While those words come from Thoughts on Death and Immortality, his better-known work goes even further, stating that "the more empty life is, the more concrete is God."  
He studied Hebrew as a child before becoming a theology student at Heidelberg, though he would write in 1830 that religion was "merely a kind of insurance company."  While those words come from Thoughts on Death and Immortality, his better-known work goes even further, stating that "the more empty life is, the more concrete is God."  FTP, name this follower of Hegel and author of The Essence of Christianity.
He studied Hebrew as a child before becoming a theology student at Heidelberg, though he would write in 1830 that religion was "merely a kind of insurance company."  
Ludwig Feuerbach