Is Gambling actually a sin?if gambling is sin why do many pastors gamble?

[goldkingcoiner]

Gambling is motivated by love of money many place bets with a good intentions of making it and being wealthy in it ,materialistic and materialism is the root of gambling,even the holy Bible call it an event of luck or chance,the purpose of this topic is to debate and check if gambling is morally acceptable.

This has always draw my attention mostly in the local areas many sees anyone who enter a gambling shops as sinners,or if you even say it that you gamble they will start looking at you as a sinner or a crime addict but to me I see gambling as a good and fair place to be and also a matter of choice.
Though many pastors do preach against it but I don't actually knows their understanding towards it,why some pastor like gambling.

What is your opinion on this:

Depends on your religion and your personal beliefs on what constitutes a sin or not.

I have known muslims who eat pork and drink alcohol and I have known christians that have never read a bible in their life. So if someone is telling you what is and is not a sin, you either know it already yourself or you trust a possible unfaithful to know for you.

And if you do not know whether it is a sin in your religion then are you really religious in the first place? I would say no. And since non-religious people have no concept of religious sinning, they are not really sinning whatever they do.

[palle11]

Though many pastors do preach against it but I don't actually knows their understanding towards it,why some pastor like gambling.

What is your opinion on this:

Pastors preach it because it is the teachings in the bible and even the Muslim religion doesn't support it. In the bible, Jesus got angry with those using the synagogue for gambling. So it is followership of what example that has been layed down in the holy books.

Yes some people who are pastors could hide to gamble especially if he was gambling before he became pastor. This is why it is written that judgement will start from the synagogue. Therefore, don't be surprised if you see a pastor preaching and violating what he is teaching.

[MorganaX]

Gambling is motivated by love of money many place bets with a good intentions of making it and being wealthy in it ,materialistic and materialism is the root of gambling,even the holy Bible call it an event of luck or chance,the purpose of this topic is to debate and check if gambling is morally acceptable.

This has always draw my attention mostly in the local areas many sees anyone who enter a gambling shops as sinners,or if you even say it that you gamble they will start looking at you as a sinner or a crime addict but to me I see gambling as a good and fair place to be and also a matter of choice.
Though many pastors do preach against it but I don't actually knows their understanding towards it,why some pastor like gambling.

What is your opinion on this:

Depends on your religion and your personal beliefs on what constitutes a sin or not.

I have known muslims who eat pork and drink alcohol and I have known christians that have never read a bible in their life. So if someone is telling you what is and is not a sin, you either know it already yourself or you trust a possible unfaithful to know for you.

And if you do not know whether it is a sin in your religion then are you really religious in the first place? I would say no. And since non-religious people have no concept of religious sinning, they are not really sinning whatever they do.

If we are basically categorizing it base on religion, I believe it is up to everyone's religion to edify, if it is a sin to gamble or not, whether it is religion specific or non religion specific, it is up to every individual to know what they are doing to be bad or not. Gambling to some part of the world is never a sin, and the type of gambling matters, as most things we might do when we exchange it for money are also gambling but we are merely ignorant about it, we only look for what the world as known gambling to.
Religion wise, it is more important to talk about what is been believe to be and what ought not to. There are lots of Christians that gamble and still, they acknowledge is never a sin, while Muslim do gamble as well and still acknowledge that is not either.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Gambling is motivated by love of money many place bets with a good intentions of making it and being wealthy in it ,materialistic and materialism is the root of gambling,even the holy Bible call it an event of luck or chance,the purpose of this topic is to debate and check if gambling is morally acceptable.

This has always draw my attention mostly in the local areas many sees anyone who enter a gambling shops as sinners,or if you even say it that you gamble they will start looking at you as a sinner or a crime addict but to me I see gambling as a good and fair place to be and also a matter of choice.
Though many pastors do preach against it but I don't actually knows their understanding towards it,why some pastor like gambling.

What is your opinion on this:

On the norm, pastors are supposed to be gambling because it's absolutely worldly, spiritual men do not need to engage themselves in worldly affairs and distraction like gambling, I personally do not consider gambling a sin but I will consider any pastor that gambles a fake pastor, and this is because gambling is not a totally noble way to make money, the Bible encourages us to work hard and make money through our own hard work and sweat, and gambling is the same as chasing money one didn't work for...

And remember also that gambling was never meant to be treated as a means of making money, gambling is meant to be an avenue to have fun, the ability to win money was only an added advantage, but today, people no longer think about this but are gambling majorly to make money.

[sunsilk]

Pastors preach it because it is the teachings in the bible and even the Muslim religion doesn't support it. In the bible, Jesus got angry with those using the synagogue for gambling. So it is followership of what example that has been layed down in the holy books.

Yes some people who are pastors could hide to gamble especially if he was gambling before he became pastor. This is why it is written that judgement will start from the synagogue. Therefore, don't be surprised if you see a pastor preaching and violating what he is teaching.

And many does that. I think a pastor who gambles is way even better than a pastor who scams their members by asking them to invest to the coin that they develop.

I guess that many have heard of that story that there's a church or a pastor that have endorsed the coin that they have developed to their members.

Then, the members who are die-hard of their religion and church have been attracted to invest on it even if they have no idea what it is about and just a quick buck savings done by their leader.

[tvplus006]

...Though many pastors do preach against it bt I don't actually knows their understanding towards it,why some pastor like gambling.

This is because pastors are the same people and they have the same weaknesses as others. In addition, different church directions have their own views on gambling, which differ from each other, and what is prohibited in some is acceptable in others.

[Berry2d]

Gambling is an activity which someone stakes a valuable asset to make profit which is also operating as a business because business involves the investment of asset to make profit also. Religiously i have never seen proves from our reference point that gambling is a sin rather addiction is the only sin i see there. In as much as you a practising a well cultuled gambling which involves the use of our spire money and never what we can't loss.

[len01]

Some people think that sin is just something that is not profitable. But when it comes to profitable money, that sin does not apply.

In my area, many religious figures say that gambling is a sin, but some of these religious figures commit corruption, taking people's money blindly. Here I will not mention any religious figures nor will I speak ill of any religious figures. But the fact is that there are some people who say that sin is only for personal gain, saying about sin in certain things in order to gain advantage from other things.

Gambling has always been just an entertainment activity without harming other people and of course it is not something sinful.

[ejikeme24]

I can't actually say that gambling is a sin, the reason why it is as if gambling is a sin is because of those strange feelings that is attached to it. In this issue of pastor truly a pastor is not meant to gamble due to those strange feelings that people usually develop while gambling which some pastors can not be discipline enough to control themselves without doing anything negative because if a pastor is gambling and eventually become addicted to gamble, when he used up the money he has he can decide to temper church funds this is the reason why pastors is not supposed to go into gambling.

[Cookdata]

...Though many pastors do preach against it bt I don't actually knows their understanding towards it,why some pastor like gambling.

This is because pastors are the same people and they have the same weaknesses as others. In addition, different church directions have their own views on gambling, which differ from each other, and what is prohibited in some is acceptable in others.

Some pastors understand how the world revolves, they just want to preach about salvation and bring you closed to God. They condemn things but they don't make it look like if you do things that aren't clearly stated in the holy book you will see a consequence.

Many churches don't condemn gambling but they talk against due to addiction, loss of attention from Godly activities. Could you believe some people do gamble in church while service is going, that's how bad gambling has made people loss focus. There should be time for everything, gambling will not run away, doing it in church doesn't guarantee win in any form.

[Hispo]

I can't actually say that gambling is a sin, the reason why it is as if gambling is a sin is because of those strange feelings that is attached to it. In this issue of pastor truly a pastor is not meant to gamble due to those strange feelings that people usually develop while gambling which some pastors can not be discipline enough to control themselves without doing anything negative because if a pastor is gambling and eventually become addicted to gamble, when he used up the money he has he can decide to temper church funds this is the reason why pastors is not supposed to go into gambling.

It is kind of ironic how it is mentioned how pastors and priests are not supposed to gamble or bet at all, but at the same time they sometimes engage in activities which are pretty much illegal and atrocious. I mean, gambling is the minor of their problems when they are found to have engaged in child sexual abuse, which is obviously disgusting.
For some reason, pastors seem to be specially prone to commit some dangerous sins, in the end they are still human beings, and their repressed sexuality and search for entertainment can lead them to become addicted to gambling, alcohol or even abuse children.
They should be allowed to at least get married.

[Miles2006]

Quite funny, people still think gambling is a sin as a matter of fact op knows a lot about people’s opinion and being judgmental about gambling activity. Gambling is not a sin and I’m surprised, the online casino is available for those who feel unsafe when gambling probably people might talk but, this is not a problem viewing gambling is not an illegal activity neither is gambling a sin meanwhile pastors who speak about gambling activity in such manner have their different reason but the fact remains gambling is not a sin.

[vanesha]

Gambling is not a sin because we do not disturb other people when playing, moreover gambling is just entertainment but if you are lucky you will get more prizes, gambling is said to be a sin when gambling burdens and harms other people, if it is still within reasonable limits gambling is not a sin but it is just entertainment and everyone certainly has their own desire to be entertained

[GeorgeJohn]

Gambling is not a sin but if you religion does not permit you to gamble do not force yourself to gamble, I have seen many persons in this forum but decline gambling signature campaigns because they are religion does not welcome gambling so there is no way that we promote such, and not promoting or joining a signature campaign that promote gambling is not because they hate gambling but because they're acting according to their religion permit them.

[Sonia_123]

Gambling is motivated by love of money many place bets with a good intentions of making it and being wealthy in it ,materialistic and materialism is the root of gambling,even the holy Bible call it an event of luck or chance,the purpose of this topic is to debate and check if gambling is morally acceptable.

This has always draw my attention mostly in the local areas many sees anyone who enter a gambling shops as sinners,or if you even say it that you gamble they will start looking at you as a sinner or a crime addict but to me I see gambling as a good and fair place to be and also a matter of choice.
Though many pastors do preach against it but I don't actually knows their understanding towards it,why some pastor like gambling.

What is your opinion on this:

According to the scripture Yes,but it is  that while they  were still youths they were gambling and are used to it , therefore being a Pastor does not stop them from gambling as long as the time for their work Pastoring is not affected by their gambling activities, most of them are already addicts and so they continue gambling despite that they know that gambling ls a sin , also the fun in  gambling is always making them to want more .

[Bitinity]

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According to the scripture Yes,but it is  that while they  were still youths they were gambling and are used to it , therefore being a Pastor does not stop them from gambling as long as the time for their work Pastoring is not affected by their gambling activities, most of them are already addicts and so they continue gambling despite that they know that gambling ls a sin , also the fun in  gambling is always making them to want more .

Which scripture is it? If youreferring to the bibble, as far as I know there is no explicit verses which says that gambling is forbidden or says that gambling is a sin. Gambling as a sin is usually an interpretation which is usually linked to bad habit such as idolatry of money where gamblers cares more about money than others (including God).