Can gambling turn an atheist to theist and superstitious?

[guoyu78]

One thing about the power of the mind is that whatever you set your mind heart is what goes with you, if a gambler believes in his heart that a pen will make him win, then it will happen, but naturally, God doesn’t have hand in such things, it is just a superstition, it is whatever they believe in their heart gets attracted to them.

This what is called law of attraction, if the mindset is strong about a winning and the believe is their 100% that such gambler will be successful, then he will be, if he doubts his winning, it is obvious that he might not win, but gambling is just strictly a game of luck and luck comes to us when we believe it in our heart.

Law of attraction does not work with gambling, if it does am sure everyone would be a winner because everyone entered gambling with a positive mindset.

I remember few years ago after reading a book titled the power of positive thinking by Normal Vincent peale, it was really strong in my heart that I thought I could apply it to gambling, I saw myself winning all my games. But, I was really disappointed after playing because, I was very confident that I had all the right mindset to winning the game. Skills are the best and only strategy for winning in gambling.

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[Kiweikoo]

I don't think that being an aitheist or a believer connected in gambling. Yes, sometimes I tend to pray to God for me to win my gambles. But even so, I still don't win some games. You wanna know why? Because it is not connected to your religion.

Those who are more attached to the religion will surely pray from the God that they win in gambling. If you have no attachment to religion then ofcourse you will not think in this way. In few religions Gambling is prohibited, so those people should avoid gambling in the first place.

I think that you could connect gambling with your believes in a way if you want. See there is something called luck. In statistics, we call it randomness and from a religion point of view, it is called the assistance of God. See if you do not believe in luck or randomness, the only option left to you is the one which links your gambling activities with the religion. In addition, you could read books over the topic to explore the right answers.

[Pmalek]

I don't think that being an aitheist or a believer connected in gambling. Yes, sometimes I tend to pray to God for me to win my gambles. But even so, I still don't win some games. You wanna know why? Because it is not connected to your religion.

I am sure God keeps an eye on all the gamblers and helps them win money. It is on top of his to-do list slightly below thoughts and prayers for victims of natural disasters. If you prayed and God didn't help you with your bets it means that some other gamblers were louder in their prayers and God simply favoured them over you. 

I hope you like irony.

[samputin]

Not really. It still depends on the person, you know. I know there are lots of theist gamblers but that doesn't make them involve God in their game so that they wouldn't have to blame the Supreme Being for not allowing them win that day. I'm a theist as well but I think gambling is more of a game of chance. If I win, then praise God. If I lose, still, thank God. In your case, maybe you aren't that athiest after all. Maybe your core belief remains as a believer of God.

[Whosdaddy]

I don't think that being an aitheist or a believer connected in gambling. Yes, sometimes I tend to pray to God for me to win my gambles. But even so, I still don't win some games. You wanna know why? Because it is not connected to your religion.

I am sure God keeps an eye on all the gamblers and helps them win money. It is on top of his to-do list slightly below thoughts and prayers for victims of natural disasters. If you prayed and God didn't help you with your bets it means that some other gamblers were louder in their prayers and God simply favoured them over you. 

I hope you like irony.

Very sarcastic lol. I don’t know what gambling has to do with God. Just take God out of gambling and concentrate on the game, pray for luck and work on your skill. Winning gambling takes a lot of effort and hard work.

I have tried as much as I can to keep religion out of gambling and ill implore every player to do same. Prayers do not make people win, neither does miracle happen, it’s all a game of strategy. Look for the strategies required for your game, spend more time in learning and you with time you will become a professional in gambling. The question of how gambling can turn an atheist to theist, I would say that it Is absolutely impossible.

[Betwrong]

We all know gambling is random. We like to call it as "luck" as it sounds cute but it's like "choice of odds" in mathematics.

I'm an atheist and when I started to play, I had a fun experience despite of what I won or lose because I bet small amounts. Then I got addicted because of some big wins so I started to gamble much.

Even if I wanted to think that maybe my winning and losing isn't getting impacted by anything external, I believed otherwise. I believed my winning is the result of the color of the shirt and wearing, music I'm listening to, time of the day etc. Then when I lost big, I prayed to God to help me win/recover. I saw gambling as life and winning is heaven and losing is punishment from God.

Then slowly I stopped and the addiction got away a bit.

What's your opinion, do you believe in God/power that you think may help you win? I think gambling has the potential to turn an atheist into theist because of fear/risk it has.

First of, it's good that you are on the way of overcoming your addiction. Good job! Keep it up!

As for believing in God or some power that can help you win, you said it yourself, it only makes your addiction worse. If you want your gambling experience was a positive one, then don't rely on some mystic power, but rather rely on math. Divide your yearly income by 365, and then divide the result by 50. That's what you can afford to lose in one day to gambling.

If your yearly income is X, then you shouldn't risk more than X/(365x50) in one day, if you gamble every day. But if you gamble once per month, then you can afford risking 30 times more than that, and so on.

[carter34]

What's your opinion, do you believe in God/power that you think may help you win?

I think God does not associate himself with gambling, he doesn't see gambling as a source that can lead you to serve him. This was demonstrated in the synagogue where He destroyed the gambling going on in the church. I hope we all know this story.

[Fredomago]

Not really. It still depends on the person, you know. I know there are lots of theist gamblers but that doesn't make them involve God in their game so that they wouldn't have to blame the Supreme Being for not allowing them win that day. I'm a theist as well but I think gambling is more of a game of chance. If I win, then praise God. If I lose, still, thank God. In your case, maybe you aren't that athiest after all. Maybe your core belief remains as a believer of God.

Good point, why calling something that you don't believe in the first place, maybe if you this you still have inside your minds, the believe that there's really
someone's above, but int terms of gambling, even there's somebody there it won't change anything, it's luck who will bring you profits in terms of gambling nothing else.

[_Django05_]

We all know gambling is random. We like to call it as "luck" as it sounds cute but it's like "choice of odds" in mathematics.

What's your opinion, do you believe in God/power that you think may help you win?

I do believe in god but i don’t think god has something to do with you winning or losing gambling. Just like you said, winning or losing in gambiling is more on mathematical and luck.

[bonker]

There are still some people who worship god before betting to increase their luck which their belief but we don't know it helped to win that bet or not just a belief so let the things to do what we like before betting will give some self confidence.

[prtty2gal2]

There are still some people who worship god before betting to increase their luck which their belief but we don't know it helped to win that bet or not just a belief so let the things to do what we like before betting will give some self confidence.

Belief is something that comes from the heart and I think it makes you stronger and prepares you mentally to tackle any challenge. It is kind of mindset that enables you embark upon a path that otherwise you would never dare to step on. But I think that if someone needs reasons to see if God exists, there are so many signs in the universe that could be taken into account and could be studied about which might help.

[Noilee]

We all know gambling is random. We like to call it as "luck" as it sounds cute but it's like "choice of odds" in mathematics.

I'm an atheist and when I started to play, I had a fun experience despite of what I won or lose because I bet small amounts. Then I got addicted because of some big wins so I started to gamble much.

Even if I wanted to think that maybe my winning and losing isn't getting impacted by anything external, I believed otherwise. I believed my winning is the result of the color of the shirt and wearing, music I'm listening to, time of the day etc. Then when I lost big, I prayed to God to help me win/recover. I saw gambling as life and winning is heaven and losing is punishment from God.

Then slowly I stopped and the addiction got away a bit.

What's your opinion, do you believe in God/power that you think may help you win? I think gambling has the potential to turn an atheist into theist because of fear/risk it has.

Since gambling is luck based, You can only pray to God that you win the games. If you pray and then you win, your trust in God will be built more and you will pray every time before you play gamble.
If you are superstitious and think a certain color or thing can help you win, then you are totally wrong. You should not relate your winnings/losing with such things.

I agree, because prayer is the important before anything else, and its important and you will given chances to win. But if you believe only on superstitious its impossible for you to win, and just lose your money until you will become addicted. 

[fortunecrypto]

We all know gambling is random. We like to call it as "luck" as it sounds cute but it's like "choice of odds" in mathematics.

I'm an atheist and when I started to play, I had a fun experience despite of what I won or lose because I bet small amounts. Then I got addicted because of some big wins so I started to gamble much.

Even if I wanted to think that maybe my winning and losing isn't getting impacted by anything external, I believed otherwise. I believed my winning is the result of the color of the shirt and wearing, music I'm listening to, time of the day etc. Then when I lost big, I prayed to God to help me win/recover. I saw gambling as life and winning is heaven and losing is punishment from God.

Then slowly I stopped and the addiction got away a bit.

What's your opinion, do you believe in God/power that you think may help you win? I think gambling has the potential to turn an atheist into theist because of fear/risk it has.

God will never help anyone to become addicted to gambling, he knows that once a person becomes addicted to gambling his life will be a ruin, you are winning because you have a good run of luck, nothing more than that, God has nothing to do with it, so don't attach it to anything religion.

[Ayiranorea]

We all know gambling is random. We like to call it as "luck" as it sounds cute but it's like "choice of odds" in mathematics.

I'm an atheist and when I started to play, I had a fun experience despite of what I won or lose because I bet small amounts. Then I got addicted because of some big wins so I started to gamble much.

Even if I wanted to think that maybe my winning and losing isn't getting impacted by anything external, I believed otherwise. I believed my winning is the result of the color of the shirt and wearing, music I'm listening to, time of the day etc. Then when I lost big, I prayed to God to help me win/recover. I saw gambling as life and winning is heaven and losing is punishment from God.

Then slowly I stopped and the addiction got away a bit.

What's your opinion, do you believe in God/power that you think may help you win? I think gambling has the potential to turn an atheist into theist because of fear/risk it has.

God will never help anyone to become addicted to gambling, he knows that once a person becomes addicted to gambling his life will be a ruin, you are winning because you have a good run of luck, nothing more than that, God has nothing to do with it, so don't attach it to anything religion.

Yes, God will never make an user get into addiction. For me superstitious believes were just a way of coincidence, because people used to relate the winning with superstition and when lost it is termed just a loss. There is nothing more than God, and nothing needs to be related to religion or God in any aspect as people have difference of opinion in each and everything.

[carlfebz2]

We all know gambling is random. We like to call it as "luck" as it sounds cute but it's like "choice of odds" in mathematics.

I'm an atheist and when I started to play, I had a fun experience despite of what I won or lose because I bet small amounts. Then I got addicted because of some big wins so I started to gamble much.

Even if I wanted to think that maybe my winning and losing isn't getting impacted by anything external, I believed otherwise. I believed my winning is the result of the color of the shirt and wearing, music I'm listening to, time of the day etc. Then when I lost big, I prayed to God to help me win/recover. I saw gambling as life and winning is heaven and losing is punishment from God.

Then slowly I stopped and the addiction got away a bit.

What's your opinion, do you believe in God/power that you think may help you win? I think gambling has the potential to turn an atheist into theist because of fear/risk it has.

God will never help anyone to become addicted to gambling, he knows that once a person becomes addicted to gambling his life will be a ruin, you are winning because you have a good run of luck, nothing more than that, God has nothing to do with it, so don't attach it to anything religion.

Yes, God will never make an user get into addiction. For me superstitious believes were just a way of coincidence, because people used to relate the winning with superstition and when lost it is termed just a loss. There is nothing more than God, and nothing needs to be related to religion or God in any aspect as people have difference of opinion in each and everything.

People would really have that high chance on tagging up Divine things either if they are losing or winning.As you speak it has nothing to do with God when it comes to winning
or asking help because you are already losing money.It is just part of natural instinct of human being on calling or believing into something that it do affects its chances while playing gambling.

[seleme]

Changing belief will be easy for deist people but I doubt true God believers will think about changing religion due to non-expected game outcome in gambling. It should be indicator of a serious disaster to accept mentioned turning point. Winnings and losing only affect to my emotions and deep pocket only let me to play few more hours, no more or less.

[Finestream]

We all know gambling is random. We like to call it as "luck" as it sounds cute but it's like "choice of odds" in mathematics.

I'm an atheist and when I started to play, I had a fun experience despite of what I won or lose because I bet small amounts. Then I got addicted because of some big wins so I started to gamble much.

Even if I wanted to think that maybe my winning and losing isn't getting impacted by anything external, I believed otherwise. I believed my winning is the result of the color of the shirt and wearing, music I'm listening to, time of the day etc. Then when I lost big, I prayed to God to help me win/recover. I saw gambling as life and winning is heaven and losing is punishment from God.

Then slowly I stopped and the addiction got away a bit.

What's your opinion, do you believe in God/power that you think may help you win? I think gambling has the potential to turn an atheist into theist because of fear/risk it has.

God will never help anyone to become addicted to gambling, he knows that once a person becomes addicted to gambling his life will be a ruin, you are winning because you have a good run of luck, nothing more than that, God has nothing to do with it, so don't attach it to anything religion.

Yes, God will never make an user get into addiction. For me superstitious believes were just a way of coincidence, because people used to relate the winning with superstition and when lost it is termed just a loss. There is nothing more than God, and nothing needs to be related to religion or God in any aspect as people have difference of opinion in each and everything.

I do agree.There is no God that will allow his child to be a slave in gambling so He will really find ways to make his child get rid of gambling.Gambling is purely based on luck and so if a gambler happens to win consecutively,he is just lucky that time.Luck may not come the next day so he might lose when he tries to gamble again.

[Moiyah]

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

Prayers will be useless. God is against gambling. This makes me think that maybe God never help me win the game and make me realize that gambling is not healthy in our lives. We play with money involved and that we only rely on pure "luck" not the help of anyone especially not with the help of God. We can seek help from him in different ways like seeking how we can actually recuperate from addiction, from deppresions and from frustrations.

[maydna]

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

Prayers will be useless. God is against gambling. This makes me think that maybe God never help me win the game and make me realize that gambling is not healthy in our lives. We play with money involved and that we only rely on pure "luck" not the help of anyone especially not with the help of God. We can seek help from him in different ways like seeking how we can actually recuperate from addiction, from deppresions and from frustrations.

That might be true. Perhaps, GOD wants to show you that playing gambling doesn't make you rich and you should know that. It is better to do something else to get rich and don't risk much money in gambling. The luck is not related to any religion as many others said and gambling is depending on luck, and that is why only a few people who can be rich from gambling. So before we ruin our lives, we need to think seriously about the risk of playing gambling, and we must prevent ourselves from becoming addicting to gambling.

[davinchi]

We all know gambling is random. We like to call it as "luck" as it sounds cute but it's like "choice of odds" in mathematics.

I'm an atheist and when I started to play, I had a fun experience despite of what I won or lose because I bet small amounts. Then I got addicted because of some big wins so I started to gamble much.

Even if I wanted to think that maybe my winning and losing isn't getting impacted by anything external, I believed otherwise. I believed my winning is the result of the color of the shirt and wearing, music I'm listening to, time of the day etc. Then when I lost big, I prayed to God to help me win/recover. I saw gambling as life and winning is heaven and losing is punishment from God.

Then slowly I stopped and the addiction got away a bit.

What's your opinion, do you believe in God/power that you think may help you win? I think gambling has the potential to turn an atheist into theist because of fear/risk it has.

Well, I don't really know but from where you said that you got addicted to gambling, so I'm guessing that maybe God doesn't want you to be addicted to be gambling, cause according to the Bible, one of the fruits of the spirit is having self control. So if gambling is controlling and you're becoming addicted to it, then it's very bad. And I don't even know if gambling is what we as children of God are meant to be part of, though there is no place the Bible stated exactly that you shouldn't be a gambler, but… There are some parts in the bibles that states things that are similar to that.