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Question 67

As an atheist, do any of you play tournament chess, duplicate bridge or similar games? Is the logical thought required by these games part of what made you an atheist?

I'm a pretty good chess player, well, at least an OK one (USCF rating ~1800). AFAICT, logical thinking is what led me to be an atheist, although I can't really say that chess played a role in it. (raven1 #1096)

Was pres. of the university chess club for a year. The last as far as I know (no I wasn't impeached). It merged with the strategic gaming society. That a club that was. Talk table top war all day long. Then have a game of Monopoly. (2Sen Jen)

I have played chess in tournaments, a long time ago. Now that I think about it, yes, the logical abstracting faculty did contribute materially to my materialistic philosophy (atheism). (Fred Stone #1369)

I am fairly poor at chess, but I do play Magic, the gathering, which requires constant thinking on your feet to deal with an ever changing situation. I couldnt say if those though processes had anything to do with my atheism. (Andrew Bean #1406)

On the contrary, I don't enjoy those games because I find the rules too restrictive, the flow of the game too structured. Too much like religion. (Carl Funk #1229)

I'm a bridge player. The only connection that bridge has to atheism, in my case, is that some of the people I played with when learning the game were atheists.

I wish there were more young bridge players, though. It's a game that involves socializing, communication, and plenty of thought, all of which are good for the mind. (Pat Kiewicz #1154)

I love chess, there is only one problem though, I only win about 1 game in a thousand. All my friends are just to good for me. Then again a chess computer can beat me in EASY mode .

However I am damn excellent at poker and blackjack. Most card games are a breeze to me. (Alan Ferris #1211)

Do role-playing games count? You often have to think far ahead in those games. And no, because I'd never believed, although I have to admit that real-life priests seemed suspiciously powerless after playing a game where clerics had amazing divine-granted spells and abilities. (Jessica Wolfman #1002)

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