Jump to content
  • Welcome to the TransPulse Forums!

    We offer a safe, inclusive community for transgender and gender non-conforming folks, as well as their loved ones, to find support and information.  Join today!

What Kind Of Church Don't You Attend.


Guest SuperKali

Recommended Posts

Guest SuperKali

I subscribe strictly to the "What-If" theory. I've never been religous. I have attended churches for MANY religions. But my own personal beliefs are not associated with any of them. I walk the right path on my own.

Link to comment
Guest Elizabeth K

That works. I have a similar way, but I believe that religion can be a great way to focus upon the Creation of OVERYTHING - and it follows - a CREATOR.

Sometimes I feel it could be a circular thing - the creator created us so we could create the Creator. Or that we are all the CREATOR, but just a splinter part - and eventually we all reassemble. OR the grand argument - "There HAS to be something about existing - or else we would not!"

So me? Methodist, Catholic and Wiccan - mixed in with my innate spirituality, and my old soul - GOD what a mix! PUN INTENDED.

GRIN

LIZZY

Link to comment
Guest Joanna Phipps
That works. I have a similar way, but I believe that religion can be a great way to focus upon the Creation of OVERYTHING - and it follows - a CREATOR.

Sometimes I feel it could be a circular thing - the creator created us so we could create the Creator. Or that we are all the CREATOR, but just a splinter part - and eventually we all reassemble. OR the grand argument - "There HAS to be something about existing - or else we would not!"

So me? Methodist, Catholic and Wiccan - mixed in with my innate spirituality, and my old soul - GOD what a mix! PUN INTENDED.

GRIN

LIZZY

It seems like, for those of us who are posting here, walking our own path is a common thread. I walk my own trail that blends facets from many places into a whole which works for me.

Link to comment
Guest Justme

I do believe in the Bible. I have found through my years of searching, that Bilical truths mirror my Native American spiritual beliefs. As for chuch....I don't attend. I find that most churches are to tied into being religious and legalistic vs. having a very real spiritual, intimate relationship with Great Spirit, God the Creator. God is Spirit. We have to worship in Spirit. Just my belief.

Link to comment
  • 5 months later...
Guest mad_scientist

I'm an empirical rationalist with no time for concepts like gods or souls. I am, however, psychologically disposed towards religion. This combination pretty much demands a lone path.

I do have a church, but only online; there aren't enough of us in one place to have otherwise. And I don't like the First One very much, so I rarely go there.

Link to comment

Non denominational Christian Church. Basically one that gets its beliefs strictly from the Bible and doesnt have the corporate hiearchy that some churches have. I am a very firm believer that God sent his son Jesus to walk among us and he died on a cross and rose again. I believe that Jesus gave us a new testament to live from and the old testament is just historical reference.

Cris

Link to comment
  • Root Admin

Non denominational Christian Church. Basically one that gets its beliefs strictly from the Bible and doesnt have the corporate hiearchy that some churches have. I am a very firm believer that God sent his son Jesus to walk among us and he died on a cross and rose again. I believe that Jesus gave us a new testament to live from and the old testament is just historical reference.

Cris

What she said.

MaryEllen

Link to comment
  • 9 months later...
Guest jennifer-at-home

I come from a Catholic family but most people in my family are vehemently anti-religious. In my personal understanding

of spirituality over the years I have come a long way, for a long time I was bitterly angry at and institution I thought to be

the cause of many wars. However I have changed my mind and come to the thinking that religion is one of many things

unfairly, demonised- it is not religion that causes war but people.

Now I've come to find myself envious of people with religion in there heart, I think to have faith is a beautiful thing.

I believe in some thing wether that is cause and effect, Karma or simply that people are good, but in groups they can be

dangerous.

sorry not sure how clear that is

Link to comment
  • 1 year later...

I believe in a power greater than me and I call him/her God. Thre are billions of galaxies out there, ours being a bit small. I believe one day we will realise how powerful god Really is. I do not belong to any religion except the feeling in mt heart that there is a god.

Candy Kane

Link to comment

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Who's Online   2 Members, 0 Anonymous, 100 Guests (See full list)

    • KymmieL
    • KathyLauren
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      80.5k
    • Total Posts
      767.2k
  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      11,944
    • Most Online
      8,356

    taxicab
    Newest Member
    taxicab
    Joined
  • Today's Birthdays

    1. Amyjay
      Amyjay
      (58 years old)
    2. bettyjean
      bettyjean
    3. Breanna
      Breanna
      (52 years old)
    4. Emily Ayla
      Emily Ayla
    5. JET182
      JET182
  • Posts

    • KymmieL
      In the warmer weather, Mine is hitting the road on the bike. Just me, the bike, and the road. Other is it music or working on one of my many projects.   Kymmie
    • LC
      That is wonderful. Congratulations!
    • Heather Shay
      What is relaxation to you? Nature? Movie? Reading? Cuddling with a pet? Music?
    • Heather Shay
    • Heather Shay
      Having just a normal emotional day.
    • Heather Shay
      AMUSEMENT The feeling when you encounter something silly, ironic, witty, or absurd, which makes you laugh. You have the urge to be playful and share the joke with others. Similar words: Mirth Amusement is the emotional reaction to humor. This can be something that is intended to be humorous, like when someone tells a good joke or when a friend dresses up in a ridiculous costume. But it can also be something that you find funny that was not intended to be humorous, like when you read a sign with a spelling error that turns it into an ironic pun. For millennia, philosophers and scholars have been attempting to explain what exactly it is that makes something funny. This has led to several different theories. Nowadays, the most widely accepted one is the Incongruity Theory, which states that something is amusing if it violates our standards of how things are supposed to be. For example, Charlie Chaplin-style slapstick is funny because it violates our norms of competence and proper conduct, while Monty Python-style absurdity is funny because it violates reason and logic. However, not every standard or norm violation is necessarily funny. Violations can also evoke confusion, indignation, or shock. An important condition for amusement is that there is a certain psychological distance to the violation. One of the ways to achieve this is captured by the statement ‘comedy is tragedy plus time’. A dreadful mistake today may become a funny story a year from now. But it can also be distant in other ways, for instance, because it happened to someone you do not know, or because it happens in fiction instead of in real life. Amusement also needs a safe and relaxed environment: people who are relaxed and among friends are much more likely to feel amused by something. A violation and sufficient psychological distance are the basic ingredients for amusement, but what any one person find funny will depend on their taste and sense of humor. There are dozens of ‘humor genres’, such as observational comedy, deadpan, toilet humor, and black comedy. Amusement is contagious: in groups, people are more prone to be amused and express their amusement more overtly. People are more likely to share amusement when they are with friends or like-minded people. For these reasons, amusement is often considered a social emotion. It encourages people to engage in social interactions and it promotes social bonding. Many people consider amusement to be good for the body and the soul. By the end of the 20th century, humor and laughter were considered important for mental and physical health, even by psychoneuroimmunology researchers who suggested that emotions influenced immunity. This precipitated the ‘humor and health movement’ among health care providers who believed that humor and laughter help speed recovery, including in patients suffering from cancer1). However, the evidence for health benefits of humor and laughter is less conclusive than commonly believed2. Amusement is a frequent target of regulation: we down-regulate it by shifting our attention to avoid inappropriate laughter, or up-regulate it by focusing on a humorous aspect of a negative situation. Interestingly, amusement that is purposefully up-regulated has been found to have the same beneficial physical and psychological effects as the naturally experienced emotion. Amusement has a few clear expressions that emerge depending on the intensity of the emotion. When people are mildly amused, they tend to smile or chuckle. When amusement intensifies, people laugh out loud and tilt or bob their head. The most extreme bouts of amusement may be accompanied by uncontrollable laughter, tears, and rolling on the floor. Most cultures welcome and endorse amusement. Many people even consider a ‘good sense of humor’ as one of the most desirable characteristics in a partner. At the same time, most cultures have (implicit) rules about what is the right time and place for amusement. For example, displays of amusement may be deemed inappropriate in situations that demand seriousness or solemness, such as at work or during religious rituals.
    • Heather Shay
    • Heather Shay
    • Heather Shay
    • April Marie
      Good morning, everyone!!! Two cups of coffee in the books and I am just feeling so wonderful this morning. Not sure why, but I'm happy and smiling.   Enjoy this beautiful day!!!
    • Heather Shay
      A U.S. dollar bill can be folded approximately 4,000 times in the same place before it will tear. -You cannot snore and dream at the same time. -The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime. -A hippo’s wide open mouth is big enough to fit a 4-foot-tall child in. -Chewing gum while you cut an onion will help keep you from crying.
    • Susan R
      Love it! This is great news. We need more of this to combat the excessive hate-filled rhetoric and misinformation. 👍
    • Susan R
      The experience was the same for me @April Marie. I slept much deeper and I woke up each morning feeling so much more restful sleeping with forms solidly in place. For me, wearing breast forms at night started when before I was a teenager. I had no access up to modern breast forms and certainly no way to buy mastectomy bras back then. I wore a basic bra my mom had put in a donation box and two pairs of soft cotton socks. I have some crazy memories of things I did in my youth to combat my GD but regardless, these makeshift concoctions helped me work through it all.   All My Best, Susan R🌷
    • awkward-yet-sweet
      Colorado isn't exactly a Republican place, and won't become one anytime soon.  I think those folks might be better off not spending their time playing Don Quixote.    We certainly have our share of California "refugees" moving into where I live, so I wouldn't be surprised to start seeing Coloradans too.  I suspect the trend over the next few years will see the blue areas getting more blue and the red areas getting more red as anybody who can relocate tries to find a place where they fit better.   
    • awkward-yet-sweet
      Well, at least it'll be a place some folks could choose.  Options are a good thing.
  • Upcoming Events

Contact TransPulse

TransPulse can be contacted in the following ways:

Email: Click Here.

To report an error on this page.

Legal

Your use of this site is subject to the following rules and policies, whether you have read them or not.

Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
DMCA Policy
Community Rules

Hosting

Upstream hosting for TransPulse provided by QnEZ.

Sponsorship

Special consideration for TransPulse is kindly provided by The Breast Form Store.
×
×
  • Create New...