[Ads-l] Shades of "My parents, Ayn Rand and God"

[Joel Berson]

Comment interspersed.

      From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
 To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
 Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 8:49 PM
 Subject: Re: [ADS-L] Shades of "My parents, Ayn Rand and God"
   
I don’t know about Mr. So’s Christian faith.  In the absence of the Oxford comma, his chosen deity seems to be almost as indiscreet as Zeus.

JSB:  But female, I presume.  God the Mother.

LH


> On Apr 11, 2017, at 8:41 PM, Bonnie Taylor-Blake <b.taylorblake at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> "[Wesley So] draws heavily on his Christian faith, and when I asked him
> whether he was already thinking about a world championship he said, 'No.'
> But he added: 'If I ever become a world champion, I will glorify Him in
> that way.' After the final game, he thanked his parents, U.S. chess
> benefactor Rex Sinquefield and God."
> 
> From Oliver Roeder's "The Sublime Moves Of America’s New Chess Champion."
> 
> https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-sublime-moves-of-americas-new-chess-champion/
> 
> -- Bonnie
> 
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