Olympic Opening ceremony

[Musician in His house]

The 100 foot inflated Valdemort gave me an idea for a Halloween lawn decoration sure to keep trick-or-treaters away. Then the next day I could fill it with helium, let it go, and let my wife call the authorities and tell them I got stuck in the balloon like the Balloon Boy in order to get a lot of attention and maybe get on a talk show. But I'm worried that the police would just say, "No problem - when the balloon reaches a certain altitude, it will burst, and your husband will come down on his own." That would defeat the purpose, and hurt my feelings.

. . . and likely your backside, too . . . *THUMP*

[clemson]

I didn't like it... And palestine???? Might as well name my made up country as a country.... And I despise the NHS.
I liked the parade of nations except for Palestine... I was disappointed overall

[ThePenguin]

I didn't like it... And palestine???? Might as well name my made up country as a country....

All you have to do is claim some land that isn't yours and you're automatically golden.

[Iruntherace4Him]

They sure are proud of their socialized health insurance aren't they?. It actually made me happy to be an American
watching all of the weird skits they were doing. We wouldn't do that .. Right?

[Buzzardhut]

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I bet the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be a lot more exciting.....unless the Lord returns before then.

It's possible for aspects of the Olympics continuing during the Millennium.

[bleatingsheep]

They sure are proud of their socialized health insurance aren't they?. It actually made me happy to be an American
watching all of the weird skits they were doing. We wouldn't do that .. Right?

Yes we in Britain are very proud of our National Health Service. We see it as a great post war achievement. You happy to be American, I am happy to be British

[Raphael]

It may even be possible for aspects of the Olympics to continue during the Tribulation:

The 666-meter run for your life
Javelin throwing (False Prophet)
Javelin catching (real prophets)
Synchronized Bowing and Scraping
Tower of Babel Sky Dive (no parachutes for right-wing fundamentalist troublemakers)

[Buzzardhut]

It may even be possible for aspects of the Olympics to continue during the Tribulation:

With the Olympics every 2 to 4 years there will be at least 2 or 3 Olympic employments during the trib but I doubt there will be any Olympics in the last 2 years of the trib

[Anymomentnow]

Was it just me or did anyone else hear them talking about creating a New Jerusalem through human effort which would bring world peace.

The commentary on the Nine Network here in Australia certainly made some sort of reference to this.

The whole thing was full of occult, witchcraft and New Age Themes.

But I still found parts of it interesting, especially the farms to steel making history.

But of course it wasn't as good as Sydney 2000
And I agree with Buzz that 2016 is very very unlikely. We will all be at a wedding feast I hope....

[Buzzardhut]

Yes, that would be the Hymn "Jerusalem" which is based on the poem "And did those feet in ancient time" by William Blake and is a recounting of the legend that Jesus visited England with Joseph of Arimathea.

With a tinge of replacement theology.