A non-religious impulse within religion can destroy its own forms

Evidence

Perhaps, similarly, there is also some element in religion which is not religious; when this element comes to the surface, all concretized religious forms, in which there is true religion, may be destroyed. This is the inner dynamic of heresy and apostasy. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 852

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Religious estrangement from earthly life mirrors the adventure’s fragmentary character — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 474; Preserving religious feeling requires abandoning religious forms — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 865; Modern religiosity persists after its supernatural objects are excised — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 864 (+14 more)

Related

• Modern religiosity persists after its supernatural objects are excised (similarity 0.89)
• Preserving religious feeling requires abandoning religious forms (similarity 0.88)
• Fake believers would invade and destroy prosocial religious groups without safeguards (similarity 0.86)
• A religion’s failure by demanding standards offers no comfort to its defenders (similarity 0.81)
• Religious estrangement from earthly life mirrors the adventure’s fragmentary character (similarity 0.81)
• Real change requires discarding rather than reforming the old religion (similarity 0.80)
• Sacred values’ interpretive ambiguity allows peace-oriented reframing (similarity 0.80)
• Modern secular ideologies are secularized extensions of Christian universalism. (similarity 0.80)
• Religion should consist of principles rather than fixed rules to preserve moral responsibility. (similarity 0.78)
• Religion represents the superstructural projection of earlier modes of production (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Preserving religious feeling requires abandoning religious forms #expands (0.70) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 865
• Rigid adherence to ritual law destroyed originality among ancient Jews #exemplifies (0.65) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1237
• Modern religiosity persists after its supernatural objects are excised #expands (0.60) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 864
• Ancient sceptics conformed to local custom while rejecting underlying beliefs #exemplifies (0.55) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 960
• Attributing every social characteristic to religious texts erases contextual factors #contradicts (0.40) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 123