Top 15 Karlheinz Deschner Quotes

German writer and activist (1924-2014)

Karlheinz Deschner (23 May 1924 – 8 April 2014), was a German researcher and writer who achieved attention in Europe for his fiercely critical treatment of Christianity in general and the Catholic Church in particular, as expressed in several articles and books, culminating in his 10 volume Christianity's Criminal History.

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Alternative Names: Karl Heinrich Leopold Deschner

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Democracy is the art of cheerfully pulling the wool over the eyes of the people, and doing so in their name.

Demokratie ist die Kunst, dem Volk im Namen des Volkes feierlich das Fell über die Ohren zu ziehn.

Whoever writes on world history, but not as a forensic history, becomes thereby an accomplice.

Wer Weltgeschichte nicht als Kriminalgeschichte schreibt, ist ihr Komplize.

I think, therefore I am … not a Christian.

Ich denke, also bin ich kein Christ.

Theologian — the only kind of scholar who has no knowledge whatsoever of his supposed object of study.

Theologe – einziger Experte ohne Ahnung von seinem Forschungsobjekt.

At first your religious beliefs are those which were foisted upon you; gradually your religious beliefs become those you deserve.

Jeder hat zunächst den Gottesglauben, den man ihm aufgeschwatzt hat; aber allmählich hat er den, den er verdient.

While Christianity committed its monstrous atrocities, Buddhism, which did not create an organized church in the manner of the occident in India, nor did it create a central authority to decide on the true faith, was much more tolerant.

I can live with the Mysteries; it is the Explanations I cannot bear.

Die Geheimnisse der Welt ertrage ich gut; nicht die Erklärungen dafür.

The Christian takes Christianity for something it never was: the teachings of Jesus.

Der Christ hält das Christentum für etwas, das es nie war: für die Lehre Jesu.