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Was Jesus an Extrovert or an Introvert

Crabtownboy

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Jesus preached to many people, i.e. the feeding of the 5000 for example. However he kept his inner circle at twelve. Also he often went into the desert to be alone. So, was Jesus an introvert or an extrovert? What is your opinion? Why do you think so?
 

Joseph M. Smith

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I think that Jesus was who He was and did not fit modern categories. I doubt that a Myers-Briggs could have been run on Him. Yes, I know about and agree with the affirmation that He was fully human; but in His uniqueness it seems to me that the either/or categories just will not work.

The question reminds me of Albert Schweitzer's doctoral thesis, "The Psychiatric Study of Jesus", in which he showed that efforts being made in his time to examine Jesus' mental profile were futile, if for no other reason than the severe limitations of time make it worthless to speculate about someone's psychological makeup. In addition, of course, there is the question of the selectivity of the sources and of the way the sources were shaped by the evangelists for their particular purposes. None of that gives us enough data to be able to make a valid guess.
 

Jim1999

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I think Jesus the Man was balanced. He displayed His anger when he cast the money changers out of the temple, and He displayed His compassion when He prevented the woman from being stoned.

The biblical admonition stands: "Be angry and sin not, but let not the sun go down on your wrath..."

Cheers,

Jim
 

Crabtownboy

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Revmitchell said:
What is the purpose in such a thread/question ?

We say we believe that Jesus was both God and human. As a human he must have had a temperament and being an extrovert or an introvert is part of being human. So, I was simply curious about people's thoughts on this aspect of Jesus as a human. What are you thoughts about this?
 

Revmitchell

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Crabtownboy said:
We say we believe that Jesus was both God and human. As a human he must have had a temperament and being an extrovert or an introvert is part of being human. So, I was simply curious about people's thoughts on this aspect of Jesus as a human. What are you thoughts about this?


My thought is such questions are foolish and not helpful.
 

Crabtownboy

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Revmitchell said:
My thought is such questions are foolish and not helpful.

Why am I not surprised. :laugh:

Do you mean you never wonder what Jesus was really like in person, what his likes were, where his sense of humor was like ... actually we can tell something about his humor by reading about him carefully. You never wonder about him in this way?
 

Gold Dragon

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Jesus was an introvertJesus was an extrovert
 
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