Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful



 Religions > Atheism > Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful

LINK TO THIS PAGE  


rating :  0   |  0


  Page 1 of 1

1

 
Topic: Religions > Atheism
User: "Gregory Gadow"
Date: 27 Jan 2004 02:56:57 PM
Object: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful
From The Herald (Australia),
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8505838%255E401,00.html
Printed in full.
Chess cleared of satanic links
From correspondents in Moscow
27jan04
A RUSSIAN Orthodox archbishop has laid to rest a young parishoner's
concern about chess and reassured her that the centuries-old game is not
the work of the devil, Russian media reported Monday.
Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov and millions of other Russian chess
champions and not-so-champions can sleep easier after Archbishop Vikenty
of Yekaterinburg and Verkhneturyinsk in the Urals region dismissed a
young woman's fears that chess was a "devilish game," the ITAR-TASS news
agency said.
The archbishop assured his questioner that there was no religious ban on
chess.
"Chess is a quiet, intelligent game that develops one's thinking. It is
not a sin. The holy fathers prohibit the playing of games that arouse
passions and excitement, and with them bewilderment, wrath and
irritation," the agency quoted him as saying.
Among the games that engendered such unhealthy passions, the archbishop
said, were computer games.
Chess, a game of strategy between white and black pieces sometimes seen
as a metaphor for the struggle between good and evil, evolved from board
games developed in antiquity, either in Persia or India, according to
historians.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"If you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you."
-- Benjamin Franklin
.

User: "I Think..Therefore I Am Clayton"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 27 Jan 2004 07:35:00 PM
"Gregory Gadow" <techbear@serv.net> wrote in message
news:4016D099.781D61E5@serv.net...

From The Herald (Australia),

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8505838%255E401,00.html


Printed in full.

Chess cleared of satanic links
From correspondents in Moscow
27jan04

A RUSSIAN Orthodox archbishop has laid to rest a young parishoner's
concern about chess and reassured her that the centuries-old game is not
the work of the devil, Russian media reported Monday.

Aww...that will take all the fun out of being a wild, dangerous rebel and
joining the Chess Club.
.
User: "Bill, The Avender"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 27 Jan 2004 10:20:17 PM
In alt.atheism on Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:35:00 +1000, "I Think..Therefore
I Am Clayton" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKnotmyemail.com> wrote:


"Gregory Gadow" <techbear@serv.net> wrote in message
news:4016D099.781D61E5@serv.net...

From The Herald (Australia),

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8505838%255E401,00.html


Printed in full.

Chess cleared of satanic links
From correspondents in Moscow
27jan04

A RUSSIAN Orthodox archbishop has laid to rest a young parishoner's
concern about chess and reassured her that the centuries-old game is not
the work of the devil, Russian media reported Monday.


Aww...that will take all the fun out of being a wild, dangerous rebel and
joining the Chess Club.

You think that's something? I don't know if it's true or not, but
it's certainly believable and that says a lot: Once upon a time,
owning or using a fork was considered a sin of pride. At one point, a
certain monarch died - I think the monarch was a woman, and I _think_
I remember that she choked to death. The church declared that she
died a heretic - all for using a simple fork.
Again I'm not 100% sure it's true. Just that it's 100% believable,
and that's 100% just plain _sad_. :-/
--
L8r,
Bill
/\~*`-\|~/.`\*=`~\/|.-`\=~`/\.|*-`\~*/.\|`=~`\-/.|=\`~*`\|/.-~\
"What I most admire about myself is my incurable narcissism."
/\~*`-\|~/.`\*=`~\/|.-`\=~`/\.|*-`\~*/.\|`=~`\-/.|=\`~*`\|/.-~\
.


User: "Mark K. Bilbo"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 27 Jan 2004 04:47:44 PM
And so upon Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:56:57 -0800 didst Gregory Gadow speak
thusly:

Chess cleared of satanic links

I don't believe it!

From correspondents in Moscow

Librul commie pinko Russia haters!
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
.

User: "John Norris"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 28 Jan 2004 01:29:36 PM
Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote in message news:<4016D099.781D61E5@serv.net>...

From The Herald (Australia),
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8505838%255E401,00.html

Printed in full.

Chess cleared of satanic links
From correspondents in Moscow
27jan04

A RUSSIAN Orthodox archbishop has laid to rest a young parishoner's
concern about chess and reassured her that the centuries-old game is not
the work of the devil, Russian media reported Monday.

Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov and millions of other Russian chess
champions and not-so-champions can sleep easier after Archbishop Vikenty
of Yekaterinburg and Verkhneturyinsk in the Urals region dismissed a
young woman's fears that chess was a "devilish game," the ITAR-TASS news
agency said.
The archbishop assured his questioner that there was no religious ban on
chess.

"Chess is a quiet, intelligent game that develops one's thinking. It is
not a sin. The holy fathers prohibit the playing of games that arouse
passions and excitement, and with them bewilderment, wrath and
irritation," the agency quoted him as saying.

Develops one's thinking does it. All the more reason to be suspicious
of the Chess Club.
JohnN
.

User: "Robibnikoff"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 27 Jan 2004 03:24:20 PM
In article <4016D099.781D61E5@serv.net>, Gregory Gadow says...


From The Herald (Australia),
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8505838%255E401,00.html

Printed in full.

Chess cleared of satanic links
From correspondents in Moscow
27jan04

A RUSSIAN Orthodox archbishop has laid to rest a young parishoner's
concern about chess and reassured her that the centuries-old game is not
the work of the devil, Russian media reported Monday.

Well, thank goodness! My five-year-old loves chess. Wouldn't want the tyke to
be gettin' involved in no devil worship ;)
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo & EAC Spellcaster
#1557
.

User: "raven1"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 27 Jan 2004 03:14:30 PM
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:56:57 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:

"Chess is a quiet, intelligent game that develops one's thinking. It is
not a sin. The holy fathers prohibit the playing of games that arouse
passions and excitement, and with them bewilderment, wrath and
irritation," the agency quoted him as saying.

And of course, chess has *never* aroused bewilderment, wrath, and
irritation! ;-)
.
User: "John Baker"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 27 Jan 2004 03:47:36 PM
"raven1" <quoththeraven@nevermore.com> wrote in message
news:rgld10ldt5rkm11da3ckqsi1q8a7qo05fo@4ax.com...

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:56:57 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:

"Chess is a quiet, intelligent game that develops one's thinking. It is
not a sin. The holy fathers prohibit the playing of games that arouse
passions and excitement, and with them bewilderment, wrath and
irritation," the agency quoted him as saying.


And of course, chess has *never* aroused bewilderment, wrath, and
irritation! ;-)

If it hasn't, you're not doing it right. :-)



.

User: "Lord Calvert"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 27 Jan 2004 03:44:09 PM

And of course, chess has *never* aroused bewilderment, wrath, and
irritation! ;-)

Although watching Alexandra Kosteniuk play can certainly arouse passion and
excitement. :}~~~
http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/0301alexandra1.jpg
http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/kosteniuk_1201.jpg
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1)
EAC Department of Applied Rattan Use
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking, which
leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy." - Robert Anton
Wilson
.
User: "The other Donald"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 27 Jan 2004 04:25:09 PM
"Lord Calvert" <forlornh@aol.complex> wrote in message
news:20040127164409.28384.00000818@mb-m15.aol.com...

And of course, chess has *never* aroused bewilderment, wrath, and
irritation! ;-)


Although watching Alexandra Kosteniuk play can certainly arouse passion

and

excitement. :}~~~

http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/0301alexandra1.jpg

http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/kosteniuk_1201.jpg

Hell-ooooooo mamma! Who says geeks don't have any fun.....?!?
King humps queen.....uh, did I say that out loud?
-Donald in Austin
AA #2104


Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1)
EAC Department of Applied Rattan Use

"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking,

which

leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy." - Robert Anton
Wilson

.

User: "Sean C"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 28 Jan 2004 10:58:49 AM
In article <20040127164409.28384.00000818@mb-m15.aol.com>, Lord Calvert
<forlornh@aol.complex> wrote:

And of course, chess has *never* aroused bewilderment, wrath, and
irritation! ;-)


Although watching Alexandra Kosteniuk play can certainly arouse passion and
excitement. :}~~~

http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/0301alexandra1.jpg

http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/kosteniuk_1201.jpg

I'm thinking sinful thoughts...
Sean C
----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==----
http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups
---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =---
.

User: "raven1"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 27 Jan 2004 04:03:45 PM
On 27 Jan 2004 21:44:09 GMT, forlornh@aol.complex (Lord Calvert)
wrote:

And of course, chess has *never* aroused bewilderment, wrath, and
irritation! ;-)


Although watching Alexandra Kosteniuk play can certainly arouse passion and
excitement. :}~~~

http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/0301alexandra1.jpg

http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/kosteniuk_1201.jpg

Wow! She can take my bishop any time!
.
User: "Lord Calvert"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 27 Jan 2004 05:07:42 PM

Although watching Alexandra Kosteniuk play can certainly arouse passion and
excitement. :}~~~

http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/0301alexandra1.jpg

http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/kosteniuk_1201.jpg


Wow! She can take my bishop any time!

Good thing you didn't say "polish your bishop" :}
"Don't you find it rather touching to behold
The game that came in from the cold
Seen for what it is -- religion plus finesse
Countries, classes, creeds, as one in love of chess"
from the musical "Chess", lyrics by Sir Tim Rice
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1)
EAC Department of Applied Rattan Use
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking, which
leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy." - Robert Anton
Wilson
.
User: "Bob Dog"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 28 Jan 2004 04:49:28 AM
forlornh@aol.complex (Lord Calvert) wrote in message news:<20040127180742.28470.00000795@mb-m15.aol.com>...

Although watching Alexandra Kosteniuk play can certainly arouse passion and
excitement. :}~~~
http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/0301alexandra1.jpg

http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/kosteniuk_1201.jpg


Wow! She can take my bishop any time!

<piggybacking>
Personally, I preferred Judit Polgar, who's a little more
"earthy" and has never been tarted up like this.

Good thing you didn't say "polish your bishop" :}

"Don't you find it rather touching to behold
The game that came in from the cold
Seen for what it is -- religion plus finesse
Countries, classes, creeds, as one in love of chess"

from the musical "Chess", lyrics by Sir Tim Rice

Better said is one of my favourite songs of the 1980s,
"One Night In Bangkok", which comes from that play:
http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/murrayhead.htm
"Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist
Whose every move's among the purest
I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine"
Bob Dog
.
User: "Lord Calvert"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 28 Jan 2004 09:10:32 AM

Although watching Alexandra Kosteniuk play can certainly arouse passion

and

excitement. :}~~~
http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/0301alexandra1.jpg

http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/kosteniuk_1201.jpg


Wow! She can take my bishop any time!

<piggybacking>

Personally, I preferred Judit Polgar, who's a little more
"earthy" and has never been tarted up like this.

Prude... :}
http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/J_Polgar_outdoors__lovely_in_black_an
d_jeans.bmp
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1)
EAC Department of Applied Rattan Use
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking, which
leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy." - Robert Anton
Wilson
.
User: "raven1"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 28 Jan 2004 10:46:30 AM
On 28 Jan 2004 15:10:32 GMT, forlornh@aol.complex (Lord Calvert)
wrote:

Although watching Alexandra Kosteniuk play can certainly arouse passion

and

excitement. :}~~~
http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/0301alexandra1.jpg

http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/kosteniuk_1201.jpg


Wow! She can take my bishop any time!

<piggybacking>

Personally, I preferred Judit Polgar, who's a little more
"earthy" and has never been tarted up like this.


Prude... :}

http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/J_Polgar_outdoors__lovely_in_black_an
d_jeans.bmp

Hey, Judit can play with my Bishop any time too!
.




User: "Gregory Gadow"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 27 Jan 2004 04:39:21 PM
raven1 wrote:

On 27 Jan 2004 21:44:09 GMT, forlornh@aol.complex (Lord Calvert)
wrote:

And of course, chess has *never* aroused bewilderment, wrath, and
irritation! ;-)


Although watching Alexandra Kosteniuk play can certainly arouse passion and
excitement. :}~~~

http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/0301alexandra1.jpg

http://www.chessgoddesses.com/images/kosteniuk_1201.jpg


Wow! She can take my bishop any time!

I believe the expression is "polish the bishop." :-D
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"If you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you."
-- Benjamin Franklin
.




User: "Kate "

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 28 Jan 2004 03:09:10 PM
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:56:57 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:

From The Herald (Australia),
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8505838%255E401,00.html

Printed in full.

Chess cleared of satanic links
From correspondents in Moscow
27jan04

A RUSSIAN Orthodox archbishop has laid to rest a young parishoner's
concern about chess and reassured her that the centuries-old game is not
the work of the devil, Russian media reported Monday.

Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov and millions of other Russian chess
champions and not-so-champions can sleep easier after Archbishop Vikenty
of Yekaterinburg and Verkhneturyinsk in the Urals region dismissed a
young woman's fears that chess was a "devilish game," the ITAR-TASS news
agency said.
The archbishop assured his questioner that there was no religious ban on
chess.

"Chess is a quiet, intelligent game that develops one's thinking. It is
not a sin. The holy fathers prohibit the playing of games that arouse
passions and excitement, and with them bewilderment, wrath and
irritation," the agency quoted him as saying.

Among the games that engendered such unhealthy passions, the archbishop
said, were computer games.

Chess, a game of strategy between white and black pieces sometimes seen
as a metaphor for the struggle between good and evil, evolved from board
games developed in antiquity, either in Persia or India, according to
historians.

Soooo - what about computer chess games?
.
User: "Therion Ware"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 28 Jan 2004 03:13:34 PM
On 28 Jan 2004 15:09:10 -0600 in alt.atheism, Kate
(cobalt@newscene.com (Kate )) said, directing the reply to
alt.atheism

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:56:57 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:

From The Herald (Australia),
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8505838%255E401,00.html

Printed in full.

Chess cleared of satanic links
From correspondents in Moscow
27jan04

A RUSSIAN Orthodox archbishop has laid to rest a young parishoner's
concern about chess and reassured her that the centuries-old game is not
the work of the devil, Russian media reported Monday.

Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov and millions of other Russian chess
champions and not-so-champions can sleep easier after Archbishop Vikenty
of Yekaterinburg and Verkhneturyinsk in the Urals region dismissed a
young woman's fears that chess was a "devilish game," the ITAR-TASS news
agency said.
The archbishop assured his questioner that there was no religious ban on
chess.

"Chess is a quiet, intelligent game that develops one's thinking. It is
not a sin. The holy fathers prohibit the playing of games that arouse
passions and excitement, and with them bewilderment, wrath and
irritation," the agency quoted him as saying.

Among the games that engendered such unhealthy passions, the archbishop
said, were computer games.

Chess, a game of strategy between white and black pieces sometimes seen
as a metaphor for the struggle between good and evil, evolved from board
games developed in antiquity, either in Persia or India, according to
historians.


Soooo - what about computer chess games?

Remember "Battle Chess"? That was a laugh.
--
"Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You."
- Attrib: Pauline Reage.
Inexpensive VHS & other video to CD/DVD conversion?
See: <http://www.Video2CD.com>. 35.00 gets your video on DVD.
all posts to this email address are automatically deleted without being read.
** atheist poster child #1 ** #442.
.
User: "Gregory Gadow"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 28 Jan 2004 03:22:04 PM
Therion Ware wrote:

On 28 Jan 2004 15:09:10 -0600 in alt.atheism, Kate
(cobalt@newscene.com (Kate )) said, directing the reply to
alt.atheism

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:56:57 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:

From The Herald (Australia),
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8505838%255E401,00.html

Printed in full.

Chess cleared of satanic links
From correspondents in Moscow
27jan04

A RUSSIAN Orthodox archbishop has laid to rest a young parishoner's
concern about chess and reassured her that the centuries-old game is not
the work of the devil, Russian media reported Monday.

Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov and millions of other Russian chess
champions and not-so-champions can sleep easier after Archbishop Vikenty
of Yekaterinburg and Verkhneturyinsk in the Urals region dismissed a
young woman's fears that chess was a "devilish game," the ITAR-TASS news
agency said.
The archbishop assured his questioner that there was no religious ban on
chess.

"Chess is a quiet, intelligent game that develops one's thinking. It is
not a sin. The holy fathers prohibit the playing of games that arouse
passions and excitement, and with them bewilderment, wrath and
irritation," the agency quoted him as saying.

Among the games that engendered such unhealthy passions, the archbishop
said, were computer games.

Chess, a game of strategy between white and black pieces sometimes seen
as a metaphor for the struggle between good and evil, evolved from board
games developed in antiquity, either in Persia or India, according to
historians.


Soooo - what about computer chess games?


Remember "Battle Chess"? That was a laugh.

I rather enjoyed Battle Chess :-) I still have several variations.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"If you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you."
-- Benjamin Franklin
.


User: "Mark K. Bilbo"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 29 Jan 2004 08:47:37 AM
And so upon Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:09:10 -0600 didst Kate speak thusly:

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:56:57 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:

From The Herald (Australia),
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8505838%255E401,00.html

Printed in full.

Chess cleared of satanic links
From correspondents in Moscow
27jan04

A RUSSIAN Orthodox archbishop has laid to rest a young parishoner's
concern about chess and reassured her that the centuries-old game is not
the work of the devil, Russian media reported Monday.

Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov and millions of other Russian chess
champions and not-so-champions can sleep easier after Archbishop Vikenty
of Yekaterinburg and Verkhneturyinsk in the Urals region dismissed a
young woman's fears that chess was a "devilish game," the ITAR-TASS news
agency said.
The archbishop assured his questioner that there was no religious ban on
chess.

"Chess is a quiet, intelligent game that develops one's thinking. It is
not a sin. The holy fathers prohibit the playing of games that arouse
passions and excitement, and with them bewilderment, wrath and
irritation," the agency quoted him as saying.

Among the games that engendered such unhealthy passions, the archbishop
said, were computer games.

Chess, a game of strategy between white and black pieces sometimes seen
as a metaphor for the struggle between good and evil, evolved from board
games developed in antiquity, either in Persia or India, according to
historians.


Soooo - what about computer chess games?

Agent of the devil of course!
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
.


User: "Rv Cloim"

Title: Re: Well THAT's a relief! Chess decreed not sinful 27 Jan 2004 05:54:38 PM
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:56:57 -0800, Gregory Gadow wrote:

From The Herald (Australia),
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8505838%255E401,00.html

Printed in full.

Chess cleared of satanic links

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/vegaschess/daremskelche.html
"Skeletal warriors" ... "Handpainted skulls "...
hmmm...
<snip>

"Chess is a quiet, intelligent game that develops one's thinking. It is
not a sin. The holy fathers prohibit the playing of games that arouse
passions and excitement, and with them bewilderment, wrath and
irritation," the agency quoted him as saying.

Obviously he's never played in a tournament. Money on the line, clock
ticking down... It can be very intense.
.


  Page 1 of 1

1

 


Related Articles
 

NEWER

pg.3585     pg.2749     pg.2106     pg.1612     pg.1232     pg.940     pg.716     pg.544     pg.412     pg.311     pg.234     pg.175     pg.130     pg.96     pg.70     pg.50     pg.35     pg.24     pg.16     pg.10     pg.6     pg.3     pg.1

OLDER