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Maybe a refinement of Wolf's point.
In the parlance of "Philosophy of Religious Thought" the word for it is Fideism ... abjurning rational thought in favor of an irrational faith. Believing, contrary to evidences, that the person who is leading is right and true, and therefore has the authority to dictate anything and everything.
"Drink the Kool-Aid"
"The Celestial Comet is coming"
"Give us all your earthly posessions"
"Norah Jones is the new Ella Fitzgerald"
You see how this sort of thing can easily get out of hand.
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