Hi @FollowerofShiloh
I didn't mean to deny that the idea of Greek gods that were worshipped among the Greek was necessarily not what the biblical narrative was speaking of when discussing the mighty men of old. I just said that you'd have a hard time proving that to be the case. I don't think anyone can really say with any accuracy 'how' various civilizations came to worship and honor various and sundry mighty gods. The Romans had them. The Greek had them.
But in addressing the matter at hand here regarding the olympics display, there was nothing there that resembled anything that we may think of as representing what the actual last supper may have looked like. Most people think of the DaVinci painting on the matter. But everyone knows that they didn't have big ornate windows in Jerusalem in the days of Jesus. A large room with ornate windows and coffered style ceiling with indented wall frescos probably didn't exist in Jerusalem except for maybe in the king's palace or possibly the temple. But Jesus said it was an upper room and in Jerusalem in that day, that would have been a fairly small, intimate place.
But nevertheless, nothing in the Olympics display even looks like the DeVinci painting except for a long table. Even DaVinci's painting didn't have an ethereal glow about his head. That would have been some addition of the RCC most likely. But still, the display didn't resemble any depiction I've ever seen of the last supper. That's really all there is to it. And those who are making a huge noise about it are just making themselves look like fools to the lost world.
I didn't mean to deny that the idea of Greek gods that were worshipped among the Greek was necessarily not what the biblical narrative was speaking of when discussing the mighty men of old. I just said that you'd have a hard time proving that to be the case. I don't think anyone can really say with any accuracy 'how' various civilizations came to worship and honor various and sundry mighty gods. The Romans had them. The Greek had them.
But in addressing the matter at hand here regarding the olympics display, there was nothing there that resembled anything that we may think of as representing what the actual last supper may have looked like. Most people think of the DaVinci painting on the matter. But everyone knows that they didn't have big ornate windows in Jerusalem in the days of Jesus. A large room with ornate windows and coffered style ceiling with indented wall frescos probably didn't exist in Jerusalem except for maybe in the king's palace or possibly the temple. But Jesus said it was an upper room and in Jerusalem in that day, that would have been a fairly small, intimate place.
But nevertheless, nothing in the Olympics display even looks like the DeVinci painting except for a long table. Even DaVinci's painting didn't have an ethereal glow about his head. That would have been some addition of the RCC most likely. But still, the display didn't resemble any depiction I've ever seen of the last supper. That's really all there is to it. And those who are making a huge noise about it are just making themselves look like fools to the lost world.