Omniism

New-Age Religious Use

Omniism is a religious view that adopts the idea of Quantum superposition into an actively questioning agnosticism in a way that results in a philosophy similar to Quakers and the Society of Friends, but with no affiliation, real or stated, to any branch of any existing religion (as Quakers are with Christianity and Protestantism) beyond Its follower's personal decisions. Its core philosophy is that all religions may be correct and incorrect in their views of the structure of the universe concurrently. It allows and encourages the Omniist to explore all possible religious systems of belief and practice as though they were true, but asks that they be approached with skepticism. People who subscribe to Omniism as their religious view practice their personal religious beliefs as they see fit based on their observation and adaptation of their explorations into religious systems. In Omniist thought the idea of God is relatively interchangeable with the idea of choice: one chooses what they believe, and how they believe it, but are always allowed to change this choice based on observation and their choices in response to that observations.

Ian Paul Garrett first named Omniism in 1998. Having been raised in a mixed religious household that encouraged the freedom to choose one's beliefs (though culturally Jewish), he conceived of the central ideas of Omniism iin response to discussions with colleagues of Quantum Physics and the idea of superposition.

Omniism has no official organizational model or physical manifestation. Texts on its logic are available, but rare.

See also

• Pluralism (philosophy)