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garretble ,
@garretble@lemmy.world avatar

People who get upset over everything are upset. More at 11.

automaton ,

It was not the last supper but a representation of the greek god Bacchus, since of course the Olympics have a greek origin. I find it funny that christians got so triggered.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

No, the blue smurf dude was Bacchus. This was a different part.

synapse1278 ,
@synapse1278@lemmy.world avatar

Blue dude is Philippe Katerine. He is know for doing weird things. About his show in the ceremony he declared to the press “I was cold and I liked it” article in French

AnUnusualRelic ,
@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

He was also delighted that Musk was shocked. Katherine is,rightfully, quite popular around here.

SeattleRain ,

A lot of Christians don’t realize how heavily influenced their religion is is by other more pagan and polytheistic religions.

leftzero ,

Seriously, just look up images for “Isis and child Horus”, for instance.

Without context he only way to tell if it’s Christian or ancient Egyptian is the hat, if present.

mercano ,
@mercano@lemmy.world avatar

NBC didn’t even broadcast this part of the ceremonies, people who are upset about this are looking to get upset.

grue ,

The real news story here is that NBC is apparently censoring the Olympics.

ilmagico ,

The link literally goes to nbc news, and contains a video of that exact performance. How exactly are they censoring the Olympics? Edit: was this not broadcast on live tv, just online? I didn’t watch live.

neuracnu , (edited )
@neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I’ve got copies of both the US and Australian broadcasts. I’m in the process of building a synchronized side-by-side video showing what each broadcaster put out.

I’d love to share it if I could convince YouTube’s bots that it’s not a copyright violation.

And if there’s a PeerTube instance out there that won’t mind me uploading it there, I’m happy to share it with you.

Update: I uploaded this to the Internet Archive today: archive.org/details/olympic-blue-man-4

Scrollone ,

You should totally upload it to the Internet Archive. They have something similar for 9/11 news programs.

neuracnu ,
@neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

This is a FANTASTIC idea. I’m uploading it now.

Scrollone ,

Great! Link it here when you do it, I’d be very curious to see it!

neuracnu ,
@neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Done!

archive.org/details/olympic-blue-man-4

DaddleDew ,

The entire opening ceremony was riddled with elements that were exaggerated specifically to give the middle finger to people who can’t help but force their personal religious beliefs on others. And seeing how riled up they’ve been getting over it, I must say it worked.

systemglitch ,

An event that’s supposed to bring people together, instead purposely creates division. I’m agnostic af, but I can clearly see this is bad taste.

If you like creating division, then by all means celebrate it I guess…

DaddleDew , (edited )

They included everyone who has been excluded from the beginning and made a statement that they will not pander to those who want them excluded anymore. Those who were angry at this are those who wanted to keep these people excluded. I’d say it’s a pace in a good direction to bring people together. There is only a group of people who will need to learn they can’t force their way on others anymore.

For crying out loud had these people had their way again we wouldn’t even have had that badass metal music show in front of the Bastille Conciergerie, where Marie Antoinette was trialed and sentenced to death.

Flax_vert ,

It’s the agnostics who want to force our churches to go woke in Europe.

dustyData ,

The other way around. It’s the agnostics who defend your right to do whatever you want inside your church, as long as it isn’t illegal. It’s outside your stupid church you don’t get to say or command anything. And that’s what offends religious folks. Losing the power to force others to obey your religion is not oppression, leave us the fuck alone.

Flax_vert ,

That’s not always the case

dustyData ,

Learn to read. “the Archbishop of Canterbury’s views have sway around the Commonwealth and beyond […] the Lords Spiritual number 26 votes in our unelected upper chamber of parliament. These people still have power. ” That’s a religious issue within that religion that affects non-religious people. You see how that reinforces my point? I don’t fucking care whatever the the church end up deciding to do because I don’t fucking belong to that church and therefore that stupid church has no power over my life. But when the assholess inside the church influence civil decisions, then that becomes a problem. Either get out of political life, or change and accept that your worldview not only sucks, but isn’t supported anymore.

Grandwolf319 ,

badass metal music show in front of the Bastille.

Didn’t realize that was in front of the Bastille, you can’t get more anti authoritarian than that.

DaddleDew , (edited )

My bad, the building it took place at was La Conciergeie, which is the location where Marie Antoinette was trialed and sentenced to death. The Bastille no longer exists.

But I mean, the anti-authoritarian vibe immediately peaked at the beginning with a beheaded Marie-Antoinette singing about hanging the aristocrats.

leftzero ,

you can’t get more anti authoritarian than that

You could drown Macron in the Seine, to start with. (I mean, he’d probably suffocate rather than drown, but still.)

DmMacniel ,
@DmMacniel@feddit.org avatar

Ah yes, inclusion is division. Good double speak here.

timmy_dean_sausage ,

No no, you don’t get it. They don’t like drag, and we should’ve known christian’s don’t like drag and wouldn’t want to go to a drag show. So by us doing them anyways, knowing they won’t be there, we’re excluding them by not excluding them while they exclude themselves. We’re the assholes y’all.

DmMacniel ,
@DmMacniel@feddit.org avatar

We’re the assholes y’all.

ah damn it, if you put it like that.

MadhuGururajan ,

The only people creating division are religious people who can’t switch off their offended brain for once and laugh a little.

Flax_vert ,

Same logic can be applied to people being (rightfully) outraged at blackface

catsarebadpeople ,

Wtf

timmy_dean_sausage ,

Since you bring up logic, the logical fallacy you’re displaying is called the false equivalence fallacy. Blackface is outrageous because the purpose is to demonize and humiliate black people. The purpose of drag is to CELEBRATE freedom of feminine expression, regardless of sex/gender. One is inherently exclusive, while the other is inherently inclusive.

Flax_vert ,

And the purpose of mocking Christianity is…? I didn’t mention drag here.

timmy_dean_sausage ,

You’re dissenting in a thread about Christians hating drag. It’s implied you’re talking about drag. Further, blackface is a common dog whisle the alt-right uses to attempt to demonize drag.

I haven’t mocked Christians in a very long time. Some people are mocking Christians, but the intent of the original performance, and the intent of this thread, is very clearly to mock people that USE Christianity as ammunition against people and things they don’t like. Which is (obviously) an exclusionary act… Which the Olympics is against, given that it exists to bring people with differences together… Hence, the performance…

Foreigner ,

Are you this outraged every other time someone parodies the Last Supper?. Sounds like your issue is not parodies of a Christian scene but the parody being done by drag queens.

Flax_vert ,

Yes.

Foreigner ,

Sure show us the other times you’ve complained about the parodies and we’ll start believing you.

Flax_vert ,

Whataboutism

Foreigner ,

That’s not how whataboutism works. You claim parodies of the last supper offend you, that it has nothing to do with drag queens. It should be easy to provide examples of that given the painting has been parodied dozens, if not hundreds, of times. There are even plenty of examples on the fediverse with a cursory search:

pawb.social/post/10067798

lemmy.world/post/14797437

lemmy.world/post/14556516

lemmy.world/post/12149829

lemmy.today/post/5285838

lemmy.world/post/8691455

lemmy.world/post/7935820

hobbit.world/post/10124

You’re notably absent in the comments. Heck, at this point, any Christian religious image should do.

Flax_vert ,

Ah yes, because I am very active on AI, hobbit, anime and furry threads. Maybe I should start patrolling the furry communities to make sure nobody is blaspheming Christ 🙄

Foreigner ,

So, no other examples of you taking issue with parodies of christian art on Lemmy or elsewhere, correct? You’ve had plenty of time since I posted those links to tell each of the OPs how you feel about their depictions of the last supper. Why not go ahead and do that now?

Flax_vert ,

Because I can’t be bothered to what the furries are doing?

Foreigner ,

Yet it’s religious parody all the same, something that allegedly bothers you regardless of whether those involved are LGBTQIA+. I’ve yet to see an evidence to support your argument. Still no response to my original question. It’s not a problem when other major groups do it? No global uproar when it’s done countless times by high profile series like South Park, the Simpsons, Family Guy, Curb your Enthusiasm, IASIP? Not an issue when the hard right appropriates your religion for political gain? Barely a peep when the subjects are anything other than obviously part of the LGBTQIA,+ community. At this point you should just own your bigotry instead of wasting people’s time.

Flax_vert ,

Yes, it’s still an issue. Yes it’s an issue when people co-opt Christianity for political gain. So many whattaboutisms here. I would be more surprised to see Donald Trump in heaven compared to one of those drag performers in all honesty

Foreigner ,

Once again, that is not what whataboutism is, the crux of the argument hasn’t changed. You claim to be just as offended by other parodies of the last supper. Yet when presented with evidence of others parodying that specific image, even high profile examples, you’ve shown no indication that this has offended you just as much as it does when drag queens are featured. I even gave you multiple chances to pick any christian religious image you want and still nothing comes up. Either parodies of Christian art offend you just as much or they don’t, and if you single one out, the reason becomes very obvious.

I would be more surprised to see Donald Trump in heaven compared to one of those drag performers in all honesty

This just indicates that you’d still be surprised to see one of these drag queens in heaven, just not as surprised as you would seeing Donald Trump. And really? Donald Trump? A bar that low?

Flax_vert ,

I’d be surprised because many people are too proud of their sin to repent of it. Trump included. However a lot of people living in sexual sin do it because they’re looking for fulfillment. They feel like they’re not enough and looking for something more, an identity perhaps. Yet Christ fulfills us in more ways we can imagine, and we can place our identity in Christ.

SeattleRain ,

It’s Christianity causing the division. Not the inclusions of the LGBT.

aidan ,

Drag !== LGBT.

LGBT is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, three sexual orientations, and Transgender- a modifier of gender expression.

Drag is a performance.

iquanyin , (edited )

if you have to conform to what a single group wants while ignoring the actual countries who created the games and those who host them, that’s not”bringing people together” it’s just giving in to narrow views and acting as if only one group has legitimacy and the right to decide on anything. there is no “bringing together” of different people and things in that.

Kaboom ,

But only against christians, no othetlr religion or lack thereof.

Flax_vert ,

And we aren’t the ones beheading teachers and shooting up art studios

gamermanh ,
@gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

No, you’re just the ones producing most of the stochastic terrorism in the US

Flax_vert ,

The Bible doesn’t say to commit terrorism.

captainlezbian ,

And yet Christians keep doing it in the name of their god

Flax_vert ,

Unfortunately.

gamermanh ,
@gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

So you guys just do it for fun, then?

That’s a worse reason, you do understand that?

Flax_vert ,

I haven’t committed terrorism, I don’t plan on committing terrorism, I don’t support committing terrorism, so I won’t defend those who are committing terrorism. And you’re right, it is a worse reason.

Kaboom ,

Yes, because condemning terrorism is also terrorism. Do you guys even hear yourself?

gamermanh ,
@gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

do you guys even hear yourself

Given what you said has nothing to do with what I said I ask the same back to you, buddy

SeattleRain ,

That’s because other religions are minorities in the West and get too much hate and vitriol as it is.

Kaboom ,

Isnt the olympics about unity? If you have to single out a group to make fun of, maybe you shouldnt

SeattleRain ,

Rejecting your religion’s bigotry is not “singling you out”.

Valmond ,

Wow get over your jurt feelings because of a, … checks notes …, a screenplay with colored people or gays or something.

Aren’t you christians supposed to be inclusive and not hating bigots?

Grow up lol.

Grandwolf319 , (edited )

Really? They fully declared the performance was unquestionably for Christians? Not everything in the world is about Jesus.

Kaboom ,

It was literally the Last Supper. I dont know how much more christian specific you can get

Grandwolf319 , (edited )

Da Vinci’s the last supper is much more of an art accomplishment than a symbol of Christianity. I’ve seen soooo many parodies of the last supper that just wanted to make a simple joke using something people recognize. Again, not everything is about religion, for example, the satanic temple has “Christian symbols” but is a fully securely belief system.

Edit: so it turns out they were actually doing “Jan Harmensz van Biljert’s Feast of the Gods, painted +/- 1635”. It’s the most Christian thing to do to just assume cause it reminds you of your symbolism, you get to restrict how people use it.

iquanyin ,

it literally was not. i guess you skipped most of this discussion? and the article itself? it’s explained what it was a scene from. (hint: not from christianity).

fukurthumz420 ,

nah. fuck christians.

iquanyin , (edited )

isn’t faith about humility? it’s arrogant to turn a celebration of a different culture into an attack on one’s “faith” yet we see cosplay christians do this literally every single day. spiritual materialism isn’t spiritual in any way. it’s using the trappings of religion like a weapon to attack others and gain power over them. it’s not about any relationship with God, or following any teachings. no faith in any god is shown by such reactions. it’s selfish, quick to anger, blind, unforgiving, arrogant, hypersensitive, and morally wrong.

Drivebyhaiku ,

Not unity specifically. Excellence, Respect and Friendship without discrimination. Technically “unity” is not a core mission statement and what is considered culturally significant is left to the host country to decide.

Is a fashion show featuring people dressed to reference Greek Gods off brand for the French?Not really. Historically speaking the Nobility used to employ people to dress up to become Greek gods in tableau to serve as living lawn ornements.

The original Olympics, both the ancient practice and the og international competition used to also feature arts and culture. Since the painting they were referencing was not the Last Supper and about Greek Gods it wasn’t an intended act of disrespect or division … But other forces are definitely choosing to make it so based on the idea that these things should be of the broadest possible appeal.

Foreigner ,

Pretty sure some of these other religions have a problem with scantily clad women, gay people and drag queens. That you think this was “only against christians” is pretty telling.

Drivebyhaiku ,

I would imagine if it was a bunch of straight people in silly costumes we would be having a very different conversation… Maybe about how art was once part of the Olympics. That would be a fun thing to talk about.

“How dare the queers…” is so tiring a conversation to keep having over and over.

Foreigner ,

I’m having this exact discussion with someone else in the comments. There are so many parodies of this painting but this is the one that causes outrage. I wonder why…

ulkesh ,
@ulkesh@lemmy.world avatar

So you’re indignant that the middle finger was only to Christians? And not everyone else? Weird hill to die on. And I’m pretty sure the middle finger wasn’t specifically to Christians, but to literally every moron with a stick up their ass about what other people do in their personal lives.

Also, the “lack thereof” is called atheism and attacking atheism is like attacking someone for not collecting stamps (to bastardize Penn Jillette). Quite a waste of time and effort.

iquanyin ,

they think that. somehow it doesn’t occurs to the “christians” that the olympics aren’t about them and aren’t focused on them at all. it wasn’t the last supper. it was homage to greek and french culture and history. because the olympics originated in greece and are being held in france. sheesh.

Grandwolf319 ,

The sad part is, that this just gives them more ammo. Having said that though, they look for ammo constantly, even without olympics they would find something else.

fukurthumz420 ,

i’m glad they’re triggered. fuck christians.

prole ,

Who cares

njm1314 ,

This is really killing me. The Last Supper is a fucking painting. It ain’t in the book. There’s no part of the Bible where it says and Jesus sat down at a stupidly long table and all of his asshole Apostle sat down on the same side and posed weirdly. Why is the painting suddenly holy? Since when do conservatives like art? I’ve never met a conservative who didn’t want to burn most paintings.

Flax_vert ,

Matthew 26:20-29 ESV

When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. And as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?” He answered, “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me. The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.” Judas, who would betray him, answered, “Is it I, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You have said so.” Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

1 Corinthians 11:23-26 ESV

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” [26] For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

The last supper is very much biblical

ALoafOfBread ,

They weren’t saying the event called the last supper wasn’t in the bible, but that the artistic depiction of that event, “The Last Supper”, isn’t a part of the Christian religion. It is a painting.

Flax_vert ,

It’s a painting of a scene from the Bible, though

dustyData ,

A painting by a homosexual naturalist scientist that constantly gets co-opted by the church. Religious folk are so ridiculous on what you choose to get your feathers ruffled over. It’s just a stupid painting that he made to experiment with new materials for fresco murals.

EatATaco ,

I think religion is hogwash but criticizing a famous depiction of an event that happened in the Bible because it’s not actually being part of the Bible strikes me as desperate.

ALoafOfBread , (edited )

Nah. It’s something they don’t get bent out of shape for for any other religious artwork. Like nobody is up in arms about the memes of that shitty restoration of the picture of Jesus

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/b11741f7-4762-41c8-80a0-8406b3380658.jpeg

There’s plenty of satirical art/speech/expression about Christianity and people don’t go through life being enraged at all of it until they’re told to have that opinion by media.

Plus, from what I understand, the only “sacrilegious” element was that there were drag performers doing it? There’s not even anything inherently anti-christian there except in that wearing the other gender’s clothing is prohibited in like 3 verses. But again, people aren’t typically upset by the identity of the author except in this case. Christians are only so vehemently anti-drag in the US because of media spoon feeding them opinions.

Other examples they dont get mad about

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/34deed09-7d9f-4d1d-94f0-dbbb77e0a8fc.jpeg

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/7035bc48-f9c5-42e0-88b0-3ff185feaf87.jpeg

Or infinitely many others including ones with RuPaul, futurama, rick and morty, marvel, the charmin bears, pretty much any IP you can name has a version of this somebody made of it that is equally “sacrilegious”.

EatATaco ,

I’m not defending their anti drag position, it is ridiculous.

But they find drag to be an affront to their beliefs, and thus them making fun of the last supper is offensive in this case (it isn’t making fun of it, which I just learned, I’m speaking hypothetically here) and maybe not when it is referenced humorously in others.

It’s like some white person getting up on stage and doing jokes about living fried chicken and watermelon. Maybe some people are mildly put off by it but most would just think it dumb. But put that white guy in black face and all of a sudden it’s a lot more offensive. I’m not equating these two, just pointing out how context matters.

But I’m not even sure why that matters here because the statement was that it really isn’t part of the bible, when it’s clearly depicting a major moment in the Bible.

KeenFlame ,

Not true, you were defending their anti drag position. Still am, a little because you don’t understand how to back down

EatATaco ,

It’s possible to understand that something offends a person, and think it wrong to intentionally offend them, and at the same time find it ridiculous that it does.

KeenFlame ,

With severe cognitive dissonance anything is possible

EatATaco ,

Agreed. But, of course, this is a projection.

Valmond ,

Judas: so lets get this last supper going.

Jesus: the what supper?

Judas: good supper, nice supper, normal supper!

Capricorn_Geriatric ,

good supper, nice supper, normal supper!

Super supper!

EatATaco ,

I’ve never met a conservative who didn’t want to burn most paintings.

How does ignorant, fabricated hate get so many upvotes here?

SpaceCowboy ,
@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca avatar

Just a product of people having an overconfidence in themselves being right (and therefore good) while those that disagree are wrong (and therefore wrong).

The irony is that the most batshit insane MAGAs have the same thought process. Liberal tears and all that.

This is a “conservative tears” kind of thing. It’s a “they take the low road, we also take the low road” kind of strategy which only gives credence to the usually fallacious “both sides” arguments.

General lack of critical thinking skills. If you want a tolerant society, actively disrespecting the beliefs of others probably isn’t the best way to go about it.

EatATaco ,

Yup. Maga supporters are some of the worst I’ve come across. But what I’ve learned, especially on Lemmy, is that it’s not even remotely isolated to them.

fukurthumz420 ,

lol. you are so fucking naive. you think they’ll return the favor if we respect their idiotic beliefs? do you think that aliens are going to land and take our side because we took ‘the high road’? there’s only one solution for christian conservatives.

MisterFrog ,
@MisterFrog@lemmy.world avatar

You’d be surprised how much of the belief was added as expansion packs by the early church.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea

The painting is just another notable addition to the cinematic universe.

We don’t talk about the rival fanfic, or the original book fans. It’s not as good as ours. And our main character in the sky is totally different.

glizzyguzzler ,
@glizzyguzzler@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Dipshits don’t even get it’s this based on this painting musee-magnin.fr/en/node/19 which is in a French museum, about the gods of Olympus, and includes the lyre you see in the recreation. It’s not the last supper which is in Italy and not in France. Similar framing of course - clearly on purpose - but who cares. What dumbasses, outrage machine go burrr

Flanders_Poppy ,

I wish conservative Christians were educated enough to know what a bacchanalia is.

nieminen ,

Interesting (had to Google it)

some_guy ,

bacchanalia

I literally looked up this word when it came up in a book on Friday. What timing. Also, Type O Negative ftw.

Alenalda ,

Only time I’ve heard it in use is in the film, A Christmas Story.

mPony ,

I wish conservative Christians were educated

SSJMarx ,

I wish conservatives were educated

jimmycrackcrack ,

Imagine you’re the master race, confident and strong and then some people wear different clothes than you expected on TV and your whole world is just shattered lol.

DmMacniel ,
@DmMacniel@feddit.org avatar

Oh no, the poor christians and conservatives who rather see us at the burning stake than acknowledge that their God created us queer-people just like we are. Fuck em that they felt hurt looking at this display, we were and are constantly hurt!

fukurthumz420 ,

i always smh when people use the bible to justify their non-christian virtues. christians don’t care and it’s a stupid book to begin with. if a christian ever tells me i’m doing something wrong, i look them right in the eye and say “PROVE YOUR GOD IS REAL OR SHUT THE FUCK UP”.

don’t use their religion for reasoning. it’s a form of validation.

eatthecake ,

I’m a Christian for 13 years, I see this all the time Nowadays and it actually fortifies my beliefs even more, because our bible and particularly our Jesus, said would happen in the last days before he returns. If only you all had faith you could appreciate the magnitude of what’s to come, heaven isn’t a place in the sky, it’s another world ruled by aliens thar have been around long enough to create us and this entire universe.

Hilarious comment from an article I read. Meanwhile,I thought Da Vinci was excommunicated.

prole ,

I just wish these people had reading comprehension beyond a third grader so they could actually read that awful book (the Bible)

Even in you take everything in it at face value, it’s not even a good story (overall), and all of the little stories are shit.

Christians need to: first, read the Bible, and the second, read a few pieces of classic literature. Your book is shit, most of it doesn’t even make sense

Flax_vert ,

I have read the Bible and cried because of how beautiful it is but okay

kevindqc ,

The owner of the house went outside and said to them, “No, my friends, don’t be so vile. Since this man is my guest, don’t do this outrageous thing. 24 Look, here is my virgin daughter, and his concubine. I will bring them out to you now, and you can use them and do to them whatever you wish. But as for this man, don’t do such an outrageous thing.”

25 But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. 26 At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight.

27 When her master got up in the morning and opened the door of the house and stepped out to continue on his way, there lay his concubine, fallen in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold. 28 He said to her, “Get up; let’s go.” But there was no answer. Then the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.

29 When he reached home, he took a knife and cut up his concubine, limb by limb, into twelve parts and sent them into all the areas of Israel. 30 Everyone who saw it was saying to one another, “Such a thing has never been seen or done, not since the day the Israelites came up out of Egypt. Just imagine! We must do something! So speak up!”

Beautiful 🥲

Flax_vert ,

That’s like looking at a beautiful art piece and focusing on the tiny stain from the time when it was being painted that someone looking at it spilled coffee on it 🤣

PoisonTheWell ,

Except that piece of art isn’t guiding millions of people’s beliefs. What a dumb statement.

Flax_vert ,

And what if it did?

PoisonTheWell ,

Then it should be condemned and called out for the hate and bigotry that it represents. Lol. Not a hard concept.

Flax_vert ,

How were the passages you described calling for hate and/or bigotry? Also would be good to reference where the passages you got came from as well so you’re not taking them out of context

PoisonTheWell ,

I didn’t describe any passages. Arguing with someone who doesn’t believe in tangible reality is a waste of time. Thank you for the conversation.

WldFyre ,

Oh you meant the beautiful parts of the new testament where it tells women to cover their hair and says they’re not allowed to speak in public if they’re with their husbands! So beautiful

Flax_vert ,

I think you’re referring to the rules surrounding the church in Corinth as to maintain dignity and order, but feel free to take anything out of context 🤣

WldFyre ,

“dignity and order”

So you’re not as stupid as you seem, but you are as bigoted.

NikkiDimes ,

So, in order to maintain dignity and order, you believe women should be covered up and silent, or what?

Flax_vert ,

It was about the church in Corinth - they wanted to stand out from the pagans

NikkiDimes ,

Right, and in the context of this conversation as a whole, this is beautiful according to you.

Flax_vert ,

Considering that Christianity was revolutionary for women’s rights, yes.

NikkiDimes ,

That’s an entirely different point and also a big ol citation needed.

Flax_vert ,

citation

NikkiDimes ,

Cool a website with zero sources. Anyway, have fun with your women being barely seen and not heard.

iquanyin ,

it was? how so?

iquanyin ,

why? pride? control? doesn’t sound like they would stand out for their common sense, compassion, or spirituality.

Flax_vert ,

Considering they considered women as property to have sex with and they should be uncovered to please men, yeah, it would have been for their compassion.

iquanyin ,

what is undignified about women talking? please be specific.

Flax_vert ,

Ask the ancient Corinthian pagans

nimomycelium ,
@nimomycelium@lemmy.world avatar

I particularly like Revelation of St John when the good Lord smites degenerates with fire and brimstone.

PagPag ,

Cool

kromem ,

There’s actually a lot of interesting stuff in the text when you learn how to spot it between the lines of the revisionism. Both OT and NT.

The problem is you basically only have two camps.

One, that thinks the text as it exists today represents an unadulterated divine transmission.

And the other, that thinks anything to do with it is worthless nonsense.

So there’s very few people actually looking at it in between those two extremes, with most engaged with the material clustering around the former, or at very least with an anchoring and survivorship bias around the former cluster.

We’re left with audiences for the text that on both sides would be incredulous at the idea that, say, the Exodus narrative was in part an appropriation of the LBA/Early Iron Age sea peoples history when they were forcibly relocated into cohabitation with the Israelites, or say, that Jesus was taking about evolution with the sower parable.

Even though both those things have very compelling cases that can be made given emerging available evidence, the discussion is all about the acceptance or wholesale rejection of canon with little to no discussion of what actually exists in the absence of the BS.

It’s most disappointing for the latter group though. While I kind of get the way the trauma of proselytizing and indoctrination turns minds off to anything connected with the material, it’s very frustrating that what should be the healthy opposition cedes so many claims of authenticity to the faithfully blind.

prole ,

I strongly, vehemently disagree. I could probably count the number of “good” stories. I.e.: actually make sense, aren’t just complete idiocy, aren’t in the Old Testament because everything that happens in that part is somehow simultaneously horrific, disgusting, incestuous, genocidal… And yet still so goddamn fucking boring… I can count those ones on one hand.

It’s almost entirely complete nonsense. Even the parts that are meant to be historical records “x beget y blah blah” are bullshit. Dozens of pages of alleged family trees, and none of it adds up. Oh yeah and people lived well into their mid -100s because why not. What the fuck is that?

The entity that we’re meant to want to worship after reading is described with such petty human emotions as jealously and rage. He is responsible for numerous genocides, child murder (large and small scale). The book of Job is an awful story of ruining the life of his most loyal follower (including murdering his family) just to prove to the devil that he’d remain faithful. So fucking stupid. Noah’s Ark has to be one of the most nonsensical stories ever and so many fucking people think it’s literally true.

Meanwhile, the “adversary,” the ultimate evil killed how many in the Bible again? What did he do other then just tell Eve that she actually could eat a piece of fruit from a tree if she wanted (the fact that the forbidden fruit would allow humans to discern good from evil isn’t sketchy at all). Who’s the bad guy again?

And these are the “interesting” parts. The other 95% is just garbage.

And no, Jesus isn’t any better. Unless you’re cool with slavery I guess…

kromem ,

Actually, the book of Job is nearly verbatim a combination of the opening of the Canaanite A Tale of Aqhat where Anat petitions El to kill the son of Danel as the lead in to a near copy of the dialogue on suffering of the Babylonian Theodicy. With what appears a sloppy edit to make it monotheistic later on, changing Anat from being a different god to simply ‘adversary’ and spawning fanfiction for millennia.

Understanding the context helps a lot in meaningful analysis.

Without the context, yeah, a lot can go over your head and it just seem pointless.

Edit: And Noah’s ark was likely originally a famine story before being turned into an adaptation of the Babylonian flood mythos.

Edit 2: And the eating of the fruit by the first two people was probably adapted from the Phonecian creation myth around the first man and woman with the woman discovering the technology of eating fruit from the trees.

prole ,

The interesting context, I appreciate. The subtle condescension, not so much… I’m well aware that Christianity was cobbled together like Frankenstein’s Monster using various parts of existing religions and pagan traditions. I assure you that these stories have not gone over my head.

You seem to think that the main issues I have with these stories are: the questions of historical veracity; or whether they were original stories. It’s really not. Sure, for stories like Noah’s Ark, where we know for certain it didn’t happen.

Or how we can say with near-certainty that Moses never parted the Red Sea, and crushed “Pharaoh’s’” army (side note: it’s funny to me how they always just call them that in the Bible. Just, “Pharaoh”. And I guess we’re supposed to pretend that we don’t know they had names and histories known to us?).

How do we know? Because their remains would be all over the bottom of the sea. Also, I’m pretty sure that Egypt, during the times when Pharaohs ruled, was known for keeping pretty good records. No historical record that the Exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt even exists. In fact, there’s no record of these Hebrew slaves, period.

Anyway, I digress…

And Noah’s ark was likely originally a famine story before being turned into an adaptation of the Babylonian flood mythos.

Throwing these claims out with zero sources or backup? Like c’mon guy (or gal, etc.) that’s quite the stretch. Let’s see the the sources.

I guess all of this was to say that I find the meanings and lessons of these stories to be downright appalling. Whether or not Job was a real bloke isn’t really the point.

kromem ,

No historical record that the Exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt even exists. In fact, there’s no record of these Hebrew slaves, period.

As I said in my earlier comment, this narrative was probably appropriated from the forced relocation of the sea peoples into the southern Levant. The Egyptians do have extensive records of conflict with them, who they note in that conflict were without foreskins (as opposed to the partial circumcision more common at the time), and there’s an emerging picture of Aegean cohabitation with the Israelites in the early Iron Age along with Anatolian trade with an area where the Denyen were talking about their founding leader Mopsus.

Here’s the source for the Noah’s Ark as originally a famine narrative: …harvard.edu/…/man-land-unearthing-original-noah

You’re welcome to find the material as you like, but I’m telling you that there’s a lot more value to careful analysis of it within it’s broader context than you (and many others) seem to think. Whether you find that stance condescending or not.

prole ,

Why did you just focus in on that one part when I literally say that I don’t really care about that? My issue isn’t that the stories are borrowed or stolen. Read the rest of my comment maybe.

protist ,

Surely there have never been any parodies of the Last Supper before this one.

(I’m partial to this one)

TimeSquirrel ,
@TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org avatar

I like how they have a painting of ol' Ronnie Raygun on one side of the wall with Putin on the other. If only he was alive to see them now.

BradleyUffner , (edited )

This is the one that always stuck in my head.
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e89c412e-f883-44e6-99cf-77ed7991a0e4.gif

Tom_Hanx_Hail_Satan ,
@Tom_Hanx_Hail_Satan@lemmy.ca avatar

The guy who played Hyde is a serial rapist. He was in the running for Trumps VP.

Grandwolf319 ,

Thanks, will keep that in mind when I watch that 70s show and suddenly get urges to copy Hyde without question.

Tom_Hanx_Hail_Satan ,
@Tom_Hanx_Hail_Satan@lemmy.ca avatar

? I understand not liking the joke but idk where that comment comes from lol

Grandwolf319 ,

A lot of people believe that if an artists turns out to be a bad person, you should not consume their art.

Imo boycotting makes sense but any work of art should be able to be enjoyed regardless of where it came from.

Tom_Hanx_Hail_Satan ,
@Tom_Hanx_Hail_Satan@lemmy.ca avatar

That wasn’t the joke I was making though. My joke was that Trump was considering making a serial rapists his VP pick. I don’t disagree with the point you’re making I’m just confused as to why you think it’s relevant.

Grandwolf319 ,

At first I didn’t realize it was a joke tbh. Thanks for explaining

Chef_Boyardee ,

I think if an artist ruins their public image/career, whoever views their art should have the option to pick a charity of their choice for whatever royalties that artist gets.

prole ,

TAKE THIS PHOTO DOWN NOW, THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

It was supposed to be the Last Supper?

I totally didn’t get that.

Also, I was hoping for a real drag show when I saw them, but instead I got a sort of “gender bent catwalk” thing. Boo.

dustyData ,

It was supposed to be a representation of a bacchanal or dionisya. There are dozens of paintings of those celebrations that look sorta like the last supper, if you squint very hard and turn off your brain.

clot27 ,
@clot27@lemm.ee avatar

Religious bigots offended, yet again

xenoclast ,

Let them cry.

WiseWoodchuck ,

NBC’s coverage only detracted from the ceremony. They cut most of the fashion show. And the hosts did nothing to explain or put the various acts in cultural context.

For those who don’t like the queer fashion show, no one is forcing you to watch it. It’s a cultural expression of the host country. It’s like going to Gramany and hating the beer or the Netherlands and hating the tulips.

aidan ,

It’s like going to Gramany and hating the beer or the Netherlands and hating the tulips.

Happily, alcoholism bad and the tulip bubble was dumb.

Halosheep ,

Some people just live in anger, don’t they?

aidan ,

It was a joke

Halosheep ,

Guess we all missed the joke, sorry fam

whyNotSquirrel ,
@whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works avatar

I’m also pissed at the Olympics this year, mostly because I got stuck one hour on the road, but maybe I just don’t want to admit how dumb I was to not avoid Paris on my trip to the west… nah it’s them! not me!

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