Do we have any ominists on The Coli??

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Dude said God is coming back in a spaceship:wow:

My god is coming back in a red 73 drop top Cadillac El Dorado. White walls with the 5th falling to the floor:yayo:

TO be fair, when I read the bible as a child I envisioned god as an alien. There are passages about angels coming down from the sky in metallic objects and flashing lights and of god being from another world.
 

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TO be fair, when I read the bible as a child I envisioned god as an alien. There are passages about angels coming down from the sky in metallic objects and flashing lights and of god being from another world.
Sounds like that movie war of the worlds.
 

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I could see omnism as being a logical conclusion strictly from a worldly view. Like all of humanity has a piece of the truth of the origin of religion and humans spiritual connections or lack of, but it's all tainted by something, man in this case according to that wiki link.


It would be better imo if it actually had a list of which parts of each religion is felt to be truth though. It could be interesting to see which spiritual niche would tally the most agreeable moral points. Another thing that would have my attention is how it would be handled for which laws are strict and not.

Believing in everything is essentially believing in nothing since you would have to break the rule of atleast a few of them.
 

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someone can correct me if im wrong, but wouldn't believe in all religions contradict pretty much all them religions?
Its not believing in all religions. It's a belief that all religions have universal truths.

"Contemporary usage has modified "belief in all religions" to refer more to an acceptance of the legitimacy of all religions. The OED elaborates that an omnist believes "in a singletranscendent purpose or cause uniting all things or people". That is not necessarily the conclusion of those who describe themselves as omnists. Some omnists interpret this to mean that all religions contain varying elements of a common truth, or place omnism in opposition to dogmatism, in that omnists are open to potential truths from all religions. However, as with modern physics, this does not mean that there is a single transcendent purpose or cause that unites. There may indeed be an infinite number of possibilities, or a deeper form of uncertainty in reality. There may be an influence more akin toexistentialism in which consciousness is a power or force that helps determine the reality, yet is not a divine influence.

In this regard, omnism does not appear to be a form of theology, as it neither espouses nor opposes particular beliefs about God. Instead, it affirms the necessity of one arriving at an understanding of reality based on personal experience, engagement, and inquiry, and an acceptance of the validity and legitimacy of the differing understandings of others. In this, there is, however, an implied system of valuesor ethics.

It is a belief in equality. Not one religion or the other should be superior, preach to convert or kill in the name of "their god/s)" Everyone has their own ways of thinking and believing. There are many aspects to religion that not everyone agrees on. Therefore, omnism is just a religion that agrees to never judge against other beliefs."
 

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Its not believing in all religions. It's a belief that all religions have universal truths.

"Contemporary usage has modified "belief in all religions" to refer more to an acceptance of the legitimacy of all religions. The OED elaborates that an omnist believes "in a singletranscendent purpose or cause uniting all things or people". That is not necessarily the conclusion of those who describe themselves as omnists. Some omnists interpret this to mean that all religions contain varying elements of a common truth, or place omnism in opposition to dogmatism, in that omnists are open to potential truths from all religions. However, as with modern physics, this does not mean that there is a single transcendent purpose or cause that unites. There may indeed be an infinite number of possibilities, or a deeper form of uncertainty in reality. There may be an influence more akin toexistentialism in which consciousness is a power or force that helps determine the reality, yet is not a divine influence.

In this regard, omnism does not appear to be a form of theology, as it neither espouses nor opposes particular beliefs about God. Instead, it affirms the necessity of one arriving at an understanding of reality based on personal experience, engagement, and inquiry, and an acceptance of the validity and legitimacy of the differing understandings of others. In this, there is, however, an implied system of valuesor ethics.

It is a belief in equality. Not one religion or the other should be superior, preach to convert or kill in the name of "their god/s)" Everyone has their own ways of thinking and believing. There are many aspects to religion that not everyone agrees on. Therefore, omnism is just a religion that agrees to never judge against other beliefs."
Oh okay, thanks for the rundown. I definitely do believe all religions share a common theme.
 
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