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Originally Posted by n00bchristian
Can someone explain why god hates chess players(with quotes from bible)? I don't get why? I want to correct my catholic friends who play the game.(at least god will have a better opinion of catholic non chess players over catholic chess players)
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Sorry to disappoint you, dear, but chess wasn't invented yet when the Bible was written. Of course, God dictated the Bible, and, thanks to His Infinite Wisdom, He knew that it would be eventually invented. So He decided to speak against chess in a more oblique way (so that the writers of the Bible wouldn't be guessing why they were required to write about something that did not exist).
It's a foreign, non Christian practice (Leviticus 18:3), and as such it can be dangerous to your spiritual growth (Ephesians 4:27, 5:11, 1 Thess 5:22). As such, it cannot be pleasing to the Lord (Ephesians 5:10). Basically, when you play chess, you divert your mind from praying, and that is not a good thing!
I hope that was clear.
