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NCTMB Elena Stoeva MD's avatar

Is the IOC (Olympic committee ) reviewing and overseeing the planning of any activities, including ceremonies, before the games begin? I worked ( volunteered for medical services) for the 2004 Athens Olympics and Paralympics and remember the rigorous revisions of any detail …

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G8r_totz🐊Heidi's avatar

I believe the opening ceremony was intended to lull us to complacency about the "women" boxers. They apparently didn't recall how angry and horrified we were over Lia Thomas. Or maybe they did and are turning up the fire on our outrage. It's another distraction. Worse, it's a weapon.

I often wonder how some of my more faithful friends can turn from all this noise and find peace with God. I want to stay tuned to see what the next horror to emerge from this freak show. I say I want to be prepared but there's more to that.

They focus their minds and hearts on God because the enemy feeds on negativity. Staying in the mudpit is a disconnect from God. We live in the new Babylon.

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge;

in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by. I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me

Psalm 57:1–2 (ESV)

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Παναγιώτα's avatar

IT WASNT THE LAST SUPPER IT WAS THE GREEK GODS. CHRISTIANITY IS IRRELEVANT TO THE OLYMPICS, WHY WOULD THEY HAVE THE LAST SUPPER IN IT?

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Pim Wiersinga's avatar

Thank you for this gem of eloquence AND intellectual rigour, Mattias. Which is basically Zimboz' comment n August 4th.

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Sabrina LaBow's avatar

I responded to someone who found it contradictory to say it shouldn't be forbidden to mock something and also saying "those who fail to protest, neglect an ethical duty." I think you are saying you are a proponent of freedom of speech but that if YOU think it was in poor taste, then you have an ethical duty to say so instead of just going along with them saying it was all in good fun or whatever. Speak your truth. I recently did to a friend who actually came to understand why it may be offensive to some people. I'm not a Christian but thought it was in poor taste. Bad judgment and trying to shove this woke (or whatever you want to call it) down our throats. They just keep pushing the envelope hoping we will all start getting used to it and it will be the norm. Problem is there are 2.6B Christians in the world plus ppl like me who will not go along with this narrative. Your concept of mass formation is brilliant and I could finally understand what was going on with this blind acceptance of a particular narrative. We will continue to see these kinds of large scale examples, pushing a particular narrative/agenda and in order to prevent it from permeating our society, we must offer other perspectives and beliefs which may differ. sabrinalabow.substack.com

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Suzanne-Marie English's avatar

Your final paragraph showcases the issue. Thank you for all the consideration you shared above those last words.

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erin's avatar

Leaky as a sieve. Buckets generally don't leak. :-)

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El's avatar

If you think the Koch whistleblower story was undershared and under reported, it would make sense to share a good link to the information. Does anyone have one? I missed that story and I consider myself very well informed, yet still overwhelmed by how much data there is to contradict the elite narrative that the masses still choose to ignore.

Let's make sure this Koch story gets out to even more people. Link?

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Alexander Semenyuk's avatar

Great work

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John Stevens's avatar

Hopefully, your freedom of thought will allow you to accept that there are many who think you are wrong. Hopefully, you will accept that they may be right. If you can't do this, hopefully, you can allow yourself not to play the victim when their honesty disagree with you. I am one of them. In fact, what I do wonder is whether the Dutch painter was making fun of Da Vinci's painting. Nobody has seemed to have thought of this that I know of.

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Joris's avatar

I saw the art expert Walther Schoonenberg writing just that after the anti-woke drama erupted on X

https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/29/olympic-last-supper-scene-based-painting-greek-gods-art-experts

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ArtemisForestFairy's avatar

It was an insult to the Olympian gods. there is a french painting bu jan H something, that it is from. there are many along these lines. The feast of Dionysus. I know christians love to be upset about these things, but it aint so.

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Neil Harper's avatar

True. Censorship is just one of those tools. By purposefully fomented and encouraging discord amongst people, the angry and offended party will be more willing accept authoritarian controls over those who committed the offense. This gives them a sense of justice being done until those same tools are used against them.

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Uffe Jonas's avatar

Thanks for your thoughtful commentaries. It would be nice with a link to the revelations of the whistleblower from Koch Institute, as it is not easy to find.

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Uffe Jonas's avatar

Thank you!

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I live in the UK. I'm an atheist. I love paintings and visit museums and galleries whenever I can. I go in churches and cathedrals as well. I admire religious art without worrying about its religious significance. It's beautiful and I love many things that human beings create.

I downloaded a copy of the Last Supper parody image to my computer. I keep copies of things like that in case they disappear from the Internet. That image feels somewhat less shocking than it did when I first saw it, like the colour saturation or whatever has been reduced from the version I downloaded. Maybe my mind toned it down for me.

I am in the midst of writing a fantasy/sci fi novel about a demon and an angel who fall in love and free their people - other angels and demons - from a false Heaven and Hell where they have been imprisoned. After thinking about that parody of The Last Supper, I rewrote a chapter of my story and named it 'The Last Supper.' I want to show how to honour sacrifice even if you're not religious - and, yes, I am an atheist.

My angel and demon characters - friends - sacrificed to gain their freedom. A painting is created by three angels which they call 'The Last Supper' - and, yes, it is a last supper that involved sacrifice, love, and hope.

I'm in the middle of writing my novel, but I am getting ready to post excerpts here on Substack. I have another section called 'Evacuating the Bowels of Hell' that I will publish before 'The Last Supper.' Maybe this sounds like a shameless plug - Mattias - feel free to delete this if it sounds like one. But this is my way of trying to heal the divisions that plague us all.

My narrator gives the artists who create 'The Last Supper' a name - the 'Three Little Birds' because I know the Bob Marley song: "Don't worry about a thing / 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright / Singing, "Don't worry about a thing / 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright"

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Neil Harper's avatar

Can also be used as a tool to further nudge Christians into accepting censorship because now they have been offended by words and actions

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