God?

[Division56]

What do you think?

[file cabinet]

mmmm.. the master manipulator is probably an extrovert of sorts

[Division56]

If he were an extrovert, I'd think a few people would have seen him by now. :lol:

[Johnny]

If he were an extrovert, I'd think a few people would have seen him by now. :lol:
Maybe our introversion is obscuring our vision? :lol: :lol:

[jimkopelli]

I think some of the classifications wouldn't fit. Introverted, yes. But how would you distinguish between intuition and sensing on a supposedly omniscient being? Maxed at both ends of the scale, maybe?

[HairlessBluetick]

Shouldn't god be all of the above? Or maybe like some sort of crazy mirror deal? being as (s)he is supposedly without bias?

[Division56]

Whoever said (s)he was without bias? Every god I've ever read about was very biased.

[HairlessBluetick]

the emphasis was on "supposedly"
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[Division56]

I guess one could consider Brahman a well rounded out god.

[Division56]

But isn't Brahman more of a life force thing?

Represented by avatar deities?

[antireconciler]

I think God's personality, to one person, depends on which personalities that person can identify with. If I make God, He has to have a personality I can identify with. What use could He have otherwise! Since God isn't excluded from any personality types, maybe God-conglomerate has ALL personalities.

^_^

[Melody]

That talk of Brahman reminds me of Reign: The Conquerer. Have ya'll seen it? It's really badass. Aristotle and Plato are in it! And so are a bunch of other jiggy people. Pythagoras is a Brahman priest. All this coolness is supported strongly by the unique character designs. So badass.

[Star Cannon]

Maye God is all the personalities and not just one. How else would there be variance if there was no variance in the first place? Or maybe God doesn't have any personality and is just like a computer: precise and exacting beyond mortal comphrehension.

[paladinoflunaria]

That talk of Brahman reminds me of Reign: The Conquerer. Have ya'll seen it? It's really badass. Aristotle and Plato are in it! And so are a bunch of other jiggy people. Pythagoras is a Brahman priest. All this coolness is supported strongly by the unique character designs. So badass.

That sounds awesome. Elaborate.


But isn't Brahman more of a life force thing?

Represented by avatar deities?

Brahman isn't a being, it is the ultimate reality. Brahman has no personality. You're thinking of Brahma, which is the creative force, which is part of the Saguna Brahman (Aspects of Brahman: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva). Even the Saguna Brahman has no personality, but instead it is the three cycles of the universe: creation, sustenance, and destruction.

Hinduism is better than theism because it doesn't try to personify the abstract. All of the aspects are instead ideas. I'm sure people personify the avatars, though.


I think God's personality, to one person, depends on which personalities that person can identify with. If I make God, He has to have a personality I can identify with. What use could He have otherwise! Since God isn't excluded from any personality types, maybe God-conglomerate has ALL personalities.

^_^

I think you've hit it on the button, Antireconciler. I think that this is a popular idea. Examine it closely, and you can see that this idea does not incorporate absolutism or impersonal logic, so it is therefor illogical.


Or maybe God doesn't have any personality and is just like a computer: precise and exacting beyond mortal comphrehension.

Interesting take, but this whole "beyond mortal comprehension" is bullshit. All beings have quantifiable intelligence- some things may have a tougher, longer time, but all things have the same potential.

I'd say that the Christian god is extraverted. If he was absolutely introverted, he would have never created anything. I won't go into the rest of the typology, because I am unsure. I think it would be important to look at function order and orientation, not just Introversion, Extraversion, etc..

[Melody]

That talk of Brahman reminds me of Reign: The Conquerer. Have ya'll seen it? It's really badass. Aristotle and Plato are in it! And so are a bunch of other jiggy people. Pythagoras is a Brahman priest. All this coolness is supported strongly by the unique character designs. So badass.

That sounds awesome. Elaborate.
Peter Chung's Reign: The Conquerer. It was on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. http://www.tokyopop.com/dbpage.php?propertycode=ALX&categorycode=VAN It did not get very popular because of Chung's "show, don't tell" style.

[jittus rye]

I'd say that the Christian god is extraverted. If he was absolutely introverted, he would have never created anything. I won't go into the rest of the typology, because I am unsure. I think it would be important to look at function order and orientation, not just Introversion, Extraversion, etc..

I always thought the Christian god was introverted. However, he does appear to be Extroverted in the Garden of Eden, but hasn't seemed to be extroverted since. I think that god is more intuitive however, seeing as there is always talk about him being all knowing and how everything is "planned out." or something like that. That would make him more thinking than feeling I would say, because in my opinion, God has an ego problem. You know the whole, my god is a vengful god thing? Now percieving vs judging. Hard to say. Doesn't god pass all kind of judgements though? I think if he is always acting then it is probably judging.

[paladinoflunaria]

You know the whole, my god is a vengful god thing?

That seems more like emotion than logic.

Look at function orientation too, not just Introversion vs. Extraversion, etc.

[Johnny]

I always thought the Christian god was introverted. However, he does appear to be Extroverted in the Garden of Eden, but hasn't seemed to be extroverted since.

I was advised that for a people held captive in slavery by the Egyptians, escaping to freedom in a world where enemies were everywhere and the landscape was harsh, desolate, and unforgiving, that the Old Testament should be regarded as a book of warnings and advice for basic human survival. To me, many of the stories there make much more sense from this perspective.

May not help in deriving the true nature of God, but I couldn't help but interject.

[shaytana]

Well, my current theory is that God is the universe, and all sentient beings are the conciseness of this universe, making all of us little pieces of God. Put us all together and we are God, so the "God-conglomerate with ALL personalities" fits my theory.

edit: oh yes, and I voted intp, because that is truely the only part of God that I can honestly say I know.

[paladinoflunaria]

I'd say that existence is a fractal. Thou art god.

[Crazy]

God, being omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, is perfect. Since all personality types have advantages and disadvantages, God's personality is none of the above, for it is perfect.

If God created everything from nothing, then all things are just manifestations of God. God, therefore, is everything. Therefore, he is all possible types.

However, you cannot classify "the" Diety through mortal means, therefore, there is no type to discribe God, other than God.

I didn't cast a vote

[paladinoflunaria]

You're naive.

[CosmicDust]

Going by the traditional Judeo-Christian conception of God, I'd say ENTJ, since it seems like it would fit with 8w9...though XNTJ might be a better fit. If you want to get into infinity theories and what not, God would not have a distinct personality type.

[int]

God, therefore, is everything.

That would mean he's (used loosely) me then, because I'm a part of the everything, right? If I am part of the everything, I essentialy am part God.

I'm glad it's decided then. I am part God. So God is part INTP, we've concluded. :rolleyes:

Funny, I don't feel any closer to being omnipotent, omniscient, or omnipresent.

But I'm going to start being redundant in my "nothing vs. everything" tangent, and I'd hate to annoy anyone else, lest I annoy myself.

[jittus rye]

Hell, I am god. I always knew there was something special.. wait, damn int is god too. :(

I don't think omni anything is useful.

[antireconciler]

[I think you've hit it on the button, Antireconciler. I think that this is a popular idea. Examine it closely, and you can see that this idea does not incorporate absolutism or impersonal logic, so it is therefor illogical.

To you, because it is not impersonal. These concepts are all tied.

*sigh* What are beliefs anyway? Is it important to know what you (general) believe? It's rather close-minded, I feel. I don't want to know beforehand what I think about something. That just takes the fun out of life.

[antireconciler]

You're naive.

So your models must be closer to the truth. Maybe if you get egotistical enough, you can subdue someone into believing them. Why, maybe then you could start a new free-thinking revolution.

[int]

lol. :D

[paladinoflunaria]

Very funny. Omnifunctions can't exist, that's all.

[int]

That's what I'm saying as well.

[jittus rye]

Omni sounds sort of indecisive, if something is everything and anything, how can it choose what to do in a situation. It wouldn't have no distinct personality because everything has at least two options.

[allendobkin]

We have made God in our own image.....33% of us anyway! :nerd:

[ApostateAbe]

So, naturally, 35% of us INTPs think God would be an INTP. Reflects the fact that people typically think the mind of God functions about the same way they do.

[Strephonade]

...God's personality is none of the above, for it is perfect.

If God created everything from nothing, then all things are just manifestations of God. God, therefore, is everything. Therefore, he is all possible types.

However, you cannot classify "the" Diety through mortal means, therefore, there is no type to discribe God, other than God.

I have to ask about your use of the word 'perfect' here--is this your own wording? What does it mean, to be everything, and at the same time, to be perfect? What is the meaning of the word 'perfect'? Does it have as much significance as being 'excellent'?

[Seraph]

God is an INTJ for sure. Introvert, because we never see Him; iNtuitive, because He has a big ol' plan for the future; Thinking, because I don't think a Feeler could have such Old Testament wrath; and Judging, because he's deciding who gets through heaven or not! Jesus was probably an ENFJ.

The only thing that gets in the way of the theory that God's a Rational is His seemingly irrational decisions in some parts of the Bible. Take the Garden of Eden for instance. So, um, every man, woman, and snake in the world should be punished because of the actions of one of each? And there's actually a huge group of people damned to hell just because they were born before Jesus? That just doesn't seem fair.

[Avengardh]

I thought god was an INFP.

But who knows, I believe in different things.

~*Aven*~

[Hypnos]

I think personality typing is difficult on bipolar individuals.

[Hypnos]

Interesting .... this thread is ripe with anthropomorphism :rolleyes:
Heh heh ... mine was oblique reference to the Onion (http://www.theonion.com/) article.

[Google Monster]

maybe God is I (0%), N (0%), T (0%), P (0%).

[last_caress]

The premise of this topic is so completely ridiculous.

[Google Monster]

If you narrow things down to pure physics every topic seems ridiculous to me.

[int]

The premise of this topic is so completely ridiculous.

It's good to have someone with a sense of humor around. Welcome. :)