Re: Religion and E-types

Posted by Tom Chou on January 30, 2001 at 22:54:10:

In Reply to: Religion and E-types posted by Tom Chou on January 29, 2001 at 22:16:00:

It seems that there are two opposing reasons
to choosing a religion. One could

a. Choose a religion that reflects one's own
values.
b. Choose a religion that provides balance, i.e.
compensates for what one lacks innately.

For example, I met a 9 who was a Buddhist. Presumably
he found Buddhism's detachment to affirm his own values.

But I'm also a 9, and I rejected Buddhism, because I thought
I could be plenty detached without any additional help, i.e. I
was looking for something else to balance myself. (Though
this was almost 10 years ago, and I might react differently today).

Methodism looks 1-like to me (although I don't know it
very well), and Hillary Clinton is Methodist, so that
seems like another confluent personality-religion example.

I agree that the more dominant religions probably find ways
to appeal to everybody. But I have a hard time picturing
a very religious 5, although this is probably because I have
yet to see it myself.

- Tom

>
> I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on
> which religions seem to attract which types? I don't
> personally belong to any organized religion, but
> in this country that makes me a minority.

> This is a different issue from the Enneagram
> styles of the religions themselves, although
> I suppose they could be correlated.

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