The organising committee behind the Paris Olympics has offered an apology of sorts to Christians around the world, though one that appeared mitigated by the fact that Catholics and other religions chose to "take offence" at some of the "celebratory" scenes that occurred during the opening ceremony to the Games.
The ceremony on 26 July, during which the involvement of drag queens and hyper-sexualised LGBT culture was a prominent theme, featured a sketch where a group of drag queens, a transgender model and a rotund woman wearing an aureole halo crown posed themselves at a table in a style parodying the iconic image of Christ and his apostles at the Last Supper.
The scene also involved the appearance of a man covered in blue body paint who, as opposed to interpretations assuming he was an oversized Smurf, was reportedly meant to represent the Greek mythical god Dionysus. The bizarre scene not only caused confusion but also shock and consternation that one of the central moments in the Christian religion could be reduced to such parody and farce.
