David Strauss quotes

David Strauss was a German theologian and writer, renowned for his critical studies of the life of Jesus. His work questioned the historical accuracy of the Gospels and ignited widespread debate in 19th-century theology. He became one of the most influential figures in the development of modern biblical criticism. Here are 4 of his quotes:

The world ultimately is what we say it is.

David Strauss

If God and man are in themselves one, and if religion is the human side of this unity then must this unity be made evident to man in religion, and become in him consciousness and reality.

David Strauss

Criminal history shows us how many torturers of men, and murderers, have first been torturers of animals. The manner in which a nation in the aggregate treats animals, is one chief measure of its real civilization. The Latin races, as we know, come forth badly from this examination; we Germans, not half well enough. Buddhism has done more in this direction than Christianity, and Schopenhauer more than all ancient and modern philosophers together. The warm sympathy with sentient Nature which pervades all the writings of Schopenhauer, is one of the most pleasing aspects of his thoroughly intellectual, yet often unhealthy and unprofitable philosophy.

David Strauss