NEO-OMNISM
INTRODUCING THE FIRST CHURCH OF CANADA
C/O THE EGLISE RESTIGOUCHE CHURCH
63 GALLANT DR. D-2
P.O. Box 10
CAMPBELLTON, N.B.,
CANADA E3N 3G2
CONTACT: NATHAN BRAUN
506-760-4775
THE 3 CORE TENETS OF NEO-OMNISM
- KINDNESS
- LOVE
- RESPECT
THE 3 MANTRAS OF NEO-OMNISM
- I AM A UNIVERSAL HEALER
- I AM A UNIVERSAL TEACHER
- I AM A UNVERSAL SERVANT
THE 3 ESSENTIALS OF NEO-OMNISM
- INTERFAITH
- MULTICULTURAL
- NON-DENOMINATIONAL
THE 4 PRINCIPLES OF (NON-RACIST, I.E.) MULTICULTURAL INTER-RELIGIOUS HARMONY
- UNIVERSAL VEGETARIANISM &/OR VEGANISM
- UNIVERSAL POLYGAMY &/OR POLYAMORY == LOVING ALL GOD'S CREATION & CREATURES
- UNIVERSAL SABBATH OBSERVANCE (ALL DAYS ARE SACRED, ESP. FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS)
- UNIVERSAL LENT/RAMADAN/bahá'íe FAST OBSERVANCE (i.e., approx. the Holy Month of March)
In April/May 2026, the Church of Canada was officially founded as the Prayer & Presence Circle in the Serenity Chapel and the Smudging Room at the Restigouche Hospitality Centre, 63 Gallant Dr., Campbellton, N.B., Canada by founders Nathan Braun (of the Christian Vegetarian Association & Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians), lead facilitators Celine (pronouned Sell-EEN) and Mr. David Snow "the Man," and especially, of course, Métis (Mi'kmak-Acadian) Chief Mylène Thibodeau-Braun (Radharania SATYANANDA-inshallah).
The Prayer & Presence Circle/Church of Canada continues to evolve and grow, to the present day, May 13 2026. Its informal title, The Prayer & Presence Circle has since been adapted to "THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE," and incorporates all its former names and titles. It has also been christened "The Sacred Circle" by co-founder Nathan Braun.
Today, May 13, 2026 I would like to propose a 9-point grid for some aspirations and goals of the group.
I would like to refer to our approach as "Neo-Omnism," based on OMNISM, as defined by Google AI and Wikipedia:
NEO-Omnism is now also the epistemological and theological position in philosophy that all religions contain varying degrees of truth, but no single religion can offer a fully true teleology.[1][2] Omnism is related to syncretism, or the practice of combining multiple belief systems.[3]
Contemporary usage
Contemporary usage has modified "belief in all religions" to refer more to an acceptance of the legitimacy of all religions. The Oxford English Dictionary elaborates that an omnist believes "in a single transcendent purpose or cause uniting all things or people." Omnists interpret this to mean that all religions contain varying elements of a common truth, that omnists are open to potential truths from all religions. The Oxford dictionary defines an omnist as "a person who believes in all faiths or creeds; a person who believes in a single transcendent purpose or cause uniting all things or people, or the members of a particular group of people."[4] Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, considered the first Deist, argued that all religions were true.[5] In the poem All Religions are One, William Blake professed that every religion originated from God's revelation.[6] Henry Stubbe and other Socinians syncretized Unitarianism with Islamic theology.[7] Unitarian Universalism, which grew out of the Protestant Reformation,[8] is congruent with Omnism, and some congregations in the Unitarian Universalist Association explicitly attest to the category of Omnism.[9][10][11] Other notable interfaith organizations include the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples[12] and The Parliament of the World's Religions was the first organization with the goal to unite all religions.[13]
Notable omnists
- Philip James Bailey, who first coined the term.[14]
- Ramakrishna, the Hindu mystic, believed in all religions being true. His parable-based teachings advocated the essential unity of religions and proclaimed that world religions are "so many paths to reach one and the same goal".[15]
See also
General and cited references
- Thomas P. Power (February 20, 2017). "6 Omnism". Confronting the Idols of Our Age. Wycliffe Studies in Gospel, Church, and Culture. Wipf and Stock. p. 30. ISBN 978-1532604331.
THE INFINITE BLESSING
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