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Liz Ditz points today at a parody titled “Good Christians Don’t Play Chess.” (I know it’s a parody, Liz, because the author is satirizing a similar but serious piece on why Christians shouldn’t play Dungeons and Dragons.) Here is a rant about the queen, ironically framed in the xtian context of female submission. Saint Paul couldn’t have said it better, in fact — he said a lot of this!

Another problem is the power of the Queen. She is clearly portrayed as the King’s wife, but granted greater power and maneuverability. She travels and works independently of the King, if nominally at his ‘bidding.’ This directly conflicts with MANY biblical verses, to wit:

* “…and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.”

* “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.”
* “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.”
* “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.”
* “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”
* “Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing.”
* “Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands.”

A further heresy implicit in the play of Chess, is that of returning lost souls to play. If a simple pawn makes it unmolested to the final rank of the enemy’s side, he can be transmuted to any other piece of the game. In this manner, lost pieces can be regained. The bible clearly shows that there is only one event of importance following an individual’s death, and that is the judgement. After that, the soul is sent Heavenwards or dropped into the Lake of Fire. Reincarnation is the devil’s idea.

Bloggy goodness, of course, is known to emerge in threes. So today Mme. Levy links to a YouTube clip of Sofia Polgar kicking Korchnoi’s butt. Korchnoi was amazingly rude. Of course Polgar is a woman so I suppose he figured it wasn’t really rude, just male prerogative.

I don’t follow chess. I play a little, but I’m a patzer at best. Anyway, I thought I’d google Sofia Polgar and learn a little more about her. Imagine my delight to read a Norm Jenson post about his meeting with Ms. Polgar!

“Do you play chess…”