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Originally Posted by ptgatsby
I should point out that within MBTI, it is along the J/P access that seems to define opinion and openness to religion, or at least, Christianity (dominant religion in some studies). In short, Ps question.
Most notably it was ISTPs that were most anti-religion by a fair margin, which I found interesting. NTs were not particularily open or closed to religion as a whole or specifically.
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While what you say is true, note that the term used was "other belief systems". Indeed, research does show that, if anything, it is people high in conscientiousness (and agreeableness) that tend to be the most religious.
The problem is that, in studies exploring transcendental beliefs, there is mostly a focus on populations that adhere to more traditional belief systems already prevalent in their culture. People into alternative belief systems than those of their culture fall into another category, that remains untapped in majority by the studies that mention that high A and C are linked to religiosity.
It is a high openness to experience that is in fact linked to exploring alternate belief systems and esoterism, as was alluded by the OP when talking about New Age and pantheism, and which was the point your were specifically responding to.