"Why do people choose the substitute over God himself? Probably the most important reason is that it obviates accountability to God. We can meet idols on our own terms because they are our own creations. They are safe, predictable, and controllable; they are, in Jeremiah's colorful language, the 'scarecrows in a cornfield' (10:5). They are portable and completely under the user's control. They offer nothing like the threat of a God who thunders from Sinai and whose providence in this world so often appears to us to be incomprehensible and dangerous . . . [People] need face only themselves. That is the appeal of idolatry."
- David F. Wells
Saturday, September 27, 2008
McCain: You brought out your queen too early, Barack. Kind of like your presidential hopes I'd say. Hehehe. You simply don't have the experience a good chess master needs.
Obama: Why do I keep having to look at the back of your head, John? Look me in the eyes!
McCain: You should think about developing your knights before bringing out your queen.
Obama: Henry Kissinger advocated early queen development.
McCain: Kissinger is a friend of mine. He would never say something like that. You just don't get it.
Obama: You're absolutely right. But if my queen makes a mistake, I don't want her to be punished with a baby.
McCain: After I checkmate you in three moves, I'm going to go join Thinklings Chess.
This one made me smile.