They claim to applaud the principles of Christianity while professing none of its faith
The Olympics ceremony is just latest use of a jaded religious trope. Far more pernicious are those who claim to applaud the principles of Christianity while professing none of its faithParis Olympics Opening Ceremony: It is hardly worth debating whether Thomas Jolly, the artistic director, was parodying the Last Supper or simply representing Dionysius as an underclad Smurf. Photograph: X
Marie Antoinette might have been ill-educated, flighty and far too fond of clothes and play-acting, but she also adopted an enslaved Senegalese boy, Jean Amilcar, who had been given to her as a gift, set up a home for unmarried mothers and was a champion of inoculation against smallpox, then a leading cause of mortality globally. And she never suggested that the impoverished peasants eat cake.
Breda O’Brien: What should the Vatican do when the world’s most influential religious artist is accused of sexual abuse? The French Revolution certainly did not usher in a wonderful era for women in France. In 1793, Olympe de Gouges, author of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman, was guillotined as a counter-revolutionary. The French did not trouble themselves to give the vote to women until 1948.
It captures the moment that Jesus declares that someone will betray him. Each of the disciples reacts differently. Only Judas hangs back, lost to the light. There is now a trend for people to declare themselves to be “culturally Christian”. Musk is just the latest, in his case,Musk said that he’s “actually a big believer in the principles of Christianity” and thinks they’re “very good”. But his real religion is “the religion of curiosity, the religion of greater enlightenment”.It captures the moment Jesus declares that someone will betray him. Each of the disciples reacts differently.
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