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Mocking Christ in Paris
Gloria Romanorum ^ | July 31, 2024 | Florentius

Posted on 08/01/2024 7:36:28 AM PDT by Antoninus

I'm not going to get into the details of the disgusting mockery of the Last Supper perpetrated by those responsible for the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Let it suffice to say that the blasphemous display was perfectly in keeping with the evil times in which we live. So I congratulate the Paris Olympics Committee for providing an unmistakable public proof of just how vulgar and odious French culture has become, and broadcasting it to the wide world.

That said, there is a social media trope out there that maintains that the tawdry performance was not meant to ridicule the Last Supper at all. That it was, instead, merely an attempt to mimic a well-known French painting showing the pagan gods at a Bacchanalian. Those who can not appreciate this homage to French art—so the trope goes—as performed by a bunch of overweight men prancing around in their granny's flapper garb, are ignorant, uneducated, intolerant, overly-sensitive, and otherwise bad people who can be safely ignored.

I took the time to research and respond to one such post that showed up in my feed. I am recording my findings here for posterity because I fully expect that my response will be summarily deleted by the original poster or memory-holed on the particular social media platform where I posted it.

For the record, the original painting was by a Dutchman, Jan Harmensz van Biljert, not a Frenchman. And the painting, The Feast of the Gods, is itself pretty clearly a parody of da Vinci's Last Supper, but with a Bacchanalian twist.

Furthermore, someone at Paris2024 apparently admitted to Washington Times reporter Valerie Richardson that the insipid performance was, in fact, "inspired" by the Last Supper.

If you need more evidence of the intentionality of this cheap shot at Christians, and the subsequent lying about it, screenshots of later-deleted posts by folks involved may be found here: Lying about the Olympic Last Supper a sign of our times.

May St. Genevieve, St. Louis, St. Joan, and St. Therese pray for France which has fallen down.


TOPICS: Catholic; Evangelical Christian; Orthodox Christian; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: blasphemy; depravity; olympics; translunacy
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Posting this so that the facts on this perverse performance are available in one place as the lying and internet scrubbing has already begun.
1 posted on 08/01/2024 7:36:28 AM PDT by Antoninus
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To: Antoninus

Thomas Jolly has now become the Farter of the Froggy Olympdics. A skit of France getting its butt kicked by the Nazis during WWII would have been a lot funnier.


2 posted on 08/01/2024 7:43:00 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (My Pronouns are : He Be, She Be, We Be, and HeBeJeebees.)
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To: Antoninus

The Cult of Ugly knows no boundaries.


3 posted on 08/01/2024 7:45:28 AM PDT by BEJ
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To: Antoninus

4 posted on 08/01/2024 7:46:16 AM PDT by SC DOC (A)
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They’ve used every excuse to defend the indefensible except mental retardation.

Exposes the misguided agenda of these accursed individuals.

we were supposed to “cheer” this handful of degenerates mocking the world’s beliefs.

They dont fit in with rest of us so we have to pay for their peculiarities.

One of these dumb bozos is even suing for being left out.

The absence of brain cells in these misgendered malcontents is acute.

Their refusal to acknowledge an atrocity the entire world condemned
only reinforces why these odious imbeciles must be called to account.


5 posted on 08/01/2024 7:49:31 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray : Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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The intention was to fully and completely show disrespect. They sicko showing his ball right behind the little kid should be in jail facing charges.


6 posted on 08/01/2024 7:52:18 AM PDT by bgill
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To: FlingWingFlyer

During a tour in Austria, our guide said that the only victors to march through the Arc de Triomphe were the Germans in WWII


7 posted on 08/01/2024 7:55:28 AM PDT by Stonewall1
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Maybe the trans will recreate that for the Olympics closing ceremonies…


8 posted on 08/01/2024 7:57:12 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: Antoninus

I’m not offended, upset, or shocked.

Disgust is the word that comes to mind.

But I expect no less from God denying, Christ hating, degenerates.

They answer to GOD for that mockery, not me.

And they will. Betcha they won’t be laughing at Him for long.


9 posted on 08/01/2024 7:59:10 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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To: Liz

I finally saw the white horse 🐎 on the Seine river

Looked like the Antichrist riding in on his white horse from Revelation 6:2

Meanwhile......

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10 posted on 08/01/2024 7:59:41 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Liz

The *artiste* types have been degenerates for centuries.

I can live without what they laud as entertainment and *art*.

The Pieta?

THAT is art.

Along with other works of that era.

Most of the rest since then, is trash.


11 posted on 08/01/2024 8:02:14 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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The fact that controversial scene from the Opening Ceremony looked WAY too much like Leonardo di Vinci's famous fresco painting The Last Supper is not helping things. The producers should have clearly clarified early on it was based on the ancient Greek Dionysia festival could have "lowered the temperature" quite a bit.
12 posted on 08/01/2024 8:06:31 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (.FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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The producers should have clearly clarified early on it was based on the ancient Greek Dionysia festival could have "lowered the temperature" quite a bit.

If you read the article, the producers plainly said that the display was "inspired by the Last Supper". They only changed their tune later.

Read the letter in the original post.
13 posted on 08/01/2024 8:09:21 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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Depravity is only one of the ignominies of the decadence of Western Civilisation.

Those who are stupid enough to allow themselves to succumb to the decay deserve and will receive the scorn and opprobrium of intelligent, benevolent people everywhere and eternally.

14 posted on 08/01/2024 8:11:38 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Fight! Fight! Fight! God Bless America!--President Donald Trump, Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024)
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The producers should have actually said it was inspired by Jan van Bijlert's well-known painting Le Festin des Dieux right from the start. (That painting is located at a museum in Dijon, France.) Just that could have saved a lot of headaches on all sides.
15 posted on 08/01/2024 8:14:50 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (.FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: metmom

Did you see this one?

An accidental image of THE BEAST Antichrist from Revelation 6:2.

(Rider on the white horse 🐎)

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/metal-horse-gallops-down-seine-river-at-olympics-opening-ceremony-215791685880


16 posted on 08/01/2024 8:23:32 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Antoninus

Free publicity for the pervs.


17 posted on 08/01/2024 8:23:42 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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The producers should have actually said it was inspired by Jan van Bijlert's well-known painting Le Festin des Dieux right from the start.

If it was, sure. But it wasn't. It was meant to be a mockery of Christians. They only changed their tune and began lying about the inspiration when the scandal threatened the bottom line.
18 posted on 08/01/2024 8:25:46 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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Many thanks for clarifying that for the misinformed......kudos.


19 posted on 08/01/2024 8:33:09 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray : Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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The very fact they referred to di Vinci’s famous painting initially went over very badly with the general public. So much so the Olympic organizers banned the video of the Opening Ceremony online just about everywhere.


20 posted on 08/01/2024 8:35:56 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (.FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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