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

— Karlheinz Deschner

Der Christ hält das Christentum für etwas, das es nie war: für die Lehre Jesu.
Der gefälschte Glaube. Eine kritische Betrachtung kirchlicher Lehren, ISBN 3-89660-228-4, 2004.

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