Myers Briggs and the 4 spiritual paths (Jesus, moral, Earth, tradition)

[Ðanisty]

I would wager to say that Luciferianism draws more NTs than any other type.

[Aqualung]

Originally Posted by Ðanisty

I would wager to say that Luciferianism draws more NTs than any other type.

I would be more general and say that non-mainstream religions, and especially those that are seen as opposed to mainstream religions, draw more. That's just me, though.

[standing_alone]

Originally Posted by lilithu

Hmm... I don't know. What the workshop focused on was how your MB type might influence how you approach the tradition that you are in. So for example, you may find all four types within Christianity but STs may be more interested in arguing doctrinal differences and NTs might be more interested in exploring theology and STs might be more interested in the worship services and NFs might be more interested in being the minister, lol. (There are a huge number of NFs within clergy.)

Ah, yeah. That makes sense.

I remember reading that NFs tend to be drawn to being in the clergy. Maybe because NFs like service-oriented jobs and activities--that there is feeling of having a significant purpose in what they are doing. Makes sense. I haven't done much reading on the other personality types, though. I know I should, but I've been biased in reading about my type over others.

I wonder if there would ever be a way to look at Myers Briggs with nontheists. Probably not, since there's not really any traditions in the religious sense. Just makes me curious because apparantly, my personality type is supposed to be spiritual, but I'm not really (of course, I'm not as well understood in science and logic and such like other nontheists tend to be). I guess I'm just an anomaly. I just wonder how nontheists would break down by type and if there is any relationship in how they approach their nontheism (like, does their personality type make them more prone to being one of those really smart atheists or does it make them more prone to being one of them annoying atheists that we see on the forum relatively frequently?). But I don't know. Yeah, I'm rambling nonsense.

But it may very well be that MB type also influences what tradition you are attracted to. We didn't go into that. But I can tell you that I've done the Myers Briggs with a group of UUs twice now. The first time there were 17 of us and 16 out of 17 were N's. The second time there were 20 of us and 17 out of 20 were N's. UU definitely attracts N types (not that we don't have S's).

Yeah, that is really interesting, too. It's really something that a significant majority of UUs both times were Ns.

I wonder if we could get such info looking that the respondents to the poll and categorizing them by religion (or lack thereof)?

Yeah, me too.

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by lilithu

An SF would be more interested in personal experience of the divine (or whatever has meaning to you), spiritual practice, devotion. (I'm thinking Gracie. Tho she reports as an NF, which also makes sense.)

I'm an SF. I'd be curious as to whether any other Latter-day Saints are, as well. I bet Joseph Smith was, too. As I recall, he personally experienced the divine.

[lilithu]

Originally Posted by standing_alone

I wonder if there would ever be a way to look at Myers Briggs with nontheists. Probably not, since there's not really any traditions in the religious sense. Just makes me curious because apparantly, my personality type is supposed to be spiritual, but I'm not really (of course, I'm not as well understood in science and logic and such like other nontheists tend to be). I guess I'm just an anomaly. I just wonder how nontheists would break down by type and if there is any relationship in how they approach their nontheism (like, does their personality type make them more prone to being one of those really smart atheists or does it make them more prone to being one of them annoying atheists that we see on the forum relatively frequently?). But I don't know. Yeah, I'm rambling nonsense.

Well, fwiw, I don't think you have to be affiliated with a religion or believe in God(s) to be spiritual. I know some very spiritual atheists. To me, spirituality is about finding or making meaning in life. What makes life worth living? Theists usually do it within the framework of their faith traditions. Atheists might do it in some other framework, that's all. So you could ask how being an NF affects how you generally approach life. For example, a non-theist SF might really get into the experience of nature, or really into cooking for family and friends. I'm too tired at the moment to speculate on examples for the other types. Maybe more tomorrow. I might also look to see if I can do a little analysis on the responses to the poll.

[lunamoth]

Regarding the discussion between SA and lilithu about spirituality, one definition of spirituality that I like is that it is how we prioritize our loves and our lives. Everyone has a spirituality, intentional or not, recognized as such or not. So, a Christian might say that they center their lives around God, or Jesus. A non-theist might center their life around justice or truth, or family and friends, or personal integrity or quest for knowledge. I think this could fit into your four MB personality classes (as much as I resist such classifications). And of course there's a lot of cross-over...anyone might say that they prioritize around the principle of Love or Harmony, or Family, or Knowledge.

You might find some correlation between things like Objectivism, Eudaimonism, Humanism, Taoism (for non-theist groups) and the MB types as well. Just a thought.