{"id":291951,"date":"2024-07-28T06:05:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T06:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=291951"},"modified":"2024-07-30T06:49:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T06:49:26","slug":"an-abomination-blasphemy-paris-olympics-drag-show-parodying-the-last-supper-sparks-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=291951","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;An Abomination, Blasphemy&#8217;: Paris Olympics Drag Show Parodying The Last Supper Sparks Outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Rohit \u2013 news18.com July 27, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>A performance at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/olympics\/paris-olympics-2024-day-1-live-indian-athletes-badminton-shooting-tennis-boxing-qualifiers-rowing-real-time-updates-liveblog-8980298.html\">Paris Olympics<\/a> opening ceremony has sparked backlash, particularly from the Christian community after the show featured drag queens posing behind a table reminiscent of Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s depiction of the \u2018Last Supper,\u2019 where Jesus dined with his apostles.<\/p>\n<p>One performer wore a large silver headdress resembling a halo, while another was painted blue and adorned with flowers, appearing to symbolise a dish being served at the meal. Social media reactions have been overwhelmingly critical and full of rage, with many users calling the performance an \u201cinsult\u201d to Catholics.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2018Blasphemy of the Last Supper\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe 2024 Paris Olympics has gone full Woke dystopian. The opening ceremony was filled with transgend*r mockery of the Last Supper, the Golden Calf idol, and even the Pale Horse from the Book of Revelation. The Olympics has made it clear that Christian viewers aren\u2019t welcome,\u201d Texas-based journalist Kyle Becker wrote on his social media handle on \u2018X\u2019.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2018AN ABOMINATION\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Prominent US figures and political commentators condemned the act, arguing it disrespected Christianity and sent a message of exclusion to the 2.4 billion Christians worldwide. US radio host Clint Russell stated, \u201cOpening your event by replacing Jesus and the disciples with men in drag is unacceptable.\u201d \u201cThe transnational Left have contempt for Western civilization,\u201d said Tom Fitton, the president of US-based NGO Judicial Watch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7AN ABOMINATION\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7<\/p>\n<p>The opening ceremony of the Olympics mocked Jesus by recreating &quot;The Last Supper&#39; with drag queens, a gay Smurf, and a few children sprinkled in there just for fun. <\/p>\n<p>Clearly overt pagan, satanic symbolism. <\/p>\n<p>And they call us conspiracy theorists. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZDHERLl9od\">pic.twitter.com\/ZDHERLl9od<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; VINCENT OSHANA (@VincentOshana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VincentOshana\/status\/1816948432856117259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Paris Olympic\u2019s defence<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In their defence, Paris Olympic organisers claimed the show aimed to humorously underline the absurdity of violence among humans. However, the backlash continued, with some commentators expressing concerns about the broader implications of mocking religious traditions in a public forum like the Olympics. The ceremony also included other controversial moments, such as a depiction of a \u201cheadless\u201d Marie Antoinette and a scene suggesting a sexual encounter at France\u2019s national library, <em>FOX News <\/em>reported<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Conservative French politician and European parliament member Marion Marechal, warned international viewers that this polarising display does not entirely represent French people. \u201cTo all the Christians of the world who are watching the #Paris2024 ceremony and felt insulted by this drag queen parody of the Last Supper, know that it is not France that is speaking but a left-wing minority ready for any provocation. #notinmyname,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/world\/an-abomination-blasphemy-paris-olympics-ceremony-sparks-outrage-with-drag-queens-parodying-last-supper-8980405.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critics have accused the organisers of having turned the 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony into a Gay Pride parade  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":291953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=291951"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291955,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291951\/revisions\/291955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/291953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=291951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=291951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=291951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}