Woke Olympics opening ceremony triggers righteous right, by Hal Brown, MSW

 

I didn't watch any of the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Above is some of what I missed.

This is from the Olympics X account:

The inclusion of costumed drag performers and some others of indeterminate personal gender preference prompted cringing Christian hand wringing implying that Satan himself had ascended from the depths of Hell into River Seine in Paris.

No less a MAGA than Donald Trump, Jr. brought up Satan: 

Donald Trump Jr. Fumes Over 'Satanic' Olympics Opening Ceremony: 'Such A Shame'

I doubt anyone intended this to depict The Last Supper. In fact the Olympic X page said it was meant to refer to the Greek god Dyonysis and to show the absurdity of violence between human beings. From Wiki: The Bacchanalia were unofficial, privately funded popular Roman festivals of Bacchus, based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek Dionysia.

Here's a story from The Hill: 

Speaker Johnson blasts Olympics for mocking Christians, Last Supper

Johnson was nice enough to provide a photo on his X page:

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The Today Show featured a clip of the drag show and an article here.

A far right poster, I suppose she fancies herself to be an influencer (and she probably is) posted these on X:

Fox News had this article" "Viral Catholic leader: Christians must not be ‘weak’ in the face of Olympics opening spectacle"

They posted this video of Catholic leader and evangelist Bishop Robert Barron:

This is a portion of what he said:

France, which used to be called the eldest daughter of the church, Paris, that gave us – Thomas Aquinas taught there, and Vincent De Paul was there, and King Louis IX – St. Louis. France has sent Catholic missionaries all over the world.

France, whose culture – and I mean the honoring of the individual, of human rights, of freedom – is grounded very much in Christianity, felt the right thing to do is mock the Christian faith.

I think, folks, what’s interesting here is this deeply secularist, postmodern society knows who its enemy is. They’re naming it. And we should believe them.

We Christians, we Catholics should not be sheepish, we should resist, we should make our voices heard.

I'm going to put on my theologian's hat here and ask what Jesus would say about all this brouhaha. 

He might say:

Look, people, I know you mean well but you are confused. I was actually at The Last Supper and let me tell you something. Among my 12 apostles we had some real characters. They were all devoted to me and truly good people. I won't mention any of them in particular, but some of them wouldn't be welcomed with open arms in some of the churches you created in my name. I love them all equally. So should you.

Update:

This is from The Hollywood Reporter:

Olympics Drag Performance Seemingly Resembling ‘Last Supper’ Draws Backlash From Conservative Leaders

Some say the performance featuring drag queens and dancers during the Opening Ceremony in Paris resembled the Leonardo da Vinci portrait.

More much ado about not much:

Paris’ Olympics opening was wacky and wonderful — and upset bishops. Here’s why

I don't think they have anything to apologize for the fact that some people misinterpreted the intention of the performances.

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