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Sunday, July 28, 2024

I get the outrage - but come on

 I get it that the Paris Olympics got shit from Christians regarding the image of the Last Supper, but let us be honest for a moment.

This is the picture they show now that pissed them off.

Drag Queens, a jew, a gay, and a Black woman partway through the show. In a tableau that was purposefully jolting.

But the image is midway through the image. The tableau wasn't complete in that picture. This is the actual final act in this diorama

This is the final image (not shown in "outrage" sites) with women, children, rappers, gays, Jews, drag queens, Blacks, and Dionysus. There are very much more than 12 or 13 participants.

The Paris Olympic Committee intended: The group was eventually joined by a man dressed as the Greek god Dionysus, part of the Olympics’ intent to reflect “the absurdity of violence between human beings.”

This is the image of the "Last Supper", painted by Leonardo Da Vinci - a homosexual sodomite, that the offended Christians see as spiritual.

"The Last Supper" as it looks on the Church wall now.

FYI - The faces and bodies of Jesus and the apostles were "According to reports, da Vinci would spend time with criminals and in jails in Milan to find the right faces and expressions for the figures." So in the non-offensive image, the sodomite took criminals as models. The offended live in a world where drag queens are offensive, but criminals are honored.

No, wait, that is very much on brand for Trump's Christian followers.

What Biblical Experts say the Last Supper Probably looked like

These are the historical inaccuracies in the sodomite's painting which Christians are not offended by. This is compiled by Biblical Scholars

This seminal event in Christianity is still celebrated every time Christians take the Communion Meal. Unfortunately, this wonderful painting of the event is inaccurate in almost every single historical detail! Huh? How is it misleading and inaccurate? Let’s look at the details and see.

  • The thirteen men in the picture are definitely light skinned, fair haired Europeans dressed in fifteenth century Renaissance clothing. The Jewish Rabbi from the Galilee has been recast into a fifteenth century Renaissance man to fit the image of the prevailing culture!
  • The building in which the meal is being held resembles an Italian Palace with tall walls and multiple corridors. Jesus took the Passover Meal in a small upper room in Jerusalem.
  • The Passover Meal is always taken in the evening after sundown to replicate the Exodus Story. In Da Vinci’s painting, blue sky and clouds are visible through the windows, making it a midday meal.
  • The meal for the Passover was always the same; roasted lamb and matza (unleavened bread). In the mural, fish and loaves of leavened bread are on the table! Also, there are crystal glasses of wine on the table. Glass was not used by the Jewish common people and the goblets would have been made of wood or clay.
  • All the participants of the meal are sitting upright in chairs at a long table with Jesus in the center position. This reflects the fifteenth century custom of having the host or most honored guest in the center position. However, the Jewish custom of Jesus’ time period was to recline on the floor on your left elbow, with pillows for support and dine around a three sided low table called a triclinium. The guest of honor was always placed in the second position from the right end (see picture). A long table and chairs was not part of the seating arrangement during this time period.
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So was the image offensive? To American Christians, yes. But the French are often avant garde and this is very much in their wheelhouse. But some American Christians are offended by a drag queen carrying the Olympic Torch, a beard grooming gel commercial, a roach spray, Disney, Netflix, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and so much more. No matter WHAT the organizers put up, they would be offended. In fact, before the event, the conservative Daily Wire said, "The Olympics Are “Weird Gay Pagan Ritual” . They didn't like the pagan Greek opening ("vestal virgins and naked male sports").

Furthermore, the French Republic is specifically and legally required to be secular by their Constitution. It was less being "offensive" than just being "French".

Americas do this as well. Here are some images that somehow were NOT offensive to American Christians:

Aliens and adulterers, not offensive


Mobsters and Murders, not offensive


Homer Simpson as Jesus, not offensive.  D'oh!


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