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It is well known that Christianity does not advocate “superstition”. Some people say that MBTI is “pseudoscience”, so should MBTI be a “superstition”, like Chinese zodiacs and astronomy?

Pseudoscience = superstition?

MBTI is similar to fortune-telling theories (like Chinese zodiacs, Bazi, Zi Wei Dou Shu, etc.), astrology, and blood type personality theory, which analyzes a person’s personality traits. Some claim that MBTI, like typical fortune-telling theories, is pseudoscience. The MBTI article on English Wikipedia explicitly states that MBTI is pseudoscience from the outset. So, what exactly are the differences between MBTI and these traditional fortune-telling theories?

When Christians become fortune tellers

Recently, I’ve noticed that Christians around me have started seriously analyzing the personality traits of different people using MBTI, some have even enrolled in in-depth MBTI courses and are now starting analyzing the MBTI of people around them or celebrities. Their discussions include detailed analyses of different MBTI types, how different traits behave at different ages, and so on—it’s like fortune-telling. So, what’s the difference between these Christians and those fortune tellers they accuse of being “superstitious”?

Is Christianity also a kind of “superstition”?

Conversely, since no one can prove that Christianity is necessarily correct, isn’t Christianity also a kind of “superstition”?

Conclusion

Anyway, I’m personally not a Christian myself, neither have I a specific faith. Maintaining good social relationships is much more important for me at the moment, so I probably shouldn’t raise this question to them in person for now.