Hi all,
Well, once again believers are acting foolishly towards the world. It now turns out that the performance had nothing to do with the last supper, but was a performance depicting the feast of Dionysus. A Greek God. And while yes, believers know, and most everyone else knows that there is no Greek God named Dionysus, the program was not intended in any way to portray a christian practice.
The olympic games are a sporting challenge of the world and its heritage hails from the Greek games of ancient Greece. Therefore, opening them with a depiction of the feast of Dionysus is appropriate for that venue.
I did watch a bit of it, and honestly, the only thing in it that resembled anything of a painting that we have of the last supper that we also know isn't a true representation of the actual last supper, is a long table. There are not 12 people lounging around it. There is no bread and wine set out before the 12 participants as if they are eating a supper as is shown in the painting and likely was somehow representative of how the table might have been set at the actual last supper. It's just a long table. With a blue person sitting on it surrounded by a fruit cornucopia.
As far as all the 'drag queen' appearances of the participants, I find that rather offensive, but immoral sexual activities is the very first thing that Paul covers in his letter to the Romans about how the lost will be acting as we move towards the last day. So, while I certainly don't agree with that lifestyle, nor participate in such, it's exactly why God's word tells believers to have nothing to do with such things and so I don't. But that doesn't mean that I should expect that I won't see it displayed and glamorized by the people of this world.
So personally, I'd say that we should be careful not to sin in our anger and pray for them. Pray for those still lost without the Shepherd.
God bless,
Ted