Olympic Outrage

If you missed the opening of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and I hope you did, you were spared a disgusting display of anti-Christian bigotry. Evidently, the folks at the Olympic Committee and NBC thought it would be a really good idea to mock one of the most iconic images in Christendom -- Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.”

The scene was recreated for the whole world featuring a cast of drag queens and LGBTQ activists. A child was also included at the table just because.

The irony of this outrageous performance offending the world’s 2.5 billion Christians at an event dedicated to fostering international cooperation and world peace was astounding.

Initially, defenders of the obscene performance tried to brush off the controversy by saying it wasn’t about The Last Supper but “an interpretation of the Greek god Dionysus.” That disingenuous explanation didn’t pass the straight face test, but it might have quelled the controversy. Then the producers said:

“For the ‘Festivities’ segment, [artistic director] Thomas Jolly took inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting to create the setting. . . [Jolly] is not the first artist to make a reference to what is a world-famous work of art. From Andy Warhol to ‘The Simpsons,’ many have done it before him.”

A spokeswoman for the Olympics unbelievably insisted that they were not trying to offend anyone. They were merely trying to celebrate “community” and “tolerance.” This “celebration of tolerance” is coming from the crowd that is always telling Christians how intolerant we are.

Of course, NBC and the Olympic Committee would never approve a performance mocking Mohammad or Islam. But from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Andres Serrano, Christianity has been attacked over and over and over by the LGBTQ “tyrants of tolerance.”

As Christians, we believe that God made human beings in His image. He molded Adam out of the dirt. He became man in order to suffer and die on the cross. In doing so, He defeated death.

We also believe that there is an unseen spiritual war going on between the forces of good and evil, between God and rebellious Satan. That shocking display wasn’t just an insult to Christians. It was a demonic attack on the God of the universe, who created all living things and all matter with a word.