Can gambling turn an atheist to theist and superstitious?

[Rajamuda]

In the view of religion, of course gambling still looks bad/have impression something that is not worth to do, it sounds strange when we can get helped from the religious side, it could be that we get help when do gambling if we have a helper genie

[sana54210]

Gambling is not related to any religion, gambling was a way for a human to enjoy life and they can play so many games inside gambling games. I don't think that the addiction person in gambling will fear or afraid to play gambling games. Maybe some people will stop to play gambling if they remember about GOD. But I don't have any idea about that.

I think different religion have different ways they view gambling, Islam condemns gambling harshly, and anything game of chance is prohibited and very restricted, same as Christianity also. In Christianity winning money at the expense of others is wrong because you are basically taking advantage on of another and that is what gambling teaches.

I think there are religions that supports gambling but against the addiction of it, anyone who plays gambling moderately without getting addicted will not have  any reason to feel guilty playing gambling, they will see it the way they play normal game on mobile that requires them buying coins to continue with it.

[swogerino]

Funny question because people who gamble do not care about religion at all.They only care about having fun and winning some money

It can turn though any person to superstitious as even the atheist when it sees the plane crashing prays to whatever entity in his mind even God to save his life, so it says a joke so gambling can turn any person to superstitious.

[Pamadar]

In most religions, God wouldn't help you anything with gambling so there's no relation to it.

I thought that atheists doesn't believe in God? yours is a special case IMO.

they will say oh my god !! When they lose or win. At least that reminds them to God. Lol.
You're right, there really isn't any correlation From gambling to religion. So don't expect you to get the guidance and blessings of God from gambling

Looking for some breathing, but ain't get anything as it's still considered a sin but some religious groups received financial assistance with gambling business they called it charitable works, really funny to know that religions called it a sin but accepting donations., Well I guess that's life.

[maydna]

In most religions, God wouldn't help you anything with gambling so there's no relation to it.

I thought that atheists doesn't believe in God? yours is a special case IMO.

they will say oh my god !! When they lose or win. At least that reminds them to God. Lol.
You're right, there really isn't any correlation From gambling to religion. So don't expect you to get the guidance and blessings of God from gambling

So it means, from an atheist, someone can become a theist, right? Because they say oh my GOD

I guess that if we are playing gambling, we don't need to say about religion. When you think that playing gambling is a sin, then you need to stay away and don't gamble for the rest of your life. But if you are okay with gamble, then you can gamble in anytime you want. But if someone is an atheist and he thinks that gamble is including in a sin matter and he decides to stop gamble, then that will be a good choice for him.

[Ucy]

You probably not a fanatical atheist.. . only strong evidences could turn atheist like you away from atheism
You probably got too attached to gambling and when things began to get worse or things didn't go your way you became vulnerable and see the need for GOD.
Some atheist are quite stubborn  that nothing could ever turn them away from atheism

[Yatsan]

Gambling will not turn you into an atheist to theist and start to believe in superstitions, you only started to think of it because you are start wishing or asking for luck for you to have a chance to win gambling. You should not consider gambling as a religion or a church because it doesn't have any relation in any of these, and gambling is a game for entertainment or for leisure time. I also start asking for luck since i started playing in a trusted and famous online casino "vegas casino" because i always play poker and slots game there. Then i started to have a lose streak,so i start asking and praying for me to win a huge prize and it i really started to have a win streak after that.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

Gambling will not turn you into an atheist to theist and start to believe in superstitions, you only started to think of it because you are start wishing or asking for luck for you to have a chance to win gambling. You should not consider gambling as a religion or a church because it doesn't have any relation in any of these, and gambling is a game for entertainment or for leisure time. I also start asking for luck since i started playing in a trusted and famous online casino "vegas casino" because i always play poker and slots game there. Then i started to have a lose streak,so i start asking and praying for me to win a huge prize and it i really started to have a win streak after that.

You are definitely right that gambling will not make you to believe in god or in any superstitions because gambling is just a game for you to earn easy money or for entertainment only.

[Yatsan]

Gambling will not turn you into an atheist to theist and start to believe in superstitions, you only started to think of it because you are start wishing or asking for luck for you to have a chance to win gambling. You should not consider gambling as a religion or a church because it doesn't have any relation in any of these, and gambling is a game for entertainment or for leisure time. I also start asking for luck since i started playing in a trusted and famous online casino "vegas casino" because i always play poker and slots game there. Then i started to have a lose streak,so i start asking and praying for me to win a huge prize and it i really started to have a win streak after that.

You are definitely right that gambling will not make you to believe in god or in any superstitions because gambling is just a game for you to earn easy money or for entertainment only.

Gambling is really a game for you to win easy money and for entertainment, that is why it doesn't have any relation in any superstitions or religion, even it is all about chances of winning.

[FanEagle]

I don’t think winning or losing a gambling game has anything to do with God, God is not a gambler and would not support anything gambling based on my own belief, and if he does, he would not support gambling addiction so, he created games for fun and nature itself has a way it pick who to favor at any point and that is why it is a game of luck. And atheist in the first place, they do not even believe in the existence of God, so when I see one who   one who acknowledges his winning or losing to God, I think I should be surprised in the first place lol.

[RodeoX]

God is going to have her work cut out for her to convince me. I see nothing in the universe that won't be explained by rational scientific thought. Saying "God did it" is like saying "I'm just not willing to learn".

[carlfebz2]

I don’t think winning or losing a gambling game has anything to do with God, God is not a gambler and would not support anything gambling based on my own belief, and if he does, he would not support gambling addiction so, he created games for fun and nature itself has a way it pick who to favor at any point and that is why it is a game of luck. And atheist in the first place, they do not even believe in the existence of God, so when I see one who   one who acknowledges his winning or losing to God, I think I should be surprised in the first place lol.

Not only that, its not right to think off that there are factors that can really affect gambling chances.If it does then these gambling businesses wont really exist on the first place
because people would just simply pray or do ask then they would able to win.These thing do happen on our own dreams but in reality you would really experience the opposite.

[BlueStackz]

Funny question because people who gamble do not care about religion at all.They only care about having fun and winning some money

It can turn though any person to superstitious as even the atheist when it sees the plane crashing prays to whatever entity in his mind even God to save his life, so it says a joke so gambling can turn any person to superstitious.

Lol. That is very true. I think so many religions are against gambling and many gamblers do not even put religion into consideration when gambling. Having fun is the paramount thing as long as it is not done excessively. Most religions are against clubbing but does that stop people from going to the club or does it mean people who go to club do not belong to a religion? It is not gambling per say that makes a gambler superstitious, its actually tension and the fear of losing lol.

I like your illustration of plane crash; it’s a normal thing with tension. Well my opinion on gambling and religion is that, religion has nothing to do with gambling and anyone who is interested in gambling drops his or her religion aside before going into the game.

[boyptc]

In most religions, God wouldn't help you anything with gambling so there's no relation to it.

I thought that atheists doesn't believe in God? yours is a special case IMO.

they will say oh my god !! When they lose or win. At least that reminds them to God. Lol.
You're right, there really isn't any correlation From gambling to religion. So don't expect you to get the guidance and blessings of God from gambling

True and witty! LOL. They are now blaming above with their losses.

Truth is as a former very religious person that God can not help in your gambling.
To risk your money when you should be providing for your family is something God and all religions I believe look down on.
Unless of course it supports the religion

Oh yeah, some church held raffle and it's a sort of gambling.

[adzino]

How the hell do you guys even come up with these kinds of thought or questions? No, gambling won't turn an atheist into a theist and superstitious. If they pray during gambling (pray so that the expected result favors the gambler), then there is a high chance that he has done it unintentionally. This doesn't mean that he is slowly turning back into a religious and a theist guy.
Just in short - No gambling addiction won't turn an atheist into a theist!

[crzy]

In most religions, God wouldn't help you anything with gambling so there's no relation to it.

I thought that atheists doesn't believe in God? yours is a special case IMO.

Truth is as a former very religious person that God can not help in your gambling.
To risk your money when you should be providing for your family is something God and all religions I believe look down on.
Unless of course it supports the religion

Very true on this one and it usually happen here in my place every year. Atheist can become religious too not just because of gambling but because they’ve started to believe on. Well, there are people who beleves on God but not on any religion, this maybe a different story. Gambling is too bad for some religions, but we all pray to win and I believe we are united here.

[BitBustah]

That is so true about churches, the ones around my area hold bingo nights and raffles.  So much for being against gambling.  Churches and religious figures have always been hypocrites for the most part so this doesn't surprise me.



"I'm not superstitious but I'm a little stitious"- Michael Scott

[qwertyup23]

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I do not see the relevance of connecting religious beliefs into luck but if it actually helps the person overcome the stress or pressure in gambling, then they are free to do so. Unfortunately, people who cling into believing superstitious beliefs typically end up disappointed. No matter what prayer you act or offering you do, when you are dealing with odds, everything is random.

Gambling is really a game for you to win easy money and for entertainment, that is why it doesn't have any relation in any superstitions or religion, even it is all about chances of winning.

That is the problem of most addicts as they view gambling as a form of acquiring 'easy money'. But in fact, it goes both ways that it is easy to win money and also easy to lose everything. If people tend to cling into superstitious beliefs whenever they gamble, let them be as it is their way of rationalizing their current situation. If it helps them mitigate their stress then I do not see the problem on doing so.

[Idrisu]

Though many people believe in the power of God's favor or one kind of power in turn thinks to they favour I strongly things that atheist will change their views about God because of momentary gains since this is base on believing.

[fullhdpixel]

This is one thing I think almost all atheist have in common and it makes me wonder what the belief is really all about. When there are good times you attribute it to nature or something else and when there is trouble you call on God to save you, I don’t know how a gambling game can make an atheist become theist but I know gambling is a game of lucky and luck is anything that happens by chance and that’s the same thing with loss.

So when you win, I think you should be grateful that your luck shine so well on that day rather than thinking it’s the color of cloth you wore. If there’s  a particular cloth color to gambling, I am very sure everyone would buy that. Well calling God to help you when you looseis also not a bad Idea, he could as well help.