파리는 미쳐가고 있다
파리 경찰이 2024 파리올림픽 개회식의 기독교를 모독하고 음란한 공연을 비판하는 시위에 나선 사람들을 체포했다. 체포당한 기독교인들은 파리에서 “기독교인에 대한 공격을 중단하라”는 슬로건이 적힌 대형 버스를 타고 이동하면서 시위를 벌렸다. 스페인의 보수적인 기독교인들로 알려졌다. 이들은 하루 동안 교도소에 소감되었다고 한다.
이동 버스의 한 면에 신성모독으로 비판받은 개막식의 “레오나르도 다 빈치의 ‘최후의 만찬’ 패러디 공연” 그림을 부착했고, 다른 면에는 올림픽 상징인 오륜기 위에 대형 십자가를 그린 버스는 8월 5일 파리 시내를 돌아다니다 오후 6시 30분경 개선문 근처에서 경찰에 붙잡혔다.
이들은 당일 오전 9시부터 파리 시내 주변을 안전하게 운행하고 있었다. 경찰은 갑자기 버스를 포위하고 총구를 들이대고서 차를 정지시켰다. 경찰은 ‘공공도로 내 미신고 시위 조직’ 혐의로 6명과 버스 운전사를 체포했다. 사법부는 이들을 체포한 사유가 명확하지 않다고 판단했고, 그래서 몇 시간 뒤 풀려났다.
기독교에 대한 조롱을 비판한 버스 시위가 불법인가? 경찰이 버스를 멈추고 자유로운 표현을 제한한 것이 오리려 법을 비정상적으로 적용한 것이며, 비정상적인 반기독교적 이념적 박해일 수 있다. 시위 기독교인들은 “마크롱 대통령, 검찰, 프랑스 경찰을 상대로 소송을 제기할 것이라고 한다.
타락한 파리는 미쳐가고 있다. 세계인들이 지켜보는 올림픽 개막식에서 알몸의 트랜스젠더와 드래그퀸이 신성한 최후의 만찬 그림을 모독하고 더럽히는 것을 보는 것은 혐오스럽고 역겹기 짝이 없었다. 기독교 신앙을 퀴어, 성소수자, 트랜스젠더의 패러디로 삼은 것은 모독이다.
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아래는 크리스천투데이에 기고한 최덕성 칼럼 “Thus, France Is Dead: Opening performance of Paris Olympics 2024(그렇게 프랑스는 죽었다)”이다.
최덕성 총장님(브니엘신학교)께서 국내 프랑스와 영어권 외국인들을 위해 이번 프랑스 파리 올림픽 개회식에 대한 영문판 촌평을 ‘그렇게 프랑스는 죽었다(Thus, France Is Dead)’는 제목으로 보내 오셨습니다.
주 내용은 다음과 같습니다. “파리 올림픽 개회식이 기독교 예술 작품을 조롱과 모욕의 장면으로 패러디하면서, 파리는 트랜스젠더와 LGBT의 아이디어로 혼란에 빠졌다. 그것은 전 세계 기독교인들에게 모욕적인 공연이었고, 기독교회와 예수 그리스도의 제자들에게 극도로 무례한 행위였다.
한 남자, 한 여자, 그리고 한 LGBTQ+ 개인이 함께 걷고 서로를 포옹하는 장면은 동성애를 미화하고 올림픽과 관련 없는 인간의 타락한 욕망을 드러냈다. 프랑스는 올림픽 정신과 전혀 관련 없는 선정적 장면을 선보이며 공개적으로 기독교를 조롱하고 인간의 비열한 욕망을 자극했다. ‘관용’이라는 명목 하에, 프랑스는 다수의 인류가 받아들일 수 없는 것을 전 세계가 보는 올림픽의 무대에서 강요했다. 이는 폭력이며 분노이다.” 이 글에 대한 한글 번역은 맨 아래에서 확인하실 수 있습니다. -편집자 주
Thus, France Is Dead: Opening performance of Paris Olympics 2024
Watching the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics(2024), I cannot shake off the thought that this marks the end of France. Can one ask the citizens of France would parody the statue of Jesus so severely if they were Muslims, Buddhists, or Hindus?
The history of humanity is entirely the history of religion and politics. The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics was a fiasco and chaos. It shows where France and the current states of Western Europe are heading.
The first scene of the opening ceremony was a performance depicting Marie Antoinette. Much of the story about her is fake news. They spread fake news, such as her having an inappropriate sexual relationship with her son, so French citizens killed her.
The political system in France during the French Revolution (1789-1799) was highly oppressive. Around that time, the American Revolutionary War(1775-1783) took place in the United States, and the Glorious Revolution(1688-1689) had occurred in England. Europe has changed its political systems. However, France's political, economic, and religious structures remained highly closed.
Despite the developments and changes of the times, French citizens executed their king. They also killed police and disbanded the army that could protect them. They captured and killed Roman Catholic priests and executed those who professed Christian faith. France was in chaos. Instead of adequately changing the political system, they embraced disorder.
The most severe political crisis was the execution of the king in front of the citizens. After killing the king, there was no reason they should not kill the following ranking members of the government. Eventually, the citizens executed those who led the revolution.
With the execution of the king, France became a mess. Without leadership, the country became even more disordered. The whole country was in turmoil. Foreign nations took advantage and invaded France, plunging it into a more significant crisis.
The French Revolution is not an event we should respect or commemorate. Seeing the Paris Olympic opening ceremony mock Marie Antoinette, who was a victim of fake news, we may say, "Thus, France is dead."
The painting by Leonardo da Vinci, "The Last Supper," depicts the last meal of Jesus and his twelve disciples. It illustrates a scene from the Bible. The Paris Olympics parodied this Christian artwork into a scene of mockery and insult. Paris was in chaos with ideas of transgender people and LGBTs.
Can the Olympic artistic director mock Islam similarly for inclusiveness and freedom of expression? Could significant leaders of Buddhism and Hinduism be parodied like this? Christianity in France is dead. Despite such disrespect and disdain, no one says a word.
The parodying of "The Last Supper" reflects the sentiments of the French people. The parody was a shocking event. It was an insulting performance to Christians worldwide., an extreme act of disrespect towards Christianity and the followers of Jesus Christ.
The artistic director claimed to have planned this to show artistic tolerance and inclusivity. Could the artistic director make Islamic figures in the same way? In the Paris Olympics parody of "The Last Supper," men and women acted affectionately. The performance depicted them in private actions. Scenes of three people, a man, a woman, and an LGBTQ+ individual, walking down the aisle and embracing each other, glorified homosexuality and displayed the corrupt desires of humans unrelated to the Olympics. The following message was: "Children should not watch."
The Olympics is for everybody, including children worldwide. After depicting immoral and chaotic scenes, the stage closed with a sentence, "Children should not watch." Above it was inscribed the word "Equality."
The Paris Olympic Organizing Committee excused themselves, saying, "There was never any intention to disregard any religion."
But, the Paris Olympics opening ceremony resulted from four years of preparation by France. Four years is a sufficient period to plan and produce something that aligns with the spirit of the Olympics. Despite this, France presented sensational scenes utterly unrelated to the Olympic spirit, openly mocking Christianity and stimulating vile desires of human being.
Under the guise of "tolerance," France forced the majority of humanity to accept something they could not on the global stage of the Summer Olympics, watched by people worldwide. It is violence and outrage.
Living within a community called a global society, we recognize the crucial role of mutual respect and order. These values are not just necessary but the foundation of a harmonious coexistence. To be precious, the freedom of the French people must also respect the freedom of others.
Violent art that infringes on the freedom and religious beliefs of others is a violation. Art is an expression of aesthetics, ontological, and epistemological values.
Instead, the Paris Olympics opening ceremony could have been an opportunity to showcase the best of French culture and values, promoting unity and understanding among the global community. The unrefined expression of French art at an event for the entire global village signifies the death of France.
The clue to France's modern history is the story of resistance. France has a long history of resisting dictatorship, exemplified by resistance to Louis XVI. Did dictatorship end after that? It reinforced dictatorship due to disorder.
What will come next to fill the dismantling and destruction of orders? Various secular elements will fill the gap, causing conflicts, disorder, and chaos. Resisting against dictatorship in France has brought another dictatorship.
If France were an Islamic country, how would its citizens react to the Paris Olympic opening scene? They would behead all involved and stop the Olympic games. They would publicly behead those who insult or criticize Allah or Muhammad.
The leftists in France and Europe claim that sexual liberation will eliminate oppression. They argue that sexually repressed people are causing chaos by venting their desires and that eliminating oppression requires sexual liberation.
In the 1920s, Germany was the most sexually liberal among European countries. The Nazi government advocated for extramarital affairs and sexual liberation. They believed that removing ethics would allow them to kill Jews freely. They emphasized sexual liberation while chanting equality, fraternity, and liberty.
The madness of Germany at that time is related to Christianity. German Christianity, immersed in liberal theology, was powerless. Germans freely engaged in abortions and sexual immorality.
Hitler's Nazism incited such immorality, believing traditional Christian ethics were worthless. Hitler considered human dignity as not essential. They thought the German race was supreme, adopting eugenics while dismantling conventional Christian ethics. Freedom meant stealing and sexual immorality. Germans revered existentialist philosophy, which claimed that their senses were supreme.
In Europe, hedonism has replaced the Christian God. Europeans have abandoned Christian God and serve hedonism and Dionysus, the god of wine and hedonism in Greek myth, as their deities. When people expel God, the violence of rationalism, humanism, and hedonism under the pretext of 'tolerance' invades the empty space. France has abandoned God. Thus, we may say, "France is dead."
Rev. Doug Choi, Ph.D.
president and professor of Systematic Theology of Peniel Theological Seminary, Busan, Korea
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