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In fact, no gods anywhere play chess. They prefer simple, vicious games, where you Do Not Achieve Transcendence but Go Straight to Oblivion; a key to the understanding of all religion is that a god’s idea of amusement is Snakes and Ladders with greased rungs.
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Our interpretation.
The speaker jokes that gods dislike subtle strategy and favour brutal games of chance where players fall straight into oblivion. Divine amusement resembles a rigged board game with slippery rungs. The satire says religion's key is that higher powers treat human fortunes as sport.
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