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Religion and Personality Types
Some weeks ago I started a discussion named "Does your country have a cultural type?" It was about a theory that different cultures could be assigned to different personality types. Sometime later Patrice started the discussion "What will happen after death?" This has been the most popular discussion so far with more than 100 replies.
This latter discussion was also interesting because it showed that Thinkers and Idealists do obviously have different views of the world. You may call it "different beliefs". So I thought to myself: is there a relation between personality types and personal beliefs?
Well, of course: our cultural background influences heavily on what we select as a personal belief or a religion. In a catholic country such as Spain you will find all personality types among the population. But is there a certain tendency for individuals to move in a specific direction?
Interestingly enough Brent Massey, the author of the cultural types book has also been thinking about that matter. He states the following tendencies (I "translated" his persopnality types into iPersonic:
Hum, I don't think it's that easy ;-)
As you might know, our iPersonic circle is divided into "practical" types (Doers, Realists are in the north of the circle) and theoretical types (Idealists and Thinkers on the south). I find it hard to make a statement of the personal beliefs of the practical personality types. I would assume that since Doers and Realists are strongly connected in their "practical world" they would tend to inherit the beliefs of their corresponding society.
It seems to be different with Thinkers and Idealists. Both of them challenge the world they live in. Both seem to search for the key to understand what surrounds them. But their approaches seem to be different.
Thinkers want to rationally understand the entirety of life. There seems to be no space where something metaphysical could fit in this view. I would say that Thinkers tend to be atheists or agnostics.
Idealists want to "feel" what's it all about. They use intuition to understand the world. I think that this can best be described by the feeling of "Everything is One" during meditation. So I would say that Idealists tend to (pantheistic) Monism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism. And, well, to many things esoteric. ;-)
Is there a possible connection between the Thinker approach and the way Idealists "belief"? Hmm, I am an Analytical Thinker with a good dash of Dreamy Idealism and I would say: it's Zen.
And you?
This latter discussion was also interesting because it showed that Thinkers and Idealists do obviously have different views of the world. You may call it "different beliefs". So I thought to myself: is there a relation between personality types and personal beliefs?
Well, of course: our cultural background influences heavily on what we select as a personal belief or a religion. In a catholic country such as Spain you will find all personality types among the population. But is there a certain tendency for individuals to move in a specific direction?
Interestingly enough Brent Massey, the author of the cultural types book has also been thinking about that matter. He states the following tendencies (I "translated" his persopnality types into iPersonic:
- Catholic, Theravada and Tibetan Buddhist personality types are: Dreamy Idealists, Spontaneous Idealists, Sensible Doers and Laid-back Doers
- Protestant, Confiucianist, Mahayana Buddhist and Thaoist personality types are: all Realist types
- Hindu personality types are: Dreamy Idealist and Spontaneous Idealist
- Islamic personality types are: Laid-back Doer, Energetic Doer, Spontaneous Idealist and Innovative Thinker
Hum, I don't think it's that easy ;-)
As you might know, our iPersonic circle is divided into "practical" types (Doers, Realists are in the north of the circle) and theoretical types (Idealists and Thinkers on the south). I find it hard to make a statement of the personal beliefs of the practical personality types. I would assume that since Doers and Realists are strongly connected in their "practical world" they would tend to inherit the beliefs of their corresponding society.
It seems to be different with Thinkers and Idealists. Both of them challenge the world they live in. Both seem to search for the key to understand what surrounds them. But their approaches seem to be different.
Thinkers want to rationally understand the entirety of life. There seems to be no space where something metaphysical could fit in this view. I would say that Thinkers tend to be atheists or agnostics.
Idealists want to "feel" what's it all about. They use intuition to understand the world. I think that this can best be described by the feeling of "Everything is One" during meditation. So I would say that Idealists tend to (pantheistic) Monism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism. And, well, to many things esoteric. ;-)
Is there a possible connection between the Thinker approach and the way Idealists "belief"? Hmm, I am an Analytical Thinker with a good dash of Dreamy Idealism and I would say: it's Zen.
And you?
Tags: buddhism, catholic, hindu, islam, protestant, religion
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Permalink Reply by Allie on -
I am very confused. I am an atheist and I am, at the same time, wishing for something more. I AM a Dreamy Idealist yet this is so. I am sure that there is no existing higher power because I believe that it makes no sense. It makes no sense to me that there is something out there other than what we can see or feel. Why is this so? This is why I am so incredibly confused. I know it is a very complicated subject, but I would like someone to shed some light on my present chaotic situation. Thank you so so much for your reply...
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Permalink Reply by Kaboom! on -
I am most definitely agnostic and an AT or INTP...I am therefore quite typical there...however I tend to be a daydreamer before the analysis starts so I entertain many ways it COULD be...it seems to fit in with my need to also analyze and make things...fit and be understood. I get my basic concepts in big swallows...then make them into little bite sized wonders of logical delicacies.
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Permalink Reply by io' on -
weehee...
i was born as Protestant. i'm a DI according to the test. yup. i'v been trying to understand my life with its connection to the universe and the worlds within. i'v been trying to "feel" as i think it's the most beautiful thing in life to be able to completely feel. i need to feel God's presence with all my senses. i find it both easy and hard. God puts his style in everything i see, just like a painter leaves his mark on his paintings. but then i feel that i don't know him much.
hmm, just share my head...
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Permalink Reply by Crystal on -
I've been thinking about this topic quite a bit as of late.
I was thinking along the same lines as you but it would be much more interesting to see how it plays out.
Dynamic Thinker-Agnostic
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Permalink Reply by Binx Salamanes on -
I think religion somehow affects our personality types. I am a DI and somewhat AT
I was born Catholic, and i've never changed at all, i dont think I will. people would say that theyd gone into atheism or Bhuddism because Christianity has such a bad history of corrupted people and events. but those mistakes are made by men who are as imperfect as we are. i have understood a lot of its real meaning and one of its real ideas is that doing good is good, doing bad is bad, and that humans are made up of both. I am very philosophical, this is why i was able to understand my religion and other religions' basic purposes and ideals. this is probably why im DI, but im also AT. i dont just go and do stuff because i feel like its correct. i would never ever see life without logic or rationality.
i think its an advantage for us who are a DI and an AT. in my case, i can see things in different points of view, therefore giving me choices and different paths to take, different ideas to believe. and since i do not let each one of them contradict each other, i becme less confused compared to others.
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