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For people who have taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality test...?
What were your results, and what are your religious beliefs?
I'll go first:
I'm an atheistic agnostic Theravada Buddhist, and my results were INTP ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTP )
Just wondering if there's any kind of relationship between the two :)
15 Answers
- OPMLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
I am a social scientist and there is.
I have preferences for ENTP and I am atheist.
There are two issues present. First, among Protestant denominations and Catholic religious orders there is a correlation between typology and self selection into the groups. The Catholic Church as a whole does not have this issue.
Likewise, among NT's in general there is an issue related to thinking for ones self and to go against the social standard.
That you doubt everything has to do with preferences for N and T together. Likewise, a preference for introversion means you spend a lot of time mulling around ideas. There would be a natural connection between Theravada and NT. In fact, it was probably designed by an NT since it is dominated by values people with a preference for N and T profess.
It sounds like you are joining people who naturally agree with you.
Research on typology and religion is actually quite extensive and there are also congregation effects as well.
Of greater interest to you personally, should be that getting rid of self doubt is designed for NT's who are born with self doubt. It is almost a specific characteristic of having the NT preference and being young. ALL NT's should hit enlightenment because the Theravada steps happen to match the natural biological maturing process all intuitive thinkers experience. In other words, simple aging should get you to what the Theravada define as the enlightenment process. You do not have to do anything except stay physically and emotionally healthy.
If you are not an NT, it is also very unlikely you will ever reach enlightenment as the Theravada define it, because the natural maturing process takes you to another path and this path would not hold a lot of meaning.
- Anonymous5 years ago
INTJ - I'm a leader who has the ability to gain a deeper understanding for complex concepts and is able to convey those concepts in a way that most people can understand. I need data to support my decisions and my emotions usually don't play into them. I'm low key, quiet and calm most of the time. I think a lot and sometimes I feel my thoughts moving so fast in my head, they spin like a tornado in my conscience. This is totally me. And just like you, every time I take the test, the results are the same.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
INTP Pastafarian.
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- Sage BluestormLv 61 decade ago
I am ISTJ.
Solitary Pagan\witch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISTJ
Don't know if there is a correlation but it fits.
- SearcherLv 71 decade ago
It's been a while since I took the test. hang on...
I'm thinking of a different test. In that one, I'm DSI which means results oriented. I'm Fundamentalist Christian.
- SerenaLv 61 decade ago
I'm ISFP when I take the test. On occasion I test as ISFJ (slight J).
I'm pagan.
- Sister blue eyesLv 61 decade ago
I have taken it, I am
ISTP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISTP_%28personality_t...
I am an multidenominational Christian (not evangelical, not fundamentalist)
- Anonymous1 decade ago
INTJ; a convert to Catholicism.