticism, non-theism, theism or etc are welcome.
Octavia156
OTO/EGC
Omnia in Duos: Duo in Unum: Unus in Nihil: Haec nec Quatuor nec Omnia nec Duo nec Unus nec Nihil Sunt
Breathe
Hostis humani generis
Philomath
Sadhaka
Not sure what that means lol
Philomath
Sadhaka
Omnism and Unitarian Universalismare basically the same thing. The only difference is that Omnism lacks the structure that Unitarian Universalism has (I.E the seven principals and purposes).
Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
Neither did/does the person that wrote it, methinks.
Philomath
Sadhaka
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Octavia156
OTO/EGC
I know exactly what it means - prob not entirely relevant to the OP, but I'm not certain though.... I just saw the word Omni and remebered this line from the Star Sapphire ritual:
It's Latin and it menas:
All in Two; Two in One; One in None; These are neither Four nor All nor Two nor One nor None
Out of interest, why did you presume I'd write something if I didn't know what it meant?
Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
Before we go completely off-topic, I'll just say there's a difference between translation and meaning.
Octavia156
OTO/EGC
ah ok.
In Thelemic philosophy the ALL (Omni) is equated with the None and we write is as 0=2
In Thelemic philosophy the ALL (Omni) is equated with the None and we write is as 0=2
Urban Omnist
New Member
Yes, I would say that ultimatly Omnism is no different than Unitarianism, Baha'i and other Omnistic religions like Jainism. The only difference might be its lack of structure. But then, as stated above, you can be any religion and be Omnist. I think more than anything, Omnism is just a somewhat new way of stating this universal idea in modern times. The term has existed since 1839, but is only now becoming any kind of movement. Or so we hope.
SpentaMaynu
One God, All in all
This post is a bit old and as far as I can see only one person really answered the original question.... Anyway I'm proudly Omnist (leaning toward Hinduism though comfortable as a Pluralist)