Paris 2024 Olympics Organizers Apologize for Opening Ceremony Deemed Insulting Religion

Jakarta, Todaysgist.com – The organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics have apologized for the opening ceremony they held on Friday (26/7/2024) local time. They regret if the opening ceremony they held offended groups and religions.

Quoted Channel News AsiaMonday (29/7/2024), the organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics admitted that they had no intention of attacking religion. They also explained that they had no strong reason to disrespect religion.

“The apology was announced following complaints from the French bishops,” he explained. Channel News Asia.

French Catholic groups and bishops are known to be deeply disappointed with the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. They see some scenes prepared by theater director Thomas Jolly as having the intention of mocking Christianity.

Criticism focused on scenes involving dancers, drag queenand a DJ in a pose reminiscent of depictions of the Last Supper, the last dinner Jesus shared with his apostles.

“There was absolutely no intention to disrespect any religious group,” said Paris 2024 spokeswoman Anne Descamps.

“If anyone feels offended, of course we are very sorry,” he added.

Meanwhile, Thomas Jolly also denied intentionally taking inspiration from the Last Supper in the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. He instead said the scene that many people claim is the Last Supper was intended to promote tolerance for different sexual and gender identities.

“There will never be any intention to mock or belittle anyone in my work. I want ceremonies that bring people together, that reconcile, but also ceremonies that affirm the values ​​of freedom, equality and fraternity,” he explained.

He also denied that the opening ceremony he created promoted the image of Satan. According to him, the characters he presented at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics were inspired by pagan gods. Not the image of Satan as claimed by many people lately.

“The idea of ​​the banquet was a great pagan feast associated with the gods of Olympus,” defends Thomas Jolly.