Olympics:
Not All Fun and Games
truth about the olympics
By Daniel Rendelman ~ emetministries@gmail.com

This year’s Winter Olympics have already snowballed into the death of one athlete, the worship of pagan gods, and the continuation of Adolf Hitler’s dreams. The Olympics are pagan. Any student of history can figure this much out. Greek gods and goddesses adorn the gold medals, as the remnant of ancient games once held in honor of the god Zeus. Originally, only men were allowed to compete and clothing was seldom worn by athletes. Women were eventually given the opportunity to contend as the pagans wanted to honor Zeus’ wife Hera. The early Olympic Games were called the "total pagan entertainment package" by author Tony Perrottet, author of The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games.

Because of the tainted history of the Olympics, the games were actually banned for over 1500 years. History records that the ancient Olympics ended around the year 400AD when the Roman Emperor Theodisious tried to eliminate all pagan rituals and Greek temples. Christianity was considered the “state religion” of Rome and the religious leaders of the day considered the Olympics harmful to the faith of true believers. It wasn’t until the 1890’s that the games resurfaced in popularity. The Winter Olympics began only in 1908 with figure skating competitions.

The 1936 Berlin games gave rise to many popular Olympic customs that never took place in Greece. These are counterfeit practices that were adopted into the games to promote the agenda of Nazi Germany. For example, the Hitler Olympic gave use of the ringed Olympic flag, the torch relay, and the lighting of the flame. Hitler insisted that a torch be lit to pair the Nazi country to the classical glory of ancient Greece. From that fateful day in Germany, the torch race has continued the beacon of Berlin by becoming a symbol of world unity. Plus, the five interlocking rings flag, designed by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, once proudly featured the Nazi Swastika. The Berlin games were a huge success as they garnered respect of the world by holding the most lavish Olympic event ever. After that event, the games were cancelled for twelve years as the world was fighting a war that Adolf Hitler had already planned. Hitler’s propaganda to create and celebrate the “Aryan master race” reached a peak during the Berlin games and now continues every four years through Olympic competition.

The games have in recent years been corrupted by unfair judges and other scandals. The 2008 Beijing games were held in China despite the country’s human rights violations and a partial ban on Bibles during the event. In pursuit of popularity and pride, athletes have been known to violently attack others (think Nancy Kerrigan) and take performance enhancing drugs (think steroids.) At every level, the Olympic brand has become commercialized for greed. At best the Olympics encourage physical fitness. At worst, these games are actions of forbidden worship with underlying themes of hatred. This year, NBC will broadcast 3,700 distracting hours from the Winter Olympics as money and time are totally wasted for entertainment and prideful purposes. Even the Olympic anthem, sung throughout the event, honors praise to Zeus through the various competitions that test the skills of mankind. Perhaps we should remember the origins of the games, recall the actions of Emperor Theodisious, and not be consumed with the Olympia mania. Sure, the competition can be justified as just fun and games but about such the Messiah said in Luke 16:15, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but YHWH knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in YHWH's sight.”