On Friday (26th July), radical Christians abused pagans and their religious practices after accusing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of hosting a blasphemous rendition of ‘The Last Supper’ during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
For the unversed, ‘The Last Supper’ is an important event in Christianity. It signifies Jesus Christ’s final meal with his 12 apostles before his crucifixion.
Radical Christians claimed IOC hurt religious sentiments by creating a caricature of ‘The Last Supper’ using drag queens, trans and queer characters and resorting to hyper-sexualisation.
“This is crazy. Opening your event by replacing Jesus and the disciples at the The Last Supper with men in drag. There are 2.4 billion Christians on earth and apparently the Olympics wanted to declare loudly to all of them, right out of the gate. Not Welcome,” wrote one Clint Russel.
This is crazy. Opening your event by replacing Jesus and the disciples at the The Last Supper with men in drag. There are 2.4 billion Christians on earth and apparently the Olympics wanted to declare loudly to all of them, right out of the gate
— Clint Russell (@LibertyLockPod) July 26, 2024
NOT WELCOME pic.twitter.com/T88AmXbqXL
One radical Christian used the opportunity to abuse pagans and their ‘satanic practices.’
“The Paris Olympics have gone FULL BLOWN. SATANIC. Going so far as to mock the Last Supper of Christ & have a celebration of worship to Baal/Moloch. If this isn’t a sign of the times we are living in… Spiritual warfare FULLY manifesting in the flesh. This isn’t “satanic panic”. This is the REAL DEAL,” tweeted ‘The Patriot Voice.’
“The veil is thinning more and more everyday. Those with eyes to see and ears to hear know exactly what is happening. Jesus is coming back VERY SOON,” he brazened out.
The Paris Olympics have gone FULL BLOWN. SATANIC.
— The Patriot Voice (@TPV_John) July 26, 2024
Going so far as to mock the Last Supper of Christ & have a celebration of worship to Baal/Moloch.
If this isn’t a sign of the times we are living in…
Spiritual warfare FULLY manifesting in the flesh.
This isn’t “satanic… pic.twitter.com/jodig46BcE
One Collin Rugg claimed, “An apparent child could be seen joining the drag queens during the performance. Instead of bringing people together, the planners of the event apparently wanted to mock the religion of 2.4 billion people.”
NEW: The Paris Olympics is under fire for including a *child* in their hyper-s*xualized, blasphemous rendition of The Last Supper.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 26, 2024
An apparent child could be seen joining the drag queens during the performance.
Instead of bringing people together, the planners of the event… pic.twitter.com/5nUSmE72Oe
Jenna Ellis, who identifies as servant of Jesus Christ, alleged,”In this scene from the Olympic opening ceremony, the famous painting of The Last Supper is recreated, but Jesus is replaced with an obese woman, while queer and trans figures (including a child!) depict her apostles. Overt pagan and satanic symbolism.”
In this scene from the Olympic opening ceremony, the famous painting of The Last Supper is recreated, but Jesus is replaced with an obese woman, while queer and trans figures (including a child!) depict her apostles.
— Jenna Ellis (@realJennaEllis) July 26, 2024
Overt pagan and satanic symbolism. pic.twitter.com/YImWfFDekB
One radical Christian claimed that the event, which supposedly wanted to mock Jesus Christ, was enacted by a 42-year-old Jewish gay man named Thomas Jolly. OpIndia, however, could not independently verify this claim.
Thomas Jolly is the man who mocked JESUS (The Last Supper)…
— Pelham (@Resist_05) July 26, 2024
The Gay Jewish 42 year old used the largest platform in the world to mock Christianity and its now been labelled the worst opening ceremony in HISTORY pic.twitter.com/lfHVwjW0Kp
A pastor named Michael Clary tweeted, “The opening ceremony of the Olympics making fun of Christ and the Last Supper. Is anyone out there still denying that LGBTQ is a demonic cult?”
The opening ceremony of the Olympics making fun of Christ and the Last Supper.
— Michael Clary (@dmichaelclary) July 26, 2024
Is anyone out there still denying that LGBTQ is a demonic cult? pic.twitter.com/0SDpXPiney
Event not based on ‘The Last Supper’
Contrary to the social media claims about the deliberate mockery of ‘The Last Supper’, the official X (formerly Twitter)’ handle of ‘The Olympic Games’ made it clear that the said event was an interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus.
“The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings,” it informed.
The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings. #Paris2024 #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/FBlQNNUmvV
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) July 26, 2024
It must be mentioned that Dionysus is known as the ‘God of Wine’ and ecstasy in Greek pagan culture. He was also referred to as ‘Bacchus’ by the Romans. He is also considered the patron of theatre, given that his festivals often involve dramatic performances.
As a god associated with vegetation and growth, he is linked to the cycles of nature. Dionysus remains a powerful symbol in art, literature, and culture and hence it comes as no wonder that He was featured during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
