Extreme Offense at Paris Olympics

[The Liturgist]

I have a relative, who was a member of the United Methodist Church and perhaps still is, who is in tears and actually had to taking take anti-nausea medication due to a display that the UMC engaged in pertaining to the Last Supper at the Paris Olympics. I don’t have any details yet, but I gather that the UMC did something very unpleasant given how upset my relative is.

The relative in question is a tolerant and open-minded person, so for her to be so upset convinces me that whatever this was, it is the sort of thing that I greatly dislike.

Edit: the relative is unable to find the connection in the initial article involving her denomination, which had her so upset, but nonetheless I think this is an important issue which is so upsetting to Christians it has them making such an error.

 

[BPPLEE]

I have a relative, who was a member of the United Methodist Church and perhaps still is, who is in tears and actually had to taking take anti-nausea medication due to a display that the UMC engaged in pertaining to the Last Supper at the Paris Olympics. I don’t have any details yet, but I gather that the UMC did something very unpleasant given how upset my relative is.

The relative in question is a tolerant and open-minded person, so for her to be so upset convinces me that whatever this was, it is the sort of thing that I greatly dislike.

I didn’t know the UMC was involved but yes, it’s blasphemous

 

[Offline4Better.]

I have a relative, who was a member of the United Methodist Church and perhaps still is, who is in tears and actually had to taking take anti-nausea medication due to a display that the UMC engaged in pertaining to the Last Supper at the Paris Olympics. I don’t have any details yet, but I gather that the UMC did something very unpleasant given how upset my relative is.

The relative in question is a tolerant and open-minded person, so for her to be so upset convinces me that whatever this was, it is the sort of thing that I greatly dislike.

Wait, the UMC was involved in this demonic ceremony? I recommend that your relative escapes the UMC.

 

[PloverWing]

One of the many performances at the opening ceremony looked to me like a portrayal of a French fashion show, with models walking up and down a runway wearing outlandish fashions, but it looked to some other people like a parody of the Last Supper.

I'd be very surprised, though, if the Methodists had anything to do with the choreography of the Olympic ceremony. Are you sure the Methodists were involved?

 

[The Liturgist]

@PloverWing

Apparently it was a specific UMC parish that arranged the choreography and apparently the tableux looked unmistakably like the last supper so I can only assume or hope that you didn’t see it @PloverWing

@AlexB23 did what you see look anything like a fashion show? Like, is there any remote possibility it could have been confused as such? I asked my relative and she said there was no such possibility.

 

[Adventist Dissident]

If this is true. The UMC will not survive this. More people will leave.

 

[BobRyan]

I have a relative, who was a member of the United Methodist Church and perhaps still is, who is in tears and actually had to taking take anti-nausea medication due to a display that the UMC engaged in pertaining to the Last Supper at the Paris Olympics. I don’t have any details yet, but I gather that the UMC did something very unpleasant given how upset my relative is.

The relative in question is a tolerant and open-minded person, so for her to be so upset convinces me that whatever this was, it is the sort of thing that I greatly dislike.

I saw some reporting on it where they showed a still picture of it - comparing it to the last Supper.

horrifically blasphemous take on the Last Supper painting --

 

[Offline4Better.]

@PloverWing

Apparently it was a specific UMC parish that arranged the choreography and apparently the tableux looked unmistakably like the last supper so I can only assume or hope that you didn’t see it @PloverWing

@AlexB23 did what you see look anything like a fashion show? Like, is there any remote possibility it could have been confused as such? I asked my relative and she said there was no such possibility.

Also I want to ask my extremely pious friend with a Methodist background @jas3 if they are familiar with this incident.

It looks exactly like the Last Supper, and is not a fashion show. It is a demonic, woke cringefest. The halo around the DJ's head is similar to the halo that is common in Catholic and Orthodox iconography.

Icon of Jesus with Halo

 

[BobRyan]

It looks exactly like the Last Supper, and is not a fashion show. It is a demonic, woke cringefest. The halo around the DJ's head is similar to the halo that is common in Catholic and Orthodox iconography.

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Catholics, others respond to mockery of Last Supper at Paris Olympics

A drag-queen-led parody of the Last Supper featured during Friday’s opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympics has sparked a wave of reactions.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

Christians around the world saying "enough is enough"

 

[Offline4Better.]

Catholics, others respond to mockery of Last Supper at Paris Olympics

A drag-queen-led parody of the Last Supper featured during Friday’s opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympics has sparked a wave of reactions.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

Christians around the world saying "enough is enough"

Amen to this. Enough is enough. If this means I will offend someone by calling out this woke nonsense, the Biblical truth hurts sometimes.

 

[The Liturgist]

It looks exactly like the Last Supper, and is not a fashion show. It is a demonic, woke cringefest. The halo around the DJ's head is similar to the halo that is common in Catholic and Orthodox iconography.

Yes this is absolutely demonic.

 

[Offline4Better.]

Yes this is absolutely demonic.

Yep, in fact, this is not the first demonic thing that has happened.

List of Demonic Activities from the Entertainment Industry:

Demonic activity in the 2020s from the entertainment industry

Hello folks. The 2020s have been a unique decade so far, some things good, others bad. But one common theme is demonic activity. As a kid during the 2000s and 2010s, things seemed a little more innocent. Nowadays, the level of demonic influences in our society has increased. Here is a timeline...

www.christianforums.com

 

[seeking.IAM]

I think this is uncharitable to the UMC until there is something more substantive than a second-hand relative telling something but we don't quite know what. Perhaps calmer heads should prevail, and we should dig a little deeper for the total story.

 

[Offline4Better.]

I think this is uncharitable to the UMC until there is something more substantive than a second-hand relative telling something but we don't quite know what. Perhaps calmer heads should prevail, and we should dig a little deeper for the total story.

I do agree, and would like to see some sources on this as well, instead of a 2nd hand narrative. However, if any reputable sources mention the UMC as being the culprit of the opening ceremony, then it is fair game to start rebuking the UMC's practices, as 1 Timothy 5:20 says.

 

[BobRyan]

I think this is uncharitable to the UMC until there is something more substantive than a second-hand relative telling something but we don't quite know what. Perhaps calmer heads should prevail, and we should dig a little deeper for the total story.

A lot of Christians apparently condemning the Paris display - but I have not found any UMC endorsement of it so far.

 

[PloverWing]

Apparently it was a specific UMC parish that arranged the choreography and apparently the tableux looked unmistakably like the last supper so I can only assume or hope that you didn’t see it @PloverWing

After a little research, I will partially withdraw my original evaluation of the portion of the ceremony. I watched the ceremony last night via NBC's prime time coverage. Note that many things were happening at the same time in the ceremony -- boats carrying athletes down the river at the same time as various performances on the river banks -- so NBC did not show every minute of all of these simultaneous events.

I don't trust people on X/Twitter, but the New York Times has confirmed that there was a Last-Supper-like arrangement at one point, and I trust their reporting. NBC's prime time broadcast coverage did not show this. NBC did show, with the same performers at the same location, models walking up and down a runway (the "table" of the "supper") showing off various costumes. So the fashion show part was definitely there.

NBC has put their opening ceremony coverage behind a Peacock paywall, so I cannot re-examine the scene. Perhaps those of you who watched the ceremony from a different country or streaming service can comment on what you saw.

I haven't found any reports involving Methodists.

 

[Adventist Dissident]

It is interesting that the Olympics are being held at the birthplace of the Modern era. I think the mockery of Christ is a testament to what France is about. I also think that this is going to be the end of French Atheism as we know it. The timing is right for the fall of France. This is the last hurrah.

 

[The Liturgist]

I haven't found any reports involving Methodists.

Indeed, I haven’t been able to verify that and my relative to her chagrin cannot find where it was mentioned. She thought she had read that a specific UMC parish, presumably one of the parishes they have in Europe, was involved in the production, but now she can’t find that link.

So the fashion show part was definitely there.

Yes, apparently that was a different part of the opening event.

 

[Adventist Dissident]

maybe it was a mistake, but it is sure interesting. I think many people will leave the UMC because of the false association, which is fine by me. couldn't be more happy for the UMC.

 

[tall73]

Now the Olympics account is claiming that the scene included an "interpretation" of bacchus/dionysius

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1 Corinthians 10:20-22​

20 Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons. 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He? (NKJV)​

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1 John 5:19 19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. (NKJV)​