French Olympic Games- Christians- Heathen-France

 Let me preface this by saying my Father in Law is not well, he is in the hospital in Houston. He's one of my favourite people in the world. An old Aggie( A&M Class of '62 BS Mech. Eng.) he and my wife's late maternal grandad shaped her to be the person she is today. And I thank them both.

  I was beat to the blog I was going to write on the the 'Opening' of the French Olympics. 

Melissa Weihausen Mancill just posted a more concise, shorter, easier to understand what really the 'Opening' was about. 

Again, we either are not being taught history, or we just don't care. I am thinking the later is in play here. 

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I’m so amused by all the freaking out over the Paris Opening ceremony and the “blasphemy” and “demonic” activity…. People, lighten up and understand history (which might require you stop banning books and read one). And, I know, learning is hard. 

 

The headless woman was Marie Antoinette. She ruled over France and was found guilty of treason, conspiracy, and stealing from the country. 

 

Also, it was not the Last Supper. It was a depiction of an ancient Greek Bacchanal… because, you know, the Olympics are ancient and Greek.

 

And if you didn’t know, a Bacchanalia is an uncontrollably promiscuous, extravagant, and loud party. The parties often spanned several days which honored the god of wine, Bacchus (the blue guy covered in grape vine). He is also known as Dionysus, the Greek god of fertility, later known as the god of wine and pleasure.

 

And finally, it was not Death on a pale horse. It was Sequana, Goddess of the Seine, the River in which the boat precession took place. She was meant to be the representation of the Olympic spirit and of Sequana."

 

Dammit people.....

 

It is France. It is their history. Part of it is we think everything revolves around American History. It doesn't. Most of the world was here thousands of years before the United States was even considered. The U.S. is not even 250 years old yet. 

Another part is, the Christian community. 

They think it is all about them. They think they are being "persecuted." You want to find persecuted Christians? Go to the West Bank.( Neither the Muslims or the Israelis like you)  Go to the People's Republic of China. Go to Democratic People Republic of Korea, AKA North Korea, go to parts of Africa.

 

Christians in this country and being told they are being persecuted and are now offended by everything.

 

They are just as bad as the damn 'Woke' people. I am serious here. 

 

Everyone, left, right, middle is just looking for something to offended by.  

 

I think people in America want to look for something to be offended by.  They literally enjoy it. Heck, for some, it is a way to "raise money."

Part of it is the Christian church in America is losing members. They are more worried about being offended, power and control than the missionary spirit. 

This is coming from someone who has done mission work in both the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, and Idaho. Yeah, a shocker, I was a missionary. 

 

But that's another story. That was another life. I will need to write about that one day.

Stop looking for stuff to be upset about. There is enough bad stuff out there without people telling you 'look over here' instead of the economy, and that is a world-wide mess right now, not just here.