"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
World Chess Championship

For the two of you who may be interested, they're currently playing the World Chess Championship Tournament in Mexico. Check it out.

There are eight players participating, and, so far, Round 1 has ended with a draw for all four games. Now that's World Championship Chess right there! (Seriously, those Grandmasters are always drawing each other.)

Nf3!

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Comments on "World Chess Championship":
1. Phil - 09/16/2007 1:20 pm CDT

Who's the Thinkling that's playing?

2. Bird - 09/16/2007 1:24 pm CDT

It's certainly not me. I've dropped to #4 in our club. I'm just happy to be a top-fiver these days.

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