Paris Olympics: from the Opening Ceremony to Boxing Controversy
Breakpoint
Colson Center
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2024
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
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.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Breakpoint this week where we're talking about the top stories of the week from a Christian perspective. |
| 0:07.0 | Today we're going to talk about the opening ceremonies at the Olympics and how Christians should approach art. |
| 0:12.0 | We're also going to talk about men in women's sports |
| 0:14.5 | and the injection of questions about so-called gender |
| 0:17.6 | in how we approach physical activity. |
| 0:19.6 | So we have a lot to get to you today. |
| 0:21.2 | We're so glad you're with us. Please stick around. |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome to Breakpoint this week. |
| 0:28.0 | From the Coulson Center for Christian Worldview, I'm Maria Bear, |
| 0:31.0 | alongside John Stone Street. |
| 0:33.0 | John, have you ever had Olympic aspirations? |
| 0:36.0 | No, not serious ones. |
| 0:37.0 | But if you had to pick a sport, what would it be? |
| 0:40.0 | Really? You don't know that after all these years? |
| 0:42.0 | Well, basketball is boring. |
| 0:44.0 | Pick a more exciting one. |
| 0:45.0 | Yeah, that'd be it. |
| 0:46.0 | Okay. |
| 0:47.0 | I might be like that old guy who just picked up pistol shooting. |
| 0:50.0 | Did you see that story? |
| 0:51.0 | That's a pretty great story of the Olympics. Now this is a |
| 0:53.8 | turkey won the silver and he picked it up. I mean it's a sad story. It has to do |
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