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Did Christians in France pray in streets to protest Paris Olympics?!

Does a viral video show Christians in France praying in the streets to protest the Paris Olympics over its Last Supper parody?! Take a look at the viral video, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Christians in France prayed in streets to protest Paris Olympics!

Some people are sharing a video, while claiming that it shows Christians in France praying in the streets to protest the Paris Olympics over its Last Supper parody!

Donald J. Trump News :Thousands of Christians in France gathered together in a breathtaking display of faith and unity.

Who else thinks we need more of this? The mainstream media does not want you to SHARE this!

Graham Allen : Christians have TAKEN TO THE STREETS to praise JESUS over the Olympics. GOD IS FAR FROM DEAD…

US Civil Defense News : 🚨Update: Christians in Paris take to the streets in protest to the Paris Olympics openly Satanic opening ceremony!!

Machiavelli : Thousands of Christians gathered today for unity and prayer in Paris. Do you all stand with them?

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Truth : Christians in France did not pray in streets to protest Paris Olympics!

This is yet another example of fake news being propagated on X (formerly Twitter), and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Video Was Recorded In 2022

Let me start by pointing out that the viral video, which appears to show thousands of Christians praying together at night, wasn’t recorded recently.

It was actually recorded on 15 August 2022 – almost 2 years ago, at the Sanctuary of Our Lady Lourdes, a Catholic Church in Lourdes, France.

Why would anyone claim or suggest that this video was taken recently???

Fact #2 : It Was For The Feast of the Assumption

The Christians seen in the video were not praying in protest of the Paris Olympics in 2024. Rather, they were celebrating The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

In fact, the video appears to have been “stolen” from the Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Lourdes, which posted the original video on X and Facebook on 15 August 2022, with this caption:

Belle et heureuse fête de l’Assomption à tous. En union de prière avec tous les catholiques du monde. Que la Vierge Marie resplendisse dans vos cœurs 🙏

Translated : Beautiful and happy Assumption Day to all. In union of prayer with all the Catholics of the world. May the Virgin Mary shine in your hearts 🙏

The viral video is obviously unrelated to the recent Paris Olympics Last Supper controversy. Why would anyone misuse / misappropriate this video to suggest otherwise???

Fact #3 : Paris Olympics Apologised For Controversy

The Paris Olympics 2024 organisers have publicly apologised for the controversy, even while it continues to deny that the scene had anything to do with The Last Supper painting by Leonardo da Vinci.

Clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group. On the contrary, I think (with) Thomas Jolly, we really did try to celebrate community tolerance.

Looking at the result of the polls that we shared, we believe that this ambition was achieved. If people have taken any offense, we are, of course, really, really sorry.

– Paris Olympics 2024 spokesperson Anne Descamps

You can read more about the Paris Olympics “Last Supper” controversy in Did Paris Olympics mock Christians with Last Supper Parody?!

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Did Paris Olympics mock Christians with Last Supper parody?!

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Did the Paris Olympics mock Christians with a “woke” Last Supper parody featuring drag queens?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

Claim : Paris Olympics mock Christians with Last Supper parody!

Some people are claiming or suggesting that the Paris Olympics mocked Christians with a “woke” Last Supper parody featuring drag queens!

Dr. Eli David / Ms Paroo / dinesh / Eddie :

Even as a Jew, I am infuriated by this outrageous insult to Jesus and Christianity… How do you feel about it as Christians?

Visegrád 24 : Gratuitous blasphemy at the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris.

The Art of Purpose : The opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics feature Trannies and drag queens re-creating the last supper. What is wrong with the French?

Michael Clary : The opening ceremony of the Olympics making fun of Christ and the Last Supper. Is anyone out there still denying that LGBTQ is a demonic cult?

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Truth : Paris Olympics did not mock Christians with Last Supper parody!

This is yet another example of misinformation being propagated on X (formerly Twitter), and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : It Was Not A Parody Of The Last Supper

Let me start by pointing out that The Olympic Games already stated that its opening ceremony show was an “interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus“. In other words, the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics did not feature a “woke” parody of The Last Supper, with drag queens.

The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings.

#Paris2024 #OpeningCeremony

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The official Olympics account on X posted this before the controversy and baseless claims blew up on social media, so it is pretty interesting to see that many people are unaware…

After the controversy blew up, Thomas Jolly – the Paris Olympics 2024 artistic director who created that tableau, said that it had nothing to do with Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper painting, telling the news channel BFMTV on Sunday, 28 July that:

It’s not my inspiration and that should be pretty obvious. There’s Dionysus arriving on a table. Why is he there? First and foremost because he is the god of celebration in Greek mythology and the tableau is called ‘Festivity’.

He is also the god of wine, which is also one of the jewels of France, and the father of Séquana, the goddess of the river Seine. The idea was to depict a big pagan celebration, linked to the gods of Olympus, and thus the Olympics.

You will never find in me, or in my work, a desire to mock or denigrate anyone. My aim was to create a ceremony that heals and a ceremony that reconciles, but also a ceremony that reaffirms the values which are those of our Republic of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity freedom, and absolutely not to mock anyone.

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Jolly also said that his intention was to capture France in all its diversity because "in France, we have the right o love each other, as we want, with whoever we want, in France we have the right to believe and not to believe. In France, we have many rights."

Fact #2 : The Scene Had Nothing To Do With The Last Supper

The screenshots being shared on social media appear to be cropped (intentionally?) to make them appear similar to The Last Supper painting.

But if you watch the opening ceremony, or look at the unedited photos, you will quickly realise that it doesn't really depict The Last Supper painting.

For one thing - the "table" wasn't even a table at all. Rather, it was the catwalk on which models showed off the latest fashion by France's most promising young designers. In addition, the scene had dozens of performers, not just 13 men representing Jesus Christ and his twelve disciples - including women, at least one child, and at least one drag queen.

The show also featured the Greek God Dionysus painted blue, and covered in flowers and fruit. He was even seen sitting on a platter of flowers with a gigantic steel cover over him. That certainly does not look like Jesus Christ, if you ask me... even in the most artistic imagination! Of course, the blue Dionysus was somehow (miraculously) missing in those controversial screenshots and photos!

Ultimately, it looks like the controversy was fuelled by the mischievous, or simply fortuitous, cropping of the photos or screenshots, that make them appear to be similar to The Last Supper painting.

Fact #3 : The Last Supper Was Artistic Interpretation

I should point out that no one actually knows what the real last supper that Jesus Christ had with his twelve disciples actually looked like. The famous painting that everyone compared the Paris Olympics opening show to, was a mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci, who lived almost 1,500 years after the birth of Jesus Christ.

Needless to say - Leonardo da Vinci did not witness the actual last supper of Jesus Christ, and his disciples. The Last Supper was therefore, da Vinci's artistic interpretation, and does not actually show what happened. After all, who would actually sit like that in real life - only on one side of an extremely long table???

If the Paris Olympics was somehow based on The Last Supper, then it would be mocking da Vinci's painting, and not the event itself.

If anyone should be insulted, it would be fans of Leonardo da Vinci, and not Christians per se... unless they actually believe that Jesus Christ and his twelve disciples really sat only on one side of a table for their last supper together???

Or do they believe Leonardo da Vinci travelled back in time, and actually witnessed the scene to accurately depict it in his famous painting? Interesting...

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Elon Musk shares fake, digitally-altered Kamala Harris video!

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Take a look at the viral Kamala Harris video Elon Musk just shared on X, and find out why it’s a fake, digitally-altered video!

Elon Musk shares fake, digitally-altered Kamala Harris video!

Elon Musk just shared a video of Kamala Harris (archive) to million of his fans on X (formerly Twitter), with the comment:

This is amazing 😂

The video, which garnered over 7.5 million views as of 11 PM, July 26, is obviously fake and digitally altered. However, Elon Musk did not label it as such.

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Why Kamala Harris video Elon Musk shared is fake + digitally-altered!

This is yet another example of misinformation being propagated on X (formerly Twitter), and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : It Was A Parody Video

Let me start by pointing out that the Kamala Harris video was a campaign ad parody that was created by the Mr Reagan account on X (archive).

Mr Reagan clearly labelled it as a PARODY, although he conveniently did not include a parody label in the video itself, so when people share his video, it may be misinterpreted as genuine.

Unfortunately, Elon Musk did not explicitly mention that the Kamala Harris video was just a parody, when he shared the video with millions of his fans. So it is more than likely that some of his fans might actually believe it’s real. Silly, I know, but we are talking about Elon Musk fans…

To be fair, X does not require users to label parody videos. However, its Civic Integrity Policy explicitly forbids “posting or sharing content that may suppress participation… or lead to offline violence during an election.”

Fact #2 : The Audio Was Digitally Altered

While the parody video uses genuine video clips of Vice President Kamala Harris, its audio was fake, and definitely digitally altered, likely created using an AI voice generator.

I, Kamala Harris, am your Democrat candidate for President because Joe Biden finally exposed his senility at the debate. Thanks, Joe!

I was selected because I am the ultimate diversity hire. I’m both a woman and a person of color. If you criticize anything I say, you’re both sexist and racist.

I may not know the first thing about running the country, but remember that’s a good thing if you’re a Deep State puppet.

I had four years under the tutelage of the ultimate Deep State puppet, a wonderful mentor, Joe Biden. Joe taught me Rule Number One – carefully hide your total incompetence.

I take insignificant things and I discuss them as if they’re significant, and I believe that exploring the significance of the insignificant is itself significant.

Another trick is trying to sound Black. I pretend to celebrate Kwanzaa and in my speeches, always do my best Barack Obama impression.

And okay, look, maybe my work addressing the root causes of the border crisis were catastrophic but my knowledge of international politics is truly shocking.

And just remember when voting his November, it is to see what can be unburdened by what has been. And by what has been, I mean Joe Biden.

If you think the country went to shit over the past four years, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

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To be clear – Kamala Harris did not say any of that. The audio is completely fake.

Fact #3 : Video Only Featured One Kamala Harris Gaffe

It appears that Mr Reagan has to use a fake audio of Kamala Harris because she does not make that many gaffes. In fact, the entire video only featured one gaffe in which Kamala Harris mistakenly touted the U.S. “alliance with the Republic of North Korea“.

In contrast, her rival for the Presidency of the United States – Donald Trump has made so many gaffes, it would be simple to make videos mocking them without faking his voice.

In fact, conservative lawyer and Trump critic George Conway did just that, releasing a campaign ad video highlighting Donald Trump’s best gaffes. The video, which is half as long as the Mr Reagan video, showcases the Trump’s numerous gaffes and obvious cognitive problems in his speeches. Unlike the Mr Reagan video, there was no editing of Trump’s voice.

As Conway explained, Donald Trump “wanted to make this election all about mental fitness“, so the video will show that “even before he began showing age-related cognitive decline, Trump had a long history of doing and saying bizarre things“.

Conway continued, “He was never right in the head. And as he’s gotten older, he’s only gotten worse. Especially now that he’s the only old guy in the race, it’s more important than ever for the public to focus on Trump’s lack of mental fitness when they make their decision this November“.

Fact #4 : This Is Fake News About 2024 Presidential Election

This is yet another example of fake news and videos created to influence the 2024 US Presidential Election, and here are some other examples:

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Did fully-vaxxed George Monbiot get Covid 23 times?!

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Did Guardian columnist George Monbiot get COVID-19 for the 23rd time, despite being fully-vaccinated, with dozens of booster doses?!

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Claim : Fully-Vaxxed George Monbiot Got COVID For 23rd Time!

Anti-vaccination activists are gleefully sharing a screenshot of an article from The Guardian as evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines are useless.

The screenshot purportedly shows columnist George Monbiot complain about getting infected with COVID-19 for the 23rd time, despite being fully-vaccinated and receiving dozens of booster doses.

George Monbiot : I’ve caught Covid for the 23rd time despite having had dozens of boosters (I’ve lost count). Thank heavens for the vaccine.

Literally billions of kids are dying from long Covid every day, but evil anti-vaxxers – e.g. the hated Bridgen – don’t care.

Truth : George Monbiot Did Not Get COVID-19 For 23rd Time!

This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS shared and propagated by anti-vaccination activists on social media, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : The Viral Screenshot Is Fake

First, let me just point out right away that the viral screenshot is fake. There is no such article in The Guardian. Neither did George Monbiot publish any article in The Guardian on 11 May 2023.

This is easily proven by checking George Monbiot’s article listing in The Guardian. He posted on England’s dying rivers on 3 May, and then the draconian new police powers on 12 May, with nothing in between.

But it looks like people who shared it did not even bother to look for the article; if not to verify, then to look for other juicy quotes to use… Too much work, I guess.

Fact #2 : Only 2 Booster Doses Were Approved In UK

In the United Kingdom, people are currently only allowed to receive up to two booster doses. Even then, the second booster dose was limited to front line health and social care workers, older people, or people who are immunocompromised.

For certain, no one would be able to received “dozens of boosters” as the fake screenshot claimed. As the first booster dose was approved in September 2021, Monbiot would have to take one booster dose every 3-4 weeks for that to be remotely true.

Fact #3 : There Are Only 2.2 Billion Children In The World

As of end 2022, there are roughly 2.2 billion children in the world. Obviously, it is impossible for billions of children to die from long Covid every day.

If even just one billion children die from long Covid every day, all the children in the world would be dead in two days.

Fact #4 : It Was Parody By Sir Lefty Farr-Wright

I traced the origin of this viral screenshot to a parody account on Twitter, called Sir Lefty Farr-Wright, Hard-Right Parody Account (@GiveUsAQuid).

The Twitter account name left no doubt that the post was a parody, a joke. But it looks like either people who shared it are blind, or intentionally copied and posted it on their own accounts to mislead people.

Fact #5 : Right Said Fred Made It Go Viral

While Sir Lefty Farr-Wright has quite a following, with almost 20K followers, that George Monbiot screenshot was only shared like 50 times.

It appears that the fake screenshot only went viral after one-hit-wonder band from the 90s, Right Said Fred, posted it on their Twitter account the same day. After that, George Monbiot got bombarded with abuse by their followers.

After Right Said Fred realised that they were taken for a ride / trolled, they deleted the tweet, claiming that it was “clearly a joke”.

Actually it’s clearly a joke and my tweet reflected that, other people thought it was real so I deleted it. There, fixed it for you.

However, a screenshot taken by George Monbiot showed that they believed it was genuine. When someone pointed out that it was a parody, they responded, “Are you sure? The link is to his blog.”

Fact #6 : Andrew Bridgen Was Expelled For Anti-Vax Comments

In case you are wondering about “the hated Bridgen” part, it is a reference to Andrew Bridgen, the Member of Parliament for North West Leicestershire.

Andrew Bridgen is a vocal critic of the COVID-19 vaccines, and was expelled from the Conservative Party on 12 April 2023, after he compared the vaccines to the Holocaust.

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