If I remember correctly, the ancient Greek Olympic games started out as rituals or religious ceremonies in honor of Greek gods. In stark contrast, the organizers of our modern Olympic games go out of their way to distance the games from formal religion of any sort. In fact, if there is any religion at the games these days, it's the religion of atheism, faith in No God, or in China's case, the religion of communism, worship of the state.
Perhaps the Beijing Olympic 2008 of communist China has thus far proved to be one of the most god-less games of our time. American athletes who are known for their religious catch phrases like "Thank God", etc, have not dared mention the word "God" once, at least not from the interviews of athletes I have seen and heard thus far.
Just one more evidence that China has gotten everything it wanted from the games: reintroduce or reinvent China to the world, while keeping every bit of its communist, totalitarian markers in place. Every world leader of note has all but bowed before the great dragon of China.
How could people not bow to China's dragon, after that superior opening "ceremony" (religious?) by the Chinese? How could we tell if the Chinese, by their grand opening show, had not succeeded in tricking the mesmerized world into worshiping the communist nation?
Did I say there is no god at the Beijing Olympic? There may not be 'God talk'. But actually, there is, and it's that blood thirsty dragon known as Red China. Everyone, including journalists, presidents, prime ministers, athletes, spectators, and the world audience have been offering sacrifices of praise to Great China, and her various shrines, like the Bird's Nest (national stadium hosting the games), the Great Wall, and so on.
Speaking of China's new national stadium, Beijing officials said two persons died during construction work on the Bird's Nest. Accident or Sacrament? What if the blood of the two who died was a kind of human sacrifice to the dragon? Erase that! Cut.
An irony of modern culture is how religious people are who claim to avoid the very appearance of religion. The only difference is that the God-haters prefer new gods crafted in their own image, carved from human history and human achievement. Like the gods that built the Great Wall of China; those deities deserve our worship.
Humanism. Secularism. That's the universal religion of the civilized world; that's what they want it to be. And national symbols like the dragon, eagles, lion, etc, have become sub-deities in the pantheon and sanctuary where the Homo sapien is the Almighty.
Of course, we could add to the list of modern Olympic deities the gold, silver, and bronze that the athletes compete for, but the metals are far lesser gods than the humans who crave them.
Have we really made progress in our quest to leave religion behind, while reaching for the peaks of pure science and human achievement without the God Sickness? Are we any less religious than the ancients? Not really. Most of what we've done is substituted Greek gods and legends with self-worship, the worship of ourselves. Truth is, we have lessen our religion and stooped to a lower altar than the ancient Greeks of the original Olympic games.
I'm still enjoying the games, though, especially the swimming of America's Michael Phelps. If any human deserves worship, it's this fish-like swimmer. And speaking of fish, that's a religious symbol too. See how difficult it is for humans to steer clear of religion?
Perhaps the Beijing Olympic 2008 of communist China has thus far proved to be one of the most god-less games of our time. American athletes who are known for their religious catch phrases like "Thank God", etc, have not dared mention the word "God" once, at least not from the interviews of athletes I have seen and heard thus far.
Just one more evidence that China has gotten everything it wanted from the games: reintroduce or reinvent China to the world, while keeping every bit of its communist, totalitarian markers in place. Every world leader of note has all but bowed before the great dragon of China.
How could people not bow to China's dragon, after that superior opening "ceremony" (religious?) by the Chinese? How could we tell if the Chinese, by their grand opening show, had not succeeded in tricking the mesmerized world into worshiping the communist nation?
Did I say there is no god at the Beijing Olympic? There may not be 'God talk'. But actually, there is, and it's that blood thirsty dragon known as Red China. Everyone, including journalists, presidents, prime ministers, athletes, spectators, and the world audience have been offering sacrifices of praise to Great China, and her various shrines, like the Bird's Nest (national stadium hosting the games), the Great Wall, and so on.
Speaking of China's new national stadium, Beijing officials said two persons died during construction work on the Bird's Nest. Accident or Sacrament? What if the blood of the two who died was a kind of human sacrifice to the dragon? Erase that! Cut.
An irony of modern culture is how religious people are who claim to avoid the very appearance of religion. The only difference is that the God-haters prefer new gods crafted in their own image, carved from human history and human achievement. Like the gods that built the Great Wall of China; those deities deserve our worship.
Humanism. Secularism. That's the universal religion of the civilized world; that's what they want it to be. And national symbols like the dragon, eagles, lion, etc, have become sub-deities in the pantheon and sanctuary where the Homo sapien is the Almighty.
Of course, we could add to the list of modern Olympic deities the gold, silver, and bronze that the athletes compete for, but the metals are far lesser gods than the humans who crave them.
Have we really made progress in our quest to leave religion behind, while reaching for the peaks of pure science and human achievement without the God Sickness? Are we any less religious than the ancients? Not really. Most of what we've done is substituted Greek gods and legends with self-worship, the worship of ourselves. Truth is, we have lessen our religion and stooped to a lower altar than the ancient Greeks of the original Olympic games.
I'm still enjoying the games, though, especially the swimming of America's Michael Phelps. If any human deserves worship, it's this fish-like swimmer. And speaking of fish, that's a religious symbol too. See how difficult it is for humans to steer clear of religion?
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