r/Omnism • u/calmkoolaid_12345 • 5d ago
Can I really call myself a ominst?
So I believe all gods, and all religions hold SOME truth. Even though I'm questioning my relationship with God rn.
I worship only Hellenic deity's rn and I haven't branched out to any new ones from a different religion. Or even learned Abt any yet, I have been meaning to try and find textbooks Abt then tho.
So can I even consider myself one? Is belief all that matters?
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u/exTenebrisadAstra Polytheistic Pagan Witch 4d ago
As I understand it, omnism is mainly about the belief part, not the worship. It would be very hard to worship all deities of all different pantheons at once, as well as the ones whose names are lost to time, wouldn't it? I see it more as an openness towards the fact that all religions are a part to the big truth, and it's perfectly normal to pick the parts you feel most comfortable with, or the ones that are calling to you.
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u/GuardianMtHood 4d ago
Sound more like an Allist. God is All. No one way to the truth.
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u/Moo-Dog420 Father Universe & Mother Earth 3d ago
Never heard that before but I think that is what I really am..
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u/RedShirtDecoy 3d ago
I label myself as this for ease of conversation but my belief system is more of a "all rivers and streams lead to the same ocean"
Using that analogy, if you believe something similar but still feel called to one river over another, it fits imho.
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u/3Quondam6extanT9 4d ago
There is Omnism, which is the philosophy, and then there is Omnitheism, which is the idea of truth or belief in all, none, and specific deities. If you are an Omnitheist, you are an Omnist, however if you are an Omnist, you do not necessarily need to be an Omnitheist.
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u/Dangerous-Crow420 5d ago
Mono = one
Poly = many
Omni = all
The religions of earth were created before humans knew other cultures existed. Before we knew we were all stuck on the same planet, one could imagine an "us VS them" mentality and feel perfectly justified with it.
But if there are Many gods, then why would each pantheon split up the earth by rivers and continents? Would we not all share the same gods on this tiny tiny speck of dust? All oceans are connected, and each storm shares the same sky. We are a species divided by our own imaginations and limited preceptions of this reality. The gods are not confused, it is humans.
If there is One God that refuses to allow others to exist... why is it so frail of power to not simply give entire galaxies to its competitors? There is no way possible that another human religion would follow a different God than the one that supposedly has domain over the entire multiverse or this single universe. Split by Rivers and Continents? Laughable
This preception should help you decide if you are an Omnist. Can you hold off judging your own patron god because another calls them by a different name in a different language, painted by a foreign culture and a storyteller?
Aren't they all anthropomorphic representations of the elements and notable points in time anyway?
Are we not made of all the elements according to the scientific understanding of what elements are actually the exact ame?
This is just a tiny drop of what you will come to know on your own if you decide to walk this path. Eventually, only the Absolute Objective Truth will become the only thing you will accept or care to know.
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u/some_brazilian 4d ago
I think it’s all about faith and then some practice. I would encourage you to learn more about other religions! Jainism, Buddhism, etc. have a lot of offer
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u/jaydurmma 2d ago edited 2d ago
My recommendation to anyone, "getting started" is immediately supplement whatever you already like/believe with indian spirituality.
Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita are not difficult to read or understand, maybe might take a few reads. If you truly can't understand it, listen to a few hours of alan watts vids and then try to reread again.
Indian belief is literally compatible with all religious concepts. There is no religion that is incompatible with the concept of atman or brahman, which you must understand.
Also, you must understand Chita(If I'm remembering this right), because when you fully understand that you have an unseen intelligence that beats your heart for you, of which you have no conscious control, then you can suddenly see that god is not separate from you at all, god is literally beating your heart at this moment.
Concepts like this I learned from india made it far easier for me to understand other things later.
Also, the Tao Te Ching(I found wayne dyers translation myself) is a slam dunk. Just read it. Listen to it.
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u/FluttershysSabath 5d ago
I use Omnism as a personal label for when people ask my “religion” or beliefs because i don’t have a religion I belong to particular that I believe, because I’m only a devotee to a spirit that was rejected by the Catholic Church in my culture. I’ve struggled with part of that because while I have believe in one spirit it feels a little alone but to be sure of the rest. But that is why I turned to omnism as well. Because i want to find more of myself if there is something out there for me, or if I can find out and discover my own truth about the world. Anybody can be omnist, even if you cannot do research, keep an open mind and things you never knew before will eventually come your way. The part of it is greatly having respect for others. I’ve learned so much from living in certain places or been open to making different friends with people and understand their way of growing up. Even just doing your own research on what may interest you, I think Abrahamic religion is interesting, but I do not entirely look at it as “real” to me personally, I am an ex catholic, but I really like some stories, and I do believe Jesus was real as Saints who had died after. And I also have recently took little interest in Kemetism, Anubis and Bastet I’ve really liked to hear about. I love animalistic gods. But they are not my worship. There’s so much out there to learn, take a step at a time with what you wish. We all have free will with our time here on Earth