Is it a sin to gamble?

[RealPhotoshoper]

For me gambling is not really a sin. It is how a person or the reason for people to play gambling makes it sinful. Any one who would play just for fun as long as you have not done anything wrong just to be able to gamble. Example is stealing money just to be able to play.

I wonder how many ignorant people will like to contribute to this thread. No matter what you think, it is a sin. Deal with it and just because you are saying that it is not, it doesnt mean it is not. At the end,everyone will be judge accordingly to what they have done. Im not saying that Im not a gambler, in fact I am and Im aware it is a sin

Yes. Sin is sin. Sin will not turn into "not sin" just because you say no. Even though you did not do the wrong thing during the play, for example as you already said, stealing in order to gamble. Gambling has gone wrong from the start, so even though you did not do anything wrong during the gamble, your mistakes are already in the beginning. Religion does forbid us to gamble, but can not hold someone from gambling. Options remain in each other.

actually most of the people do not have any sense of playing gambling they do not play according to strategy or planing, but in fact they play gambling for everything they have. and when they lose everything then they start thinking about how to get money and then they even do not refuse the bad idea like stealing, snatching and any other illegal way of earning money. so i think that is the reason that most of the religions state consider gambling illegal way of earning money.

Gambling is an easy way to earn money , no wonder it is much more easier too to waste that money at same time.
This is one of many reason gambling considered as a sin yeaaa causing a wasteful attitude.
And i a little bit agree with you , an effect that might happened due gambling addiction really harmful.

Addition is a sin and gambling is based in addiction, this means most gamblers can't run from the sin, as they are addicted in game. Another reason to be a sin is the greedy this game causes, greedy is a serious sin.
But you can gamble without sin, just don't be greedy and control yourself and you will be fine, balance, equilibrium is the key.

Seems like you are talking slurred here and there
What i mean about gambling is a sin or maybe part of the process to produce a sin where it is usually causing bad things.
Break your realationship , take a loan and did not pay it and even leading into suicide in some cases.

If youre a type of person who doesnt strong enough to face the consequences that have been experiencing then for sure you will end up on doing suicide.Gambling too much will surely create this things later if you arent aware it will slowly destroy your life thats why we should really be careful on engaging to it,never ever believe that gambling could really make you rich.Sin will come out if you do already made things go wrong.

At the very beginning a lot of group / religion have considered gambling as a pure sin.
If you are one of the dutiful religous you might don't need to make this as a tough debate.
Too much negative things caused rather than the positive one , am i right?

[Cazkys]

Biblically, yes. There are many bible verses that had alluded to it as sin and therefore displeasing to God. And it’s a sin since it is heavily connected to one of the seven deadly sins, greed. Lawfully, it depends. There are countries that banned it and made it a punishable crime. There are countries that have allowed it but made many restrictions to control it. Sweepstakes and lotteries are government owned and controlled. Personally, no. It’s just business to me, a way to earn additional cash.

[Angel777]

To the  religious people gambling is a sin because you want the money to be yours.A gambler player aim for a profit to win  and get the money.That which the bible says it's a sin to be a selfish and if you gamble you're like a selfish because you only aim is how to get the money.

[BunnyShibe]

If you take it in a positive way like gambling for fun and entertainment without stepping on anyone, probably it's not. Gambling towards the destruction of a person, then that's a sin. Trying to bankrupt a person that would lead him or her helpless would also be a sin. Anything of too much could cause a lot of things.

i think it is different from place to place and religion to religion, in some religion gambling is a sin, either you are playing in a good way with planning or not, but playing gambling is a sing, similarly in some countries they have banned gambling and not allow any one to play gambling in any condition and if some one found as guilty while playing gambling they will charge for it.  but still there are some religions and places where gambling is not consider as sin and is even allow to play gambling openly.

[Freezingel]

I don't think gambling is a sin simply because it's just another way to have fun. Some religion doesn't allow gambling but i'm an atheist so it's not a sin for me.

[shulio]

To the  religious people gambling is a sin because you want the money to be yours.A gambler player aim for a profit to win  and get the money.That which the bible says it's a sin to be a selfish and if you gamble you're like a selfish because you only aim is how to get the money.

Everyone is doing their sin so gambling is just another one. People will have their own judgement day when they die and there is always time for someone to stop. The site dont force us to play, we commit the sin just like we commit the other sin. If we dont want to commit those sin then we shouldnt be gambling at all

[coolcoinz]

I don't think gambling is a sin simply because it's just another way to have fun. Some religion doesn't allow gambling but i'm an atheist so it's not a sin for me.

You're right, what I'd add is: it's a sin not to gamble. Life is short people should try everything before their life ends and that includes gambling.
If someone wants to hold back because of religious reasons or ethics, it's his choice. One thing is certain: he's missing out on a lot of fun.

[tabas]

I don't think gambling is a sin simply because it's just another way to have fun. Some religion doesn't allow gambling but i'm an atheist so it's not a sin for me.

For atheist like you, it is no sin just like you are justifying gambling is just for having fun which is actually true. And when you started to look for some other activities and yet you are attached to gambling, that will make you feel luckier all the time and you always wanted to earn a lot of money that is leading you to greediness.

[mostkey]

I don't think gambling is a sin simply because it's just another way to have fun. Some religion doesn't allow gambling but i'm an atheist so it's not a sin for me.

For atheist like you, it is no sin just like you are justifying gambling is just for having fun which is actually true. And when you started to look for some other activities and yet you are attached to gambling, that will make you feel luckier all the time and you always wanted to earn a lot of money that is leading you to greediness.

Sin or not it depends on us gambler, What is sin? This is when we can not control our emotions, But there is another story when we can calm down and control our emotions so that can only be said as a pleasure.
we can no need relate to religious issues here.

[Vaskiy]

I don't think gambling is a sin simply because it's just another way to have fun. Some religion doesn't allow gambling but i'm an atheist so it's not a sin for me.

For atheist like you, it is no sin just like you are justifying gambling is just for having fun which is actually true. And when you started to look for some other activities and yet you are attached to gambling, that will make you feel luckier all the time and you always wanted to earn a lot of money that is leading you to greediness.

Sin or not it depends on us gambler, What is sin? This is when we can not control our emotions, But there is another story when we can calm down and control our emotions so that can only be said as a pleasure.
we can no need relate to religious issues here.

Agreed, there is no need of relating gambling to religious facts. It's upon one's own personal mind and willingness. Gambling can be a sin when goes out of control and disturb the community living around us. This happens only when the user loses his control over bitcoin based on unexpected losses.

[mostkey]

I don't think gambling is a sin simply because it's just another way to have fun. Some religion doesn't allow gambling but i'm an atheist so it's not a sin for me.

For atheist like you, it is no sin just like you are justifying gambling is just for having fun which is actually true. And when you started to look for some other activities and yet you are attached to gambling, that will make you feel luckier all the time and you always wanted to earn a lot of money that is leading you to greediness.

Sin or not it depends on us gambler, What is sin? This is when we can not control our emotions, But there is another story when we can calm down and control our emotions so that can only be said as a pleasure.
we can no need relate to religious issues here.

Agreed, there is no need of relating gambling to religious facts. It's upon one's own personal mind and willingness. Gambling can be a sin when goes out of control and disturb the community living around us. This happens only when the user loses his control over bitcoin based on unexpected losses.

Yes it is real, people in the world are so many who always concerned with gambling with religion, the fact that gambling is a hobby, all the hobbies in this world must spend small amounts of money to large, if gambling is included to sin, then what about the hobbies  Which many spend money, if like that other hobbies can say sin

[Shofiqul]

 Some religion doesn't allow gambling, bacuase its related with greedness.

[Viviyang]

Some religion doesn't allow gambling, bacuase its related with greedness.

There are many people in the world who think it is sin to gamble. Although I believe that it is no sin to gamble, but it is not the same with my parents. They think gambling is a very bad habit and destroys a person. I believe that if we do controlled gambling then there would not be a problem for us, but if gambling turns to greed instead of fun, it destroys many lives.

[oegarod]

Some religion doesn't allow gambling, bacuase its related with greedness.

Yeah, but no religion has directly indicated it in any of the religious books. The bad about greediness is mentioned in most of the religious books as it is not good nature for a good living.

[MiF]

For me I think of it as a sin if you are playing with greed,
But if it is just for fun or for your own entertainment to use your time then I think it is not a sin.

[tabas]

I don't think gambling is a sin simply because it's just another way to have fun. Some religion doesn't allow gambling but i'm an atheist so it's not a sin for me.

For atheist like you, it is no sin just like you are justifying gambling is just for having fun which is actually true. And when you started to look for some other activities and yet you are attached to gambling, that will make you feel luckier all the time and you always wanted to earn a lot of money that is leading you to greediness.

Sin or not it depends on us gambler, What is sin? This is when we can not control our emotions, But there is another story when we can calm down and control our emotions so that can only be said as a pleasure.
we can no need relate to religious issues here.

When we cannot control our emotions anymore that is starting to give you a feeling to do something crazy and it's going to trigger you committing sin. Controlling needs to play a big part when you gamble. We have our own belief when it comes to religious matters but well it's popular that religious teachings including gambling as a sin.

[Babyrica0226]

Not a sin for someone with - 8 negative trusts from the DT. I mean what could be worst than scamming people or promoting it? As far as gambling is concerned, no God ever said don't gamble. Neither Bible mentions it. That should be convincing.

Agreed, on that mate. gambling is not a good influence and it can give us an addiction in a long run
if we become negligent to our responsibility if we are going to entertain it properly.

[mirakal]

Not a sin for someone with - 8 negative trusts from the DT. I mean what could be worst than scamming people or promoting it? As far as gambling is concerned, no God ever said don't gamble. Neither Bible mentions it. That should be convincing.

Agreed, on that mate. gambling is not a good influence and it can give us an addiction in a long run
if we become negligent to our responsibility if we are going to entertain it properly.

We have to respect whatever our belief is, gambling is not a bad influence if you are responsible enough, if you are weak you must stay away as this game is not good for you. I have ups and downs in gambling and honestly I was once addicted but I was able to move on and understand that gambling is nice if it will be treated like having fun.

[erwin45hacked]

Agreed, on that mate. gambling is not a good influence and it can give us an addiction in a long run
if we become negligent to our responsibility if we are going to entertain it properly.

Only a fool will succumb to this addiction. We can control everything or you can let yourself be controlled. First of all it is not a matter of getting addicted but it is a matter of that if you realize that you cant get addicted if you dont choose to get addicted but afterall it is still a sin no matter you are addicted or not

[wuvdoll]

Sin it can only be for religious fanatics. For me, this is a great opportunity to have fun and win a good amount.

Gambling itself is not a sin however if you are doing bad things like stealing money to be able to play then that makes you a sinner. its actually the gambler who handle such situation, if you are playing for fun its good but if you become a bad person because of your addiction thats not right.

What do you mean with gambling isn't a sin?? Of course gambling is a sin but for people who are firm to their religion and for most members of this forum I'm not sure they think that gambling is a sin, including me.

I think he is , because i also don't believe that gambling is a sin as long as we don't commit any bad thing that makes gambling worst because of the things we do just for us to gamble. There is a good thing in playing gambling, you play it in a good way not to ruin your life and others life .

By accepting your chances you will understand your loses, you will not seek more for money since you know you will just lose more. It will become a sin once your violate your own rules and you loss control causing you to lose an amount you cannot afford to lose, of course it will not ruin your life right away, slowly it will kill you until your realize you loss not only your money but your  life's happiness in general.

I have a little bit of different opinion in this case. I guess the personal rules that we make are only for our benefit. We only think of if I lost this much amount then I has to stop playing on the same day and when we win and earn from it we don’t stop, it is because we think of ourselves only.

What makes it a sin is that we don’t think of the others and according to me any harm weather financial, physical and mental if we give to someone we are committing a sin. I don’t know how much of my friends will agree with me but this is what how I think of it.