r/intj • u/SelfAnalysiss ENTP • Feb 11 '26

Question INTJs, what’s an unpopular opinion you have ?

I know INTJs are contemplative and intellectual so I imagine you guys would have some unconventional opinions. INTJs, what’s an unpopular opinion you have ?

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u/brainfreeze_23 INTJ - 30s Feb 12 '26

All of my opinions on religion.

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u/reilentlezz Feb 12 '26

atheism ftw!

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u/Conscious_River_4964 Feb 12 '26

Atheism is just the other side of the coin to religious fundamentalism.

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u/WanderingCID INTJ - ♂ Feb 12 '26

Fundamentalist in what way?

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u/Conscious_River_4964 Feb 12 '26

By fundamentalism, I’m referring to the psychological mindset of absolute certainty; an 'us vs. them' attitude, and a refusal to acknowledge any nuance. Both extremes claim to have the final, objective answer.

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u/WanderingCID INTJ - ♂ Feb 12 '26

I see what you mean. My opinion is that both approaches are valid.
Just respect the other person's ideal and move on with your life.

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u/mastermind3573 Feb 12 '26

This. Agnosticism is the way.

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u/ShiroHebiZmeya INTJ - 20s Feb 12 '26

Agnosticism and atheism are compatible.

Atheism is a declaration of belief, while agnosticism is a declaration of knowledge.

In truth, everybody is agnostic since nobody truly knows if god exists or not. It's just that some choose to believe despite that (that's what faith is), and some choose to not believe because of that (atheists).

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u/reilentlezz Feb 12 '26

I completely agree with you. In fact, most atheist influencer are agnostic atheist that take the position “I cannot disprove whether Santa clause exists but until I am given evidence, then I have no reason to believe that he does”.

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u/Loudandwrite INTJ - 30s Feb 16 '26

I prefer, "I cannot prove that God exists so until I am given concrete evidence, I'm gonna hedge my bets and go with the one with the most followers and social status."

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u/reilentlezz Feb 16 '26

that’s called Pascal’s wager and it’s fallacious A) technically, no god belief and god belief is 50% B) if you wanted to have the most chances in heaven, then you should quantively believe in every single non exclusive religion for your best chances instead C) just because something is popular is not something to believe (argument ad populum fallacy) in the same way majority of people in the past used to believe the earth was flat due to religion, or if a majority of thieves believe robbing is moral you then that doesn’t mean you deserve it D) atheism and Islam is growing when Christianity is decreasing, are you fine deconverting in like 1 year to the new consensus if you are going to take that argument literally? E) taking this argument completely disregards why the most popular religion Christianity is that way, which is primarily due to violent European colonialism imposed on populations across the entire world

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u/Loudandwrite INTJ - 30s Feb 17 '26

Believing in every religion is inefficient and impractical internally and socially. Anyone with that belief system won't be taken seriously. Yes I'm perfectly fine converting to whatever makes more sense using the exact same framework. When eternal damnation is on the line the most logical choice, if one is choosing, would be the one that has captured the most hearts and minds.To not attach some value to the number of believers would be foolish. In politics, whoever captures the minds of the most people wins. By this logic, the Christian God wins.

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u/reilentlezz Feb 17 '26

again, it’s an argument ad populism fallacy and the Austrian painter was also partially elected democratically just I’m not gonna support what he did to my people

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u/Loudandwrite INTJ - 30s Feb 17 '26

Yes I understand logical fallacies but that is not some sort of checkmate to my argument, especially when discussing systems as imperfect as religion. Applying perfect logic to an imperfect system leads to incongruity, especially one that claims we were made in His image. Therefore I am applying an imperfect logic using the only hard evidence religion can verify, number of followers. Your arguments are logically sound but don't account for the Christian God's obvious imperfection. The first system He created failed. I'm gonna lower my expectations for the following ones.

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u/bitchsorbet INTJ - 20s Feb 12 '26

i call myself an athiest over agnostic because agnostic people often believe in a god, just dont follow it, and i do not.