Myers Briggs Type Inventory (experience, recall, preferences)

[standing_alone]

Originally Posted by lilithu

Someone was asking me to post about the workshop that I took on Myers Briggs and our spiritual types. I can't remember who - maybe standing_alone?

Yeah, it was me.

I think it's interesting how the different personality types tend to approach spirituality and such (at least the little I've seen on the topic). I think I kind of go against what is expected of an INFP, since I'm an atheist. I just think that it's interesting to think about. I wonder though, depending on the personality type, how one comes to a certain path depends on their personality type just as much so as what that path is (does this make any sense? I can't find the way to phrase what I mean)?

[lilithu]

Originally Posted by lunamoth

Ummm...if harmony is an important priciple for me, isn't it more important that I adhere to it rather than debate it? Not that I want to debate about this...

I was afraid you were gonna say something like that!

What I mean by preferring principle over harmony is like when someone gets upset about something that may seem trivial to you and when you ask why (s)he says "It's the principle of the thing!" That's a rather clumsy example because I very rarely say that, but I think it gets the point across.

Here is a description of INTP that I think accurately describes me:

INTPs are relatively easy-going and amenable to most anything until their principles are violated, about which they may become outspoken and inflexible. They prefer to return, however, to a reserved albeit benign ambiance, not wishing to make spectacles of themselves.

For an NF, interpersonal conflict is toxic. Whereas for an NT, we tend to objectify it a bit more. Tho I'll admit that I do find conflict to be stressful, and even as I'm engaging in it, because I feel I have to (whether or not I really do have to is another matter), I always have in the back of my mind the hope that it will be over soon and we'll have reached some better mutual understanding. One could argue that if one wants to avoid conflict, then one should avoid conflict. To which I have no good response. It is something that I struggle with.

[Aqualung]

Originally Posted by standing_alone

Yeah, it was me.

I think it's interesting how the different personality types tend to approach spirituality and such (at least the little I've seen on the topic). I think I kind of go against what is expected of an INFP, since I'm an atheist. I just think that it's interesting to think about. I wonder though, depending on the personality type, how one comes to a certain path depends on their personality type just as much so as what that path is (does this make any sense? I can't find the way to phrase what I mean)?

Not completely on subject, but there are more INTJ Libertarians than any other typology. In fact, the Libertarian club is exclusively INTJs here.

[standing_alone]

Originally Posted by lunamoth

This sooo NOT me, it's not even close.

I formally declare the Meyer's Brigg Type Inventory Crap, and you all had better agree with me.

Hmmm... Well in this case, at least the Myers Brigg Inventory can't be criticized for the Forer Effect...

[standing_alone]

Originally Posted by Aqualung

Not completely on subject, but there are more INTJ Libertarians than any other typology. In fact, the Libertarian club is exclusively INTJs here.

Yeah, that is interesting, though. It'd be fun to break down people on the forum into the different types and see where those types tend to fall politically and spiritually. Or maybe it wouldn't be fun. I'm kind of a geek.

[Feathers in Hair]

Originally Posted by lunamoth

This sooo NOT me, it's not even close.

I formally declare the Meyer's Brigg Type Inventory Crap, and you all had better agree with me.

Eeep!

Not completely on subject, but there are more INTJ Libertarians than any other typology. In fact, the Libertarian club is exclusively INTJs here.

That's interesting- I didn't know that!

Approaches to spirituality and personality types would indeed be an interesting topic to study!

[Quagmire]

INFJ

slightly expressed introvert
slightly expressed intuitive
distinctly expressed feeling
slightly expressed judging

[lunamoth]

Originally Posted by Feathers in Hair

Speaking as an INFP, one of the easiest ways of telling if you're of that type is if you'd prefer to bow to what other people say than to risk arguing with them and upsetting anyone! (Generalization, but... well, I don't have any excuse for it!)

But thinking-feeling is such a complex catagory of respose and relationship, it's really doing oneself a disservice to say that because you like to maintain good relationships among people, look for bridges instead of fences, that you are more 'feeling' than 'thinking.' Seems to me that the person who'd rather drive home the point that they are right rather than seek harmony is not so much 'thinking' as they are stroking their ego.

You know, it really depends on where you are envisioning yourself as you answer those questions. If you thinking about how to interact with people at an online religion forum you might answer one way, if you are in a war fighting for your life you'll think another. A person who is spending a lot of their time at a place of buisness trying to get things accomplished is going to answer differently than a mom at home with the kids and trying to organize a fun play date with friends. My answers would be a lot different after a day at the lab than after a Sunday afternoon at home, but maybe that's just because I'm so evenly divided on that particular catagory.

Pehaps I've discovered the reason I avoided taking the test to begin with...I don't like labels and boxes.