Possibly he made an exception because the Omnian fanatics in that book were falling into the same pattern of behavior as Vorbis, putting words into Om's mouth and believing in the dogma instead of the actual god.Yet in The Science of Discworld part four, he spontaneously and casually appears in Vetinari's palace at a public hearing concerning ownership of Roundworld, to make his will publicly known. Om declares he will never manifest again as "once is enough".In which case, they're still demonstrating a belief in Om through their anxiety - something that must be sufficient to keep Om alive, if saying "Oh, god, what did I just hit?!" when your wagon squashes a small animal is enough to sustain a minor deity - just not a belief in any particular characteristic of Om. If there are dozens of schismatic sects out there, all saying that Om wants different things, then all of his worshipers could be in the same boat as Mightily Oats: unsure of which Om is correct, and worried about whether they're pleasing him or not.
Om will survive, because he's adopted a strategy of pure Fridge BrillianceHe's living off his worshippers' uncertainty about what he wants rather than their certainty.
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