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What does the Bible say about gambling?

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What does the Bible say about gambling?
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RE: What does the Bible say about gambling?
February 28, 2012 at 5:41 pm
(February 28, 2012 at 9:27 am)Xavier Wrote:
(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? Smile

No, that would be results-oriented magical thinking. Your gambling has to be +EV for it to be not foolish.

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What does the Bible say about gambling?

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What does the Bible say about gambling? - by Xavier - February 25, 2012 at 1:45 am
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling? - by Forsaken - February 25, 2012 at 2:41 am
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling? - by padraic - February 25, 2012 at 3:00 am
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling? - by MrSkeptic - February 25, 2012 at 3:02 am
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling? - by Ace Otana - February 28, 2012 at 10:04 am
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling? - by Joe Bloe - February 26, 2012 at 1:04 am
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling? - by Bgood - February 26, 2012 at 2:53 am
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling? - by Xavier - February 27, 2012 at 2:01 pm
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling? - by Justtristo - February 26, 2012 at 3:11 am
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling? - by Erinome - February 26, 2012 at 5:34 am
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling? - by Godschild - February 27, 2012 at 3:45 pm
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling? - by Xavier - February 28, 2012 at 9:27 am
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling? - by Jackalope - February 28, 2012 at 5:41 pm
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling? - by Anomalocaris - February 27, 2012 at 3:55 pm
RE: What does the Bible say about gambling? - by Godschild - February 28, 2012 at 2:44 pm

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