DISINFO: Olympics opening ceremony is a mockery of Christianity

DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS

  • Outlet: yapolitic.ru ( archive, original )
  • Date of publication: July 29, 2024
  • Article language(s): Russian
  • Countries / regions discussed: France

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Olympics

DISINFO: Olympics opening ceremony is a mockery of Christianity

SUMMARY

The opening ceremony of the Olympics exceeded all expectations.[...] thank God, that after the show the Russian and Belarusian athletes did not pass. Because what happened was a witches' sabbath, it was devilry, it was a mockery of Christianity, first of all. This Last supper in the image of bearded women and creatures of unknown origin is a terrible sight that outraged the overwhelming majority of humanity [...].

RESPONSE

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris was not inspired by the Last Supper.

"It's not my inspiration (the Christian Supper). There is Dionysus (Philippe Katerine painted in blue) who arrives on this table. He is there because he is the God of celebration in Greek mythology. The god of wine who is one of the jewels of France. And the father of Sequana, the goddess who is connected to the river, the Seine. The idea was to have a pagan celebration connected to the gods of Olympus. You will never find in me a desire to mock and denigrate anyone. I wanted to make a ceremony that repairs, that reconciles. And also that reaffirms the values ​​of our Republic, liberty-equality-fraternity", - says the director of the ceremony.

The narrative on the West mocking Christianity on every occasion is recurrent in pro-Kremlin disinformation efforts. See more recurrent pro-Kremlin narratives portraying the West as morally corrupt, pagan, Satanist, deranged, vile who have lost all common sense, pushing LGBTIQ propaganda. See also the narrative The West is destroying Russia with the propaganda of perversions.

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