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 Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:31 pm
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One of my co-workers this week was reading Please Understand Me II, and so of course, I mentioned that I was an INFP (and have only every scored as an INFP). Today, I went and re-read my copy of Please Understand Me, and noticed something strange....
The way I worship/perform ritual/ hulaballo is decidingly NF in nature. Significance is more important than following the "rules". This is probably the very reason I couldn't stick with reconstruction as anything but one method out of many, and I do tend to stick with something that feels right (that isn't offensive to the gods, of course).
But what prompted me to put down the book at to start thinking was, " INFP's prefer the valuing process over the purely logical. (...) They may demonstrate a tendency to take deliberate liberties with logic. Unlike the NT, they see logic as something optional." Watch me debate, I'm not the person who is calling fallacies on people.
So my question is this:
How has your personality type influenced the way you approach your religion? Does it? Am I totally thinking too much into this?
What does this mean in the broader picture?
A couple of steps to get people started, before responding to my little prompt.
1. First, what is your Temperament? New, Improved, working link!
2. Read the characteristics profile: Here, for easy access
3. Comment on what you think!
I'm sort of also wondering what the spread of types is around here.
edit to get different link
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:51 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:05 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:26 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:19 pm
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I've always tested as INFP. I first took the test when I was about twelve. Since then I've gotten more introverted (about a 15-25% switch from extroverted to introverted between the first test and the one I just took), which I believe is more learned behavior than natural inclination from my experiences since then.
Most of the description is pretty accurate--takes up causes, extremely devoted, creative--except, strangely, for the whole "logic is something optional" thing. I love logic; I'm a computer science major, Discrete Mathematics was one of my favorite classes last semester, I have a very good grasp of grammar, situations that go against my sense of logic bother me intensely, etc... I do call fallacies on people. lol It's kind of like, I love cleaning and organizing my space, but I'm usually too lazy or distracted to start.
It's a puzzle. According to the Coldboot test link provided, my Thinking vs. Feeling scores are very close (I'd have to find my original test paper to verify from that one), which might account for it. Reading the description for an INTP, I hit the same problem as the INFP description but from the other side: tendency for intellectual snobbery, emphasis on logic, and the desire for consistency are all right on, but totally ignores my emotional, creative, fanciful aspects.
So I suppose I'm borderline INFP/INTP, if that's possible.
(I do wonder what the most common types are, if at least four of the ones I've read say they are only 1% of the population.)
As for what it has to do with how I approach religion...
I love being a UU because of the community, because I like not having to reconcile my personal values with that of my religion, and because being a UU almost guarantees being an activist about something--all things that fit with an INFP viewpoint. However, the potential for the non-dogmatic nature of the religion to result in cultural revisionism and spiritual pillaging, despite the stipulation of a "responsible search for truth and meaning," galls me--which, given the value-based nature of this dilemma is INFP, but also has a more logical basis since the conflict stems from un-structure.
I love the exploration I've done so far into Kemetic recon because Netjer (both individually and collectively) appeal to me on a spiritual, emotional, and aesthetic level. I'm still trying to work out how I feel about the whole Nisut business with Kemetic Orthodoxy (some people use captialized pronouns for her--that just bothers me). I have less experience with this aspect of my spirituality so I'm not quite sure how it fits into the personality type discussion.
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 2:05 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:07 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:39 am
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ISTP :
Your 40.0% Extroverted and 60.0% Introverted
Your 55.0% Sensing and 45.0% Intuitive
Your 60.0% Thinking and 40.0% Feeling
Your 40.0% Judging and 60.0% Preceiving
Characteristics:
So, basically it said that I "direct my actions toward the practical," and that I work hard (sometimes working nonstop day and night)
It also said that my interests change all the time, which makes me seem unstable. I can definately agree with that. Also, that I am uneasy just sitting there and reading, that I must go out and perform the action (as opposed to reading about it).
It also said I enjoy my solitude (which I do) and that others see me and distant and detached.
How it relates to my spirituality:
Well, I don't like working with covens/groups of people, I'd rather sit at home and be religious on my own terms. I get bored with reading many books at one time; I usually have to read a book about spirituality, put what I learned in action, then maybe read again soon after that.
So, I guess the above does describe me a bit.
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:03 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:25 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:41 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:53 am
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Deo_Machina Your type is: ISTJ - Inspector Guardian Your 20.0% Extroverted and 80.0% Introverted Your 55.0% Sensing and 45.0% Intuitive Your 85.0% Thinking and 15.0% Feeling Your 80.0% Judging and 20.0% Preceiving I found that test kind of hard with some questions.
So after reading the description, how does it relate to your spirituality/religion. |
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:18 pm
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Nuri Deo_Machina Your type is: ISTJ - Inspector Guardian Your 20.0% Extroverted and 80.0% Introverted Your 55.0% Sensing and 45.0% Intuitive Your 85.0% Thinking and 15.0% Feeling Your 80.0% Judging and 20.0% Preceiving I found that test kind of hard with some questions. So after reading the description, how does it relate to your spirituality/religion.
It sort of doesn't. I'm not a spiritual or religous person. |
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:02 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:12 pm
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