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The opening festivities aired on NBC featured a prerecorded segment in which three attractive young people 1black, 2 women begin to engage in a ménage à trois ( three people having sex. Sacrebleu you say? Hey, it’s France!

Good for Cspire. A fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. Apparently there's people in this world who lack both.

God is not Mocked.
Apparent drag ‘parody of Last Supper’ at Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony sparks outrage.
During the show, a group of 18 performers — including three familiar Drag Race France queens — struck poses behind what looked like a long table with the Seine River and Eiffel Tower poignantly placed in the background.
At the center was a heavy obese women tattooed in chain handcuffs with a large silver headdress that resembled a halo as depicted in paintings of Jesus. She smiled and made a heart shape with her hands as her peers stared down the camera before breaking out in a choreographed routine.
But social media users stated that the group was making fun of Christianity and even French politicians denounced the show.

I'm a huge Cspire fan, and I've sung their praises to anyone who'd listen. But, when it comes to evaluating artistry, they really need to stay in their lane.

Good! It’s nice to see a company take a position I agree with.

i told you guys about the stinking french about a month or so. looks like i was right.

Awesome news! Glad somebody has the courage!

Good for Cspire. But they should also pull their ads from NBC. Just because the super ultra liberal french want to do insane stuff, NBC does not have to broadcast it.

A drag queen performance of The Last Supper at the Olympic opening ceremony. Who the F thought that was a good idea?

As someone who is center-left, this is why people hate the far left:

"The Paris 2024 committee’s goals include limiting waste and promoting seasonal produce, as well as “reducing animal proteins” and offering more plant-based options."

"This year, for instance, athletes’ beds will be supported with cardboard to make them more environmentally friendly."

"Some teams have complained about the lack of air conditioning, which was removed to slash the event’s carbon footprint"

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/07/26/olympic-village-adequate-food-forcing-team-gb-britain-athletes-eat-packed-lunches-instead/

They just try to cram it down everyone's throat.

God will have the last laugh.

good for them the opening ceremonuywas ludicrous

Good for them.

At least somebody still has courage!

Good!

I am shocked at CSpire for being snowflakes. Perhaps I should consider changing cell carriers and canceling my fiber.

Disgusting!

I'm now waiting for the Olympics to mock Islam.

Does anyone know which day they will have the Satanic Drag Queen Competition at this Paris Olympics?

More proof that we in Mississippi are just a bunch of ignernt rednecks, knowing nothing about art or history.

Good for CSpire!

They’ve gone from “leave us alone,” to “you bake and decorate us a cake the way we tell you to,” to “we’re hear, we’re queer and we’re coming for your kids.”

Those French s__t eaters would be saluting Nazi’s today if not for American soldiers, many of them Christian.

There are 25 companies to take up their space at a premium.

Kudos to C Spire. Proud of my cellular and 1G fiber provider for taking a stand against the attack on Christians.

Great idea. Leave.

the second week in june i published a lengthy comment very critical of the french. i got no less than 40 rebuttals all telling me that they were the greatest people in the world............well just look at them now.

No worries. When the Caliphate takes total control of France the Eiffel Tower will be a popular launch point.

Was it really necessary to sexualize the pinnacle of athletic competition with a tribute to cross-dressing by perverting a Renaissance masterpiece and symbol of Christianity?
Signed: An Ignernt MS Redneck (i.e. Most of Us)

Praise the LORD ! I'm glad to see some company standing up to the perverse "woke"ness and being fearless in the face of dei. I'll certainly consider them as I break from at&t and others.

let em have them 6:09, i'm glad to see someone stand up against this madness that's taking over this country and world. it's about time we all do ! that's the problem , no one will say that is wrong ! every one wants to be liked, go be liked in hell.

Bill Dees, you’ve stated your opinion that LGBTQ mocking Christianity is “Art.” If Christians mocked LGBTQ would this be “Art,” or hate speech?

If you’re answer is hate speech, congrats, you’re a typical leftist Democrat hypocrite.

P.S. Do you not have the means to leave Mississippi? I can assure you when your Democrat party takes over the state and it becomes overnight smart like California, I’m doing to MS what Jillian Michaels did to CA, voting with me feet, i.e. fleeing!

"Artistry." Seriously?

I appreciate my CSpire Service even more

Considering how sleazy the Olympics are, anyway, I'm wondering what all the fuss is about. The costumes are starting to look silly, and the female contestants, of all ages (or whatever they're called) are wearing so much makeup, they look like they're being trafficked by pimps. Every year, it looks more like a bad reality show. Considering the audience (people who care about what they're TOLD TO care about - at least I assume: I've never known anybody who gave a flip about the Olympics) I have to wonder what the French thought they were doing. Do they not understand the concept of tailoring a show to its audience?

You complainers know nothing about Greek mythology. Do you even know where the Olympics began? In Ancient Greece, where they worshipped Dionysius, who was depicted in what you ignorantly think is a parodying the Last Supper. Stupid and ignorant is the only way to describe yiunrednecks.

The mind virus, that is far left liberalism, has reached pandemic levels, but seemingly, only in western nations. The question is, can sanity be restored before it damns us all back to the Stone Age?

@4:52 PM - Excellent point! Can you imagine if Muhammad was depicted as a drag queen? Paris would burn to the ground.

I know plenty about art, and history. That shit they produced ain't art.

I’m sure the rest of the world gives shit what the 5th 6th cell company finds objectionable. You little MAGA pricks are such a joke.

Would it get a pass as "art" if one of them was wearing a mask depicting the Prophet Muhammad?

Or would you artistes demand they be killed.

I'm waiting for Bill Dees to prove he is not a redneck by publishing a depiction of Muhammed as a drag queen. Bill, prove you aren't a hypocrite. We are waiting.

I suppose it wasn't enough that da Vinci painted John the Revelator having feminine features. No, the Olympic committee had to employ the degenerate that is Thomas Jolly to debase the concept of The Last Supper, even more.

The masks of deception have all been laid aside. The fake friendliness for the Christian faith has long since gone. The long knives are out.

Bravo, to CSpire, bravo, for having the intestinal fortitude to make a stand for, what I will assume is, the faith of those in charge. In this instance, the GOD of heaven was chosen instead of the god of this world.

Bill Dees, YOU are the ignorant one. Hoping it’s really a poser. Yes, this art is making fun of an extremely popular part of history.

As a conservative that enjoys "artsy" things, it was tough to watch - just as the last few years have been. I don't think its Satanism, its just good old fashion narcissism.

Art is ugly because artists have become the ugliest human beings. Art is about beauty and truth. We look at the Sistine Chapel and we see beauty, not Michaelangelo. We read Les Miserables or watch it on stage and we associate with Jean Valjean's need for redemption - we aren't thinking about Victor Hugo. A great story like Lord of the Rings - we can forget that Frodo and Sam are fictional characters.

The ugliness that has penetrated art in the past few years - whether its the Olympic Opening Ceremony or the hair pick statue in New Orleans, is a sign of egotism. Its simply the revenge of the neglected child - not on their mother but on everyone.

The new artist creates not to please others but to force others to look at him. Star Wars sucks now because the characters are made in some writer's self absorbed image. This is why people cover themselves in ugly mismatched tattoos (tattoos can be beautiful art), they dye their hair unnnatural colors. They do this to be unique without being interesting.

Outside of Mississippi what’s their market share.

to mr dees at 5:55.....its ironic that you think you are so smart but you can't spell ''ignorant''.

God bless the Creekmores for being true to their (and our) Christian faith

Thank you C-Spire, anything, really anything to stop those annoying commercials. Morgan and Morgan anyone?

@7:06pm
No worries. This state will never be overnight, next week, next year, or next decade smart. Two to three generations for wealth to be created among the working class. And then watch out - they vote.

Oh my god, who cares? Y'all need to lighten up.

Great strategy! Ads are costly. They are getting more (free) PR for pulling the ads than revenue the ads would have generated.

Can we please start printing $3 bills with Thomas Jolly’s face on them?

Seriously though, I agree with 9:29 that artists who are ugly (inside) make ugly art.

Bill dees, you promised to leave this blog. Please keep that promise, you ignorant heathen elitist.

I am thankful for C-Spire standing with Christian values and pray other like AT&T to do so also by pulling ads!

People care about the olympics?

That freak show had zero resemblance to the "Feast of the Gods" by Rottenhammer and Bruegel. It did, however, have a striking resemblance to Da Vinci's painting, including the halo around the central character. "Bill Dees" is a troll.

I think what we are seeing is the divide that is growing wider and wider. People are speaking with their values and morals and no matter what u call the opening ceremony (last supper horror or Greek mythology) the world has had enough of all this craziness that has been forced on us beginning with Covid. People with money are making changes. These changes are much bigger than the white flight of the 60s and 70s. Unfortunately, the biggest victim again is the most vulnerable and we have grown that class of people so the pain is much more widespread. Sad but true. MS is last in nation. Always will be because Mississippians want it and vote that way.

Baptist preacher here. If you are interested in my thoughts on mocking God...well, I can probably offer some more interesting reading suggestions than anything I will say. Like the project that has been set forth for next year and is widely available to you online. But here goes.

1. People do not need to defend God. People do often feel the need to defend the religious practices they have centered - and the ways they have chosen to behave because of what they believe to be true about God. But that is not the same thing as defending God. The accusation that one is mocking God begs questions about what precisely the accuser is defending.

2. Treating an Italian painting of white Jesus as sacrosanct is most certainly honoring something that is not God. The accusation that one is mocking God begs questions about what exactly the accuser is honoring.

3. A depiction of Jesus welcoming table guests that others shun is Biblical. The accusation that one is mocking God begs questions about which Gospels the accuser is reading.

4. "Mocking God" is a mean-spirited critique. The accusation that one is mocking God begs questions about the intention of the accuser.

But more than any of this: the fact that American Christians so wildly missed the celebration of the Greek gods is stunningly and embarrassingly a result of the anti-intellectual tragedy into which the far right has invited evangelical Christians.

Listen. There is no shame in not already knowing something. It is ok to not readily recognize the Feast of DIONYSOS (Dionysus). I have to look up how to spell it every time I write it.

But the Greek gods are at the heart of the history of the Olympics.

And the opening Ceremony in Paris was about things deeply rooted in French culture and in Olympic history.

Artwork from the Louvre was highlighted.

And though there are depictions of the last supper in the Louvre, the particular painting in question is not at the Louvre because it is in a church in Italy. It has nothing to do with France-or the Olympics and it would have been wildly off topic.

It makes much more sense for the bawdy scene in question to be a depiction of the Feast of DIONYSOS (Dionysus).

I hope you will stop spending energy being angry about the opening ceremony mocking God.

And.

There are things that dishonor God.

Policies that make it harder for children to eat dishonor God.

Policies that strip dignity and self-determination from those whose realities you do not understand dishonor God.

The dismantling of public education dishonors
God.

Racial injustice dishonors God.

Centering heteronormative relationships dishonors God.

Championing women who are able to birth live children as virtuous or honorable dishonors God.

Using tricky words to herald a society where freedoms and safety-nets are taken away in the name of some false nobility of suffering dishonors God.

Lying dishonors God.

Cheating on your partner dishonors God.

Destroying ecosystems dishonors God.

Filling the oceans with plastic dishonors God.

Hoarding wealth dishonors God.

Choose, then, whom you will serve.

Bill Dees, it wasn't many days back that you claimed to be a lawyer, now you're a preacher? The organizers of the opening ceremony have apologized for the da Vinci Last Supper parody.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2024/jul/28/paris-olympics-organisers-apologise-opening-ceremony-last-supper-parody-video

From reading your post, Dees, you wouldn't know GOD if you met him in the middle of the road. To prove me wrong, Dees, you need to link to a bible verse supporting your claims. There are 13 things you listed, claiming they dishonor GOD. Provide bible verses to support your claim.

Who is not watching the Olympics?
The folks at Att & Verizon are filling that add space with pleasure. This may play well in Mississippi but it’s already last week’s news in the nation. For every customer they may gain, they are just as likely to lose 2.

I don't know whether the performance was blasphemous, and that is not for me to decide.

I do believe it was an intentionally-offense poke in the eye by a scrawny prick with an agenda named Thomas Jolly.

Praises to God we whupped Hitler's ass and took back Paris so we could be free to appreciate and enjoy such art.

Nope. She who I quoted, is a Baptist preacher who has a Master's in Divinity from Duke, one of the premier divinity schools in the US.

So, Bill Dees, not being familiar with something as obscure as the Feast of Dionysus makes me, and all Mississippians, ignorant? God bless those poor souls who have ever suffered through one of your sermons.

Well good for C-Spire! They’re morons because this was not at all a depiction of The Last Supper, but good for them anyway. I have never been a C-Spire customer, and they just made sure that I never will be one.

July 28, 2024 at 1:31 PM, she's no more preacher than you are.
Paperwork doesn't make you a preacher, it's the anointing of the Spirit of GOD that makes a preacher.

"Baptist preacher here. If you are interested in my thoughts on mocking God..."

I'm not at all interested. Thanks for the lead-in so I could save the otherwise wasted time and effort.

That makes you smarter than the organizers of the ceremony, because they said it was a take on the da Vinci painting of the Last Supper. Who is stupid, now?

Duke Divinity is woke not premier. They recently had a student chapel where they called God trans. Not where I want my ministers coming from.

It looks like the opening ceremony did exactly what it set out to do- create a memorable dialogue. I didn’t see the ceremony but I’m definitely going back to watch it now.If you’re offended by the ceremony then you need to look in the mirror, and not at the television. Mary Hanchey was a friend of mine when I lived in Durham and I would agree with everything she said (as noted by Mr. Dees).

Thank you C-Spire

Bill Dees,
I'm not familiar with any female Baptist preachers. I grew up in the Baptist church. I'm also not familiar with these supposed Christian doctrines she quoted, so I'd like to know which Bible she uses. Heteronormative? It sounds to me like you're talking/typing out your ass. Totally. In other words, your posts are total BS.

Dees is hooked in the gill.

The whole Olympics thing is tacky and has BEEN tacky, for as long as I can remember. The Women's Gymnastic Team look like a bunch of kidnapped girls dolled-up to be LOT LIZARDS. The amount of makeup they have to wear, so that descriptions of them can read, "...yet feminine!", is GROTESQUE. (as if wearing more makeup than the average hooker, is somehow "feminine")

And the young men, look like a bunch of off-season DRAG QUEENS, with their silly little hairdos and PLUCKED EYEBROWS.

So, why object to the professional drag queens putting on the opening show? (Why is there a show, anyway? ...to make it less boring?) From what I've seen on the news, this afternoon, the majority of the male Olympic athletes look like a gaggle of drag queens, anyway. Quel difference?

Why is C-Spire, if they're so "moral", mixed-up in such a sleazy mess, in the first place? If they're such fine Christians, they should be aware of biblical expectations regarding women's appearance. (Hint: harlotry was frowned-upon) And speaking of sleazy messes, I've seen and heard plenty of C-Spire commercials which I've found insulting and condescending to their customer base.

I don't think I've ever agreed with anything Bill Dees had to say. But he's correct here. This wasn't the Last Supper. It was, in fact, a reference to Dionysus, as shown in this tweet from Friday.

https://x.com/Olympics/status/1816929100532945380

4:02 p.m., the Southern Baptist Convention is not the only Baptist denomination. That does not in any way relegate other Baptists to the the position of "supposed Christians."

The last two Duke Divinity school ministerial graduates that I heard speak on the Greek New Testament, each made errors that a first semester beginning Greek student would not make. "Elite" divinity school? I think not. But both speakers really liked Duke's basketball team if that counts for anything.

Um, you are aware swimmers shave their eyebrows or wax them, right?

There won’t be any mockery of Islam because Muslims take their religion seriously and, rightly or wrongly, will retaliate for such mockery, and Westerners know it. For white Christians, however, their religion has become a huggy, fuzzy, come-as-you-are-but-just-come social club, the last place whites can gather and have a reasonable expectation there won’t be blacks around, or not many, anyway. For blacks, I don’t know what that is on Sunday they do that they call “church.”

Let's see which one of those companies steps up to take CSpire's place and proudly advertises that that's what they are doing.

Please bro, they were referencing the Greek God Burt Bacharach it wasn't the Last Supper bro. It really wasn't disrespectful- the guy with his genitals showing is just part of the performance. You don't understand the nuance of the art. The singing decapitated head isn't Satanic at all. Don't listen to the producers of the ceremony literally admitting to it being about the Last Supper bro, they're being threatened bro. The Director loves Christians just turn the other cheek please bro.

Dees, I wouldn't have taken you for a plagiarist, an idiot, sure, but not a plagiarist. Yet, in this post, you did that very thing, and only after being called out on it, did you confess.
Being the flaming, ignorant, liberal you are, is there no end to your degeneracy?

I love God-Jesus and cannot stand any disrespect towards. I truly believe this was a poor artistic interpretation of Greek Mythology, and possibly some confusion with the last supper. That part is over, message received, move on! Support our amazing athletes! they do not deserve this distraction! Go USA!

That’s nice but the name of the thing is “ la cène sur un scène sur la seine” which says the last supper right in the name.

Who really gives a damn?

I think the debate over whether this was The Last Supper or Greek mythology misses the point Thomas Jolly was really making.

I think it was intended to represent both, and Jolly was saying that Christianity IS mythology. It was ugly art by an ugly man.

The eyebrows I'm talking about, are artfully-plucked/shaped, and generally shown on guys with tacky little jeweled earbobs. These eyebrows are anything-but-missing. 'Missing' would be an improvement over the eyebrows I see on "Olympians", while flipping channels, looking for weather reports.

Anybody else notice that NOT A SINGLE ONE of the hundreds of other corporate Olympics advertisers has yanked their advertising in protest? Nope, just us. Ain't we the pious ones.

Taken all in all, this is just one more excellent reason to stop watching (which is giving your personal sanction and approval) organized sports whether professional, e.g., NBA, NFL, or “professional,” e.g., NCAA, Olympics.

7:12, I suppose next you're going to tell us all what to eat (presumably a vegan diet)?

You really think that SITTING and WATCHING other people doing athletic things, is going to make you a bigger man? (...and less of a "Vegan"?)

The segment was literally named “ dernier souper sur la seine”…. “Last Dinner on the Seine”

2:00: Oh, I understand now. It's really about my need to compensate for male insecurities. How could I have been so blind.

So what it is that drives you to presume that you know how everyone else should think, act, and boycott "organized sports"?

I decided to cancel my C Spire fiber internet, cable tv, and cell service bundle. I’m not buying my internet and cell service to donate to some religious pearl clutching. The grandstanding by the company just really turned me off. I can’t stand when mega corporations try to market with religion.

August 1, 2024 at 10:13 AM, that ought to show them. They will probably go under from lack of your support.