A religion’s failure by demanding standards offers no comfort to its defenders

Evidence

One could use an apparently paradoxical expression and say: The soul can find faith only by losing it. To preserve the integrity of religious feeling, it must shake off all determined and predetermined religious form. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 865 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

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 (#expands, via linked claim)

The popular acceptance of a policy or practice does not show it to be wise; the fact that a great many people hold to a given opinion does not prove it to be true. The test is whether the believers are expert or at least competent in the field, or on the particular proposition believed. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1061 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Religions should be judged by their survival value to their nations; Religions should be judged by their best products rather than their worst; Religions must be judged by social standards based on social ethics — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1264 (+5 more)

Related

• Preserving religious feeling requires abandoning religious forms (similarity 0.81)
• Religion should consist of principles rather than fixed rules to preserve moral responsibility. (similarity 0.81)
• Fake believers would invade and destroy prosocial religious groups without safeguards (similarity 0.81)
• A non-religious impulse within religion can destroy its own forms (similarity 0.81)
• Religions must be judged by social standards based on social ethics (similarity 0.79)
• Real change requires discarding rather than reforming the old religion (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Preserving religious feeling requires abandoning religious forms #corroborates (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 865
• A non-religious impulse within religion can destroy its own forms #expands (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 852
• Popular acceptance neither proves truth nor wisdom of a belief #expands (0.45) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1061
• Faith can become a pain rather than a source of comfort. #corroborates (0.40) — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 194