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Rica Peralejo has this reminder to Christians after viral 2024 Olympics opening

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Josiah Eleazar Antonio

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:500px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1722256694497440362884_18429830965001233_2575598338807997856_n.jpg" style="width:500px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Photo from Rica Peralejo&#x27;s Instagram account."/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Photo from <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Rica Peralejo&#x27;s Instagram account.</span> </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Actress Rica Peralejo offered some reminders to Christians who were offended by some aspects of the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.</p><p>Some Catholic groups and French bishops have condemned what they saw as &quot;scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity&quot; in the parade on Friday choreographed by theater director Thomas Jolly.</p><p>Criticism has focused on a scene involving dancers, drag queens and a DJ in poses that recalled depictions of the Last Supper, the final meal Jesus is said to have taken with his apostles.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/28/paris-sorry-for-any-offense-over-opening-olympic-ceremony-2157">READ: Paris &#x27;sorry&#x27; for any offense over opening Olympic ceremony</a></div><p>In her <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.threads.net/@ricaperalejo/post/C99wgSdzdFj">Threads</a> account, Peralejo questioned why some Christians were enraged by the performance.</p><p>&quot;So I am not sure of how true that the Last Supper was actually the Feast of Dionysus. But to me it sounds more like it because hello: OLYMPICS. OLYMPIA, GREECE. Ancient Greece and Dionysus is…?&quot; the actress said.</p><p>&quot;Kaya pala no matter how much I look at it hindi naman Last Supper yung efek sakin ... and here are the Christians being so outraged and honestly, this makes the Christian faith talaga look unthinking and unreasonable more than ever!&quot; she added.</p><p>For Peralejo, the recent event should make Christians reassess how other people view their religion.</p><p>&quot;[I]f true talaga this, time na for the Christians to think talaga of how —- people can believe in us when we keep representing the faith as reactionary,&quot; the actress said.</p><p>&quot;Reacts before thinking. Enraged before understanding. Others then would automatically think the faith is for fools! And the saddest part is I cannot blame them,&quot; she added.</p><p>Peralejo advised: &quot;To me, honestly, wala naman akong problema na offended ang mga Christians. I am personally not because I really don’t think that mockery can diminish my God naman. And I really think that the unbothered treatment is best.&quot;</p><div><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-line;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">&quot;I was not, at all, affected as a Christian for so many reasons but when I saw it I was a bit confused because it felt like it wasn’t something that matched the whole Olympic vibe as I know it haha! Parang mas pang Superbowl-ish sya than Olympics. But then again in past years parang nagiging show/entertainment na din talaga yung Olympics.&quot;</span></div><p>Organizers of the Paris Olympics had apologized to those who were offended by the opening ceremony, while also making it clear that they had no intention of disrespecting any religion.</p><p>&quot;If people have taken any offense, we are of course really, really sorry,&quot; Paris 2024 spokeswoman Anne Descamps said on Sunday.</p><p>Meanwhile, the directory Jolly also denied taking inspiration from the Last Supper in his nearly four-hour production.</p><p>The scene, intended to promote tolerance of different sexual and gender identities, also featured French actor Philippe Katerine, who appeared on a silver serving dish, almost naked and painted blue.</p><p>He was meant to be Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and pleasure, who was father of Sequana, the goddess of the River Seine.</p><p>&quot;The idea was to do a big pagan party linked to the gods of Olympus,&quot; Jolly told the BFM channel on Sunday.</p><p>&quot;You&#x27;ll never find in my work any desire to mock or denigrate anyone. I wanted a ceremony that brings people together, that reconciles, but also a ceremony that affirms our Republican values of liberty, equality and fraternity,&quot; he added. -- <strong>with a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yGNtRnxilY8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Actress Rica Peralejo offered some reminders to Christians who were offended by some aspects of the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.</p>

Actress Rica Peralejo offered some reminders to Christians who were offended by some aspects of the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.