This idea would be fairly easy to test. Get a large population of self-described serious devotees and see if there is any statistical grouping of the results. It would be especially interesting to compare the personality profiles of the fanatically adherent and faithful members of several different religions to see if this personality characteristic is consistent in different social environments.
This is not trivial. There might be a certain personality type that is more susceptible to unsubstantiated propaganda with strong emotional content that helps to "satisfy" a specific intellectual or emotional "need" .
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William Schaeffer
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