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What does the Bible say about gambling?
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This is what the bible says about gambling!
 (February 26, 2012 at 2:53 am)Bgood Wrote: This is a very good and socially relevant question. I will admit that I had/have a gambling problem with Texas hold 'em poker and blackjack. I used to have to travel 3 hours to go to Atlantic City New Jersey, but now there is a casino only 20 minutes away which I can play cards at obsessively (if I choose to). I can also play online of course too. I am pretty good at poker but I don't know when to stop. I almost always leave empty handed. The Bible SHOULD say something about the dangers of gambling but it doesn't. The bible is very bad literature anyway, so who gives a shit right? I know that a deck af cards has alot of "satanic" symbolism and alot of history concerning witchcraft and puritanical hedonism, but whatever, it is probably just a game of chance and probabilty, not fate. I am a pro poker player. Thats why I asked this question. When I lost my job in the bank in 2008 I began playing and ended up never going back to a regular job. Where I live there a lot of young Jews who frequent casinos and blow off loads of cash. I don't know that cards have any satanic symbolism. I know that there is some similarity to Tarot cards but weren't the suits just meant to represent the clergy, aristocracy, merchants and army originally?
Thank you kindly, this sort of stuff is the number one reason why I love these forums so much. I'd never thought to ask where playing cards come from, but now I absolutely have to know.....Imma start here http://www.wopc.co.uk/history/index.html and see where it takes me.
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Gambling is not mentioned in the Bible, however indirectly it is looked at as sinful because it is an irresponsible way of dealing with money, it takes many losers to produce a winner. The Bible does state that a man be foolish in being irresponsible with his money, and most anything called foolish in scriptures is sinful.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling?
February 27, 2012 at 3:49 pm
(This post was last modified: February 27, 2012 at 3:49 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Being foolish is a sin....man, talk about blanket legislation? Maybe god should have created less foolish creatures?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
 RE: What does the Bible say about gambling?
February 27, 2012 at 3:55 pm
(This post was last modified: February 27, 2012 at 3:58 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(February 27, 2012 at 3:45 pm)Godschild Wrote: Gambling is not mentioned in the Bible, however indirectly it is looked at as sinful because it is an irresponsible way of dealing with money, it takes many losers to produce a winner. The Bible does state that a man be foolish in being irresponsible with his money, and most anything called foolish in scriptures is sinful. The bible says gamble away your entire existence, stake everything on hearsay of an unvarifiable promise of infinite reward without even the pretense of any shred of evidence to assess the odds, but only at the casino of named for one Jesus, and not anywhere else. Appearently no other casino is nearly croaked enough. (February 27, 2012 at 3:45 pm)Godschild Wrote: Gambling is not mentioned in the Bible, however indirectly it is looked at as sinful because it is an irresponsible way of dealing with money, it takes many losers to produce a winner. The Bible does state that a man be foolish in being irresponsible with his money, and most anything called foolish in scriptures is sinful. Does that mean if you win you're not sinning then as you're not being foolish in that case?   (February 25, 2012 at 2:16 pm)Rokcet Scientist Wrote: The bible IS the promotion of gambling: believers bet that they go to heaven after they die, don't they? Yeah I know of that bet. It's the - I'll wager a great deal of my precious and very limited time of my life on the bet that I'll get a second one that's better after I die. The very idea stems from human imagination, along with the fear of going into oblivion.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity. Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist. You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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