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Some have called the opening ceremony at the 2024 Paris Olympics decadent, offensive, and even satanic. And in the games, themselves, more controversy as a boxer with xy chromosomes takes out a female boxer in less than a minute. Recommendations Jonathan Pageau on Symbolism Explained: The Olympics Opening Ceremony is Worse than You Thought Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran Village Creek Bible Camp Segment 1 - Paris Opening Ceremonies Turkish Olympic pistol shooter goes viral after nonchalant composure leads to silver medal Breakpoint: The Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Beijing 2008: The sound of 2008 people drumming to the same beat Jonathan Pageau on Symbolism Explained: The Olympics Opening Ceremony is Worse than You Thought New York Times: The Age of Decadence Segment 2 - How Christians Should Respond to Mocking and Olympic Boxing Controversy Acts 17 John Stott Commentary on Acts Wall Street Journal: The Olympic Boxing Match That Ignited a Gender Controversy __________ Get digital access to CCNC 2024 with your gift of any amount to the Colson Center at colsoncenter.org/august . Get access to the free video series Why Vote? at colosoncenter.org/whyvote .