Moreover, the analytical aspects of the history of religions must depend on psychology, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, philology, and hermeneutics in its study of
various features of religions, such as scriptures, doctrines,
cults, and social
groupings.
Motivated reasoning is much worse among scientists than among the general public, as the former
group is made of people who invariably think very high of themselves and very low of anybody else, especially after they achieve tenure or one of its
various non-US equivalents, and their pet ideas become an object of personal
cult.