Michael Denney > Quotes

“Instead of animals, we can offer our own life-force energy to the gods in the form of spiritual vows. A typical modern Hindu vow, for example, may consist of intense fasts, lengthy meditations, mantra recitations, abstinence of sex, or other types of vows that can last from 40 days to one year or more. In other words, nowadays, our own time and energy are far more valuable to us than the relatively easily acquired flesh of animals which can be found on every street corner. Regardless of the source, spiritual sacrifice is the fee we give to the gods in exchange for their help in transforming energy into the form we desire.”
― Michael Denney, Odin Says, "Jesus Was A Coward!": The Monotheist Subversion of Traditional Religious Thought

“So, I submit to you, what is to me, the most convincing objective historical evidence that the biblical Jesus of Nazareth did not ever exist. That evidence is concerned with the supposed town where Jesus is presumed to have grown up - the Town of Nazareth.”
― Michael Denney, Odin Says, "Jesus Was A Coward!": The Monotheist Subversion of Traditional Religious Thought

“In the holographic viewpoint, things can exist in multiple forms and in multiple dimensions simultaneously. To say that Ganesha is merely a symbol does not in any way diminish his actual and real existence in the mind of a Hindu.”
― Michael Denney, Odin Says, "Jesus Was A Coward!": The Monotheist Subversion of Traditional Religious Thought

“Traditional Animist Sacri fice: The traditional blood sacrifice consisted of humans offering something of personal value to the gods in order to gain favor, spiritual power and accomplish a practical survival task. Monotheist Sacri fice of Jesus: The Sacrifice of Jesus is said to be the almighty Jehovah sacrificing his Son to Himself, in order to gain human adoration and simultaneously secure their “salvation” from the punishment of their sinful nature of which they were powerless to avoid. So, do you see the discrepancy here?”
― Michael Denney, Odin Says, "Jesus Was A Coward!": The Monotheist Subversion of Traditional Religious Thought

“Man has chosen to give Jesus control over his eternal destiny. Jesus was a slave and a sheep and Man has chosen to follow Jesus’ example.”
― Michael Denney, Odin Says, "Jesus Was A Coward!": The Monotheist Subversion of Traditional Religious Thought

“Compare Jesus’ hesitance to be sacri ficed with the complete commitment of other deities in animist mythology who willingly sacrificed themselves for mankind: Prometheus gave humans the gift of fire. He also taught men how to save the best portion of animal sacrifices so they could eat it afterward. For these gifts to man, Zeus had Prometheus bound to a mountain where his liver was eaten each day by an eagle. But even Prometheus is not punished eternally. He is eventually freed by Hercules.”
― Michael Denney, Odin Says, "Jesus Was A Coward!": The Monotheist Subversion of Traditional Religious Thought