“Late into the opening ceremony of the Paris Summer Olympics Friday night, cameras cut to a long table overlooking the Seine River filled with drag stars made to resemble Jesus and the 12 apostles the night before his crucifixion in Da Vinci’s fresco masterpiece “The Last Supper,” Forbes Magazine noted. It has been an outrage that has blasted across the Internet because of its overt derision and blasphemy toward Christianity. Jesus’ command to turn the other cheek is by no means equivalent to passivity.”Forbes catalogued others who had weighed in with shock on this mockery. “CNN host Piers Morgan posting: ‘Would they have mocked any other religion like this? Appalling decision.’”“Billionaire SpaceX, Tesla and X owner Elon Musk called the parody ‘extremely disrespectful to Christians’.

Source: Forbes July 29, 2024 09:47 UTC