Why in some religion gambling is forbidden?

[Fiasem20]

The major religion in my country are Christianity, Islamic and traditional religion.I can only make contributions on the religion I belong to which is Christianity religion.In Christianity religion,christians read the Holy Bible,and the Bible didn't specifically warn the christians that gambling is a sinful act.It only looks sinful when it's becomes an addiction by a believer.Some gamblers have it in mind of getting rich overnight without working hard and the bible is against quick and easy riches.

[Onyeeze]

When we talk about religion we cannot dine the forbidden things like alcohol, prostitution and many other things in this topic we will discuss why do gambling is forbidden (Haram, interdit) .
So can you tell me why is it forbidden in your religion?
And for the non religious persons what you think ?

Religion is against gambling base on what they believe  that is their doctrine, gambling is good when you are above 18 years and you also have a job that give you a monthly salary so when you gamble with such money the generated by yourself I don't think that is bad so I believe that whoever that have a monthly salary is liable to do anything that the he want to do with the money especially even the person want to engage in gambling so religion cannot determine the kind of life we can choose or we will choose so therefore it is obvious that we have to follow the main protocols in gambling.

[robelneo]

When we talk about religion we cannot dine the forbidden things like alcohol, prostitution and many other things in this topic we will discuss why do gambling is forbidden (Haram, interdit) .
So can you tell me why is it forbidden in your religion?
And for the non religious persons what you think ?

I think the majority of religions forbid gambling because it takes you away your attention from religion, in our religion, we are forbidden to gamble too much because it represents addiction and love for money and we have a teaching that you cannot serve two masters either you will hate the one and serve the other and in gambling addiction you will lose all the virtue of being a good man, it will cause neglect on your duty to your family and on your work and your religion.

Although our religion is not very strict about gambling we are taught to be moderate and our obligation should be to our religion, family society, if you're addicted to gambling you will regret all of this.

[Wiwo]

Even though we have the basic knowledge we need to gamble responsibly at our finger tips, we still have quite a good number of gamblers who still fall victim of gambling addiction on a regular basis. This is what almost all the religions are trying to avoid, they understand that gambling has the potential of influencing a person's brain and mind, making them to act out of proportion just to get quick money, hence the need for gambling prohibition.

Religious leaders have the interest of their followers at heart. We cannot deny the fact that gambling earnings have helped lots of people live a comfortable life, this same gambling has also ruined lots of lives too.  No one is going to punish you for gambling but if people are allowed to gamble the way they want without this consciousness that gambling is a sin, more people will troop into gambling and probably abuse it.

Yeah the outcome of gambling addictions is what most religion and government have seen that lead to them placing some level of restriction or even ban on gambling,  this is why most time,  you will see that if a person can gamble responsibly,  both the religion and the government or even the public won't take such person as an anti society or an offenders.

Compared to the one that can not control they gambling urge or character and haven't demonstrated alot of behaviours that are unacceptable for the society and religion at large.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

When we talk about religion we cannot dine the forbidden things like alcohol, prostitution and many other things in this topic we will discuss why do gambling is forbidden (Haram, interdit) .
So can you tell me why is it forbidden in your religion?
And for the non religious persons what you think ?

Well, in my religion, which is Christianity, there are some pastors, apostles, and preachers of the Bible who speak against gambling because of the passage of the Bible that says that whatever a Christian gives more attention to than God, becomes the idle of that man. So, some Christians become so addicted to gambling more than their bible, and as such, they can be tempted to face other problems in life or commit different crimes because of their addiction to gambling. So, the pastors usually preach against gambling, telling Christians not to ingage in it because they can become addicted and start committing other illegal activities that are also taboo in the Christian religion, such as stealing, lying, and being too angry because of losses they had in gambling that can lead to domestic violence and can even lead to death.

I am a Christian,  of cuz I gamble, I am not a reckless gambler, I have not committed any crime because of gambling and I have not really been addicted so badly to gambling, so I don't see it as a sin. Gambling is for fun; people who get addicted to it choose their faith like that; if not, I don't see any reason why someone must allow what they do to control them. 

[Wiwo]

The major religion in my country are Christianity, Islamic and traditional religion.I can only make contributions on the religion I belong to which is Christianity religion.In Christianity religion,christians read the Holy Bible,and the Bible doesn't specifically warn the Christians that gambling is a sinful act. It only looks sinful when it becomes an addiction by a believer. Some gamblers have it in mind to get rich overnight without working hard and the bible is against quick and easy riches.

Even though the Bible did not specifically state gambling which is one of the shortcomings of that time since when the Bible was written,  gambling may not be available at that time but we still have pastors who preach against gambling.

I am a Christian also,  and my pastor always preaches against gambling and at that I stand to say that,  despite not being mentioned in the Bible,  Christianity still preach against gambling.

[Westinhome]

When we talk about religion we cannot dine the forbidden things like alcohol, prostitution and many other things in this topic we will discuss why do gambling is forbidden (Haram, interdit) .
So can you tell me why is it forbidden in your religion?
And for the non religious persons what you think ?

The religious belief was difficult one,because the followers of that religion will not able to get away from it.The rules in the religion was good,but following the entire rules was not easy one.The loan getting also against the religious rules.But if the person from that community was in biggest money problem for the medical expenses.They doesn’t have money to handle such expenses,how the person will manage the money.They need to go for the credits to save from the serious health issue.So the gamblers also have to use the gambling based on their own opinion,religious beliefs should not overbidding the own wish to the game.

[SatoPrincess]

I think most religions are against gambling for the same reasons. Gambling is perceived as instant gratification or as religious people would say “feeding one’s flesh”. The principles of the Bible regarding wealth is clear, seed and harvest time being one of the most famous parable in the Bible teaches us God rewards the labour of our hands and also teaches us the value of time (delayed gratification). These religious books are subject to personal interpretation, gamblers who are believers can argue that it’s not a sin as long as they do it in moderation and understands that gambling is not a get rich quick scheme, but for entertainment purposes only.

[tbterryboy]

When we talk about religion we cannot dine the forbidden things like alcohol, prostitution and many other things in this topic we will discuss why do gambling is forbidden (Haram, interdit) .
So can you tell me why is it forbidden in your religion?
And for the non religious persons what you think ?

As said by others, I think it's only Islam where gambling is forbidden and the most basic reason for this that I know of is that it's a means of transferring wealth for no reason, which promotes injustice because when you win a certain amount in gambling, it's the money of someone that has lost it to the house. So if you are making a bet worth $100k, and if you win it, you get the money that has been lost by other gamblers which is injustice in its actual meaning.

Other than this, it promotes violence, ruins lives, and most importantly, it is addictive and something that is addictive, it tends to make people use it excessively, and when people become excessive gamblers, they lose everything and some of them might start doing wrong things to get money so that they can gamble with it.

[irhact]

When we talk about religion we cannot dine the forbidden things like alcohol, prostitution and many other things in this topic we will discuss why do gambling is forbidden (Haram, interdit) .
So can you tell me why is it forbidden in your religion?
And for the non religious persons what you think ?

I think gambling is forbidden by religious individual as it's an addictive activity that can lead to other sins. Gambling promotes laziness as individual can get rich without working and religious individual want to work to earn the income they get and not getting it from taking others money. Some religious individual see gambling as stealing as one individual needs to lose for another individuals to make profits and there are many individuals losing when they're gambling.

I'm a Christian and I gamble but not everytime, gambling to me isn't bad but when we gamble everytime it becomes bad as it can lead to addiction that'll lead to other bad activities. Many individuals are losing when they start gambling and this is reason why religious preacher preach against gamble as it destroys most individuals. But instead of preaching against gamble, they should teach responsible gambling.

[Assface16678]

Well, the only religion I know that forbids gambling is Islam. I don't know exactly why because I don't know their religion, but based on my research, they treat gambling as a sin based on their Quran and the Sunnah of the prophet Muhammad. Well, we can't know why they forbid it, but in other religions, even though they do not forbid gambling, they still encourage people of their religion to avoid or control the use of gambling as it can lead to other crimes or people may create unwanted things because of the influence of gambling, and that's true; people who are addicted to gambling can do things that they should not do.

It is proven that a gambler with addiction can cause chaos or bad things for other people if they don't control themselves. So if you know someone who is gambling and you are noticing a significant change, then be wary of it.

[SeaCoinCollector.]

It's not allowed in some religions like Islam, because they believe that gambling can lead to bad things like being greedy or just relying on luck instead of doing hard work. And for others, they can also see gambling as bad because it can cause problems like becoming addicted, lose money, hurt self/family, or even cause crime and poverty. Whether someone is religious or not, people can see or agree about gambling negative effects.

[LDL]

When we talk about religion we cannot dine the forbidden things like alcohol, prostitution and many other things in this topic we will discuss why do gambling is forbidden (Haram, interdit) .
So can you tell me why is it forbidden in your religion?
And for the non religious persons what you think ?

Religious feelings are different for each person especially as a follower of Islam gambling is haram and forbidden for me. According to Islam, gambling, alcohol, cigarettes, etc., are forbidden by any substance that causes tension in the body. In my religion gambling and usury both seriously disturb the society and these things are widely prohibited in the religion. Gambling helps to create many horrible activities in the society especially the bad activities like theft, robbery, murder and drug trafficking are organized in the society.

[Kakmakr]

I think the general idea behind this is that gambling is based on "luck" and not hard work. You are not supposed to believe in "luck".... and you should not put you hope and prayer into something that are not in the hands of your religion.

Let's not forget that someone needs to lose money for you to win money, so someone needs to suffer for you to win something. Most religions believe in doing no harm to other and that is why they are saying that gambling are doing harm to others.

I say, when someone win a large amount of money, they might do some good with it. Let's image someone winning the Lottery and then opening a succesful business and creating jobs for 100s of people? (We do not know how those wins are changing the lives of many people)

[len01]

When we talk about religion we cannot dine the forbidden things like alcohol, prostitution and many other things in this topic we will discuss why do gambling is forbidden (Haram, interdit) .
So can you tell me why is it forbidden in your religion?
And for the non religious persons what you think ?

I am sure some people have given the right answer but I will only give additional opinions that I know.
every religion provides the best guidance to its people and provides guidance to avoid any adverse effects and everything that is forbidden in religion there must be benefits in the prohibition but as religious people we are not always required to obey the rules because humans are always make a mistake.
I mean even though gambling is prohibited in certain religions, there are usually many who are determined to gamble but still have to understand the risk and not to get the bad impact.

as I know in the religion that I see says it prohibited to gamble and if I understand it in the prohibition for us to avoid negative impacts such as addiction, stealing or robbing etc.
now, in this case it clear that every religion has their respective rules and most importantly the prohibition actually to regulate us so as not to fall into misery.

[ARTOIS]

The main religion that I know that ban gambling is just Islam. Others like Christianity, Hindu and Buddha religions do not ban gambling.

So can you tell me why is it forbidden in your religion?

My country has many ethnic groups and both Christians and Muslim are there also with traditional worshipers, but gambling is not forbidden in my country. There are many gambling sites that you can use to gamble which are local gambling sites.

in my country gambling is forbidden , thank you

When we talk about religion we cannot dine the forbidden things like alcohol, prostitution and many other things in this topic we will discuss why do gambling is forbidden (Haram, interdit) .
So can you tell me why is it forbidden in your religion?
And for the non religious persons what you think ?

Religious feelings are different for each person especially as a follower of Islam gambling is haram and forbidden for me. According to Islam, gambling, alcohol, cigarettes, etc., are forbidden by any substance that causes tension in the body. In my religion gambling and usury both seriously disturb the society and these things are widely prohibited in the religion. Gambling helps to create many horrible activities in the society especially the bad activities like theft, robbery, murder and drug trafficking are organized in the society.

you mentioned the serious consequences of gambling , thank you

When we talk about religion we cannot dine the forbidden things like alcohol, prostitution and many other things in this topic we will discuss why do gambling is forbidden (Haram, interdit) .
So can you tell me why is it forbidden in your religion?
And for the non religious persons what you think ?

Well, in my religion, which is Christianity, there are some pastors, apostles, and preachers of the Bible who speak against gambling because of the passage of the Bible that says that whatever a Christian gives more attention to than God, becomes the idle of that man. So, some Christians become so addicted to gambling more than their bible, and as such, they can be tempted to face other problems in life or commit different crimes because of their addiction to gambling. So, the pastors usually preach against gambling, telling Christians not to ingage in it because they can become addicted and start committing other illegal activities that are also taboo in the Christian religion, such as stealing, lying, and being too angry because of losses they had in gambling that can lead to domestic violence and can even lead to death.

I am a Christian,  of cuz I gamble, I am not a reckless gambler, I have not committed any crime because of gambling and I have not really been addicted so badly to gambling, so I don't see it as a sin. Gambling is for fun; people who get addicted to it choose their faith like that; if not, I don't see any reason why someone must allow what they do to control them.

I understand what you talking about and we have the same ideas But it still forbidden in  your religion

When we talk about religion we cannot dine the forbidden things like alcohol, prostitution and many other things in this topic we will discuss why do gambling is forbidden (Haram, interdit) .
So can you tell me why is it forbidden in your religion?
And for the non religious persons what you think ?

Mate, no offense but it's better to just ignore that question of yours and move on.

Please don't correlate topics about gambling and religion here as there will be a never-ending cycle of argument and discussions.

Even if someone gives an explanation to us on whether gambling is forbidden or not in their religion, we will not understand the real view and thought about it since our mind will only stick to what's the view of gambling in our own religion.

as you see am new in this forum and always am trying to know more and understand more , thank you for your information and am sorry if I did something wrong

[Natsuu]

Well in Islam, gambling is a no-go because it's seen as unfair and can mess up people's lives with addiction and financial troubles. It goes against the idea of being responsible with money. From a non-religious angle, many worry about the same stuff like getting addicted and the financial downsides. Governments often step in with rules to try and handle these issues right

[Chilwell]

When we talk about religion we cannot dine the forbidden things like alcohol, prostitution and many other things in this topic we will discuss why do gambling is forbidden (Haram, interdit) .
So can you tell me why is it forbidden in your religion?
And for the non religious persons what you think ?

Religion is against gambling base on what they believe  that is their doctrine, gambling is good when you are above 18 years and you also have a job that give you a monthly salary so when you gamble with such money the generated by yourself I don't think that is bad so I believe that whoever that have a monthly salary is liable to do anything that the he want to do with the money especially even the person want to engage in gambling so religion cannot determine the kind of life we can choose or we will choose so therefore it is obvious that we have to follow the main protocols in gambling.

I think the only reason why they said you should be 18 years and above is because you will take the responsibility of any thing that happened and you will have no one to blame with you actions, at age 18 years you are allowed to make any decisions for yourself with out any body interfering. I think when it comes to gamble in the aspect of religion, God forbid it because of love he has for mankind, it has no effect in God but to us it will destroy us that why he forbidden it for us. All things that God forbidden for us are things that will harm and destroy us,

[Quidat]

When we talk about religion we cannot dine the forbidden things like alcohol, prostitution and many other things in this topic we will discuss why do gambling is forbidden (Haram, interdit) .
So can you tell me why is it forbidden in your religion?
And for the non religious persons what you think ?

I am sure some people have given the right answer but I will only give additional opinions that I know.
every religion provides the best guidance to its people and provides guidance to avoid any adverse effects and everything that is forbidden in religion there must be benefits in the prohibition but as religious people we are not always required to obey the rules because humans are always make a mistake.
I mean even though gambling is prohibited in certain religions, there are usually many who are determined to gamble but still have to understand the risk and not to get the bad impact.

as I know in the religion that I see says it is prohibited to gamble and if I understand it in the prohibition for us to avoid negative impacts such as addiction, stealing or robbing etc.
now, in this case it is clear that every religion has their respective rules and most importantly the prohibition is actually to regulate us so as not to fall into misery.

It would be always pertaining about into its adverse effects on which it isnt really that shocking that some religion would really be prohibiting it but we know that each of those will really be having their own guidelines or whatsoever.Its up to someone whether they would be following or would really be opposing with those commandments. It would really be just be that basing on you whether
you would really be that disobeying. Its a personal choice. Forbidding gambling could neither be in legal means or could really be in religious on which this is something that will really be depending on the two. We dont know the reason but using up some common sense and basing up into the negative that it gives then it is really that understandable.

[Hirose UK]

As far as I know, every religion has legal rules or regulations for making money or valuables, as well as rules about what is permitted or not permitted.
Gambling is one of the things where almost all religions have prohibitions against this activity, in gambling there is another party who is harmed and according to religious law making money by harming one party is very bad thing.
This is the same as stealing, robbing or cheating and all of them have prohibitions that are clearly written in the book of beliefs in religion so that people who truly adhere to religious beliefs will definitely understand this.
But basically not all religious laws will be able to be established properly or can be aligned with government laws, this is why many prohibitions in religious law are often implemented or violated by many people.
It just that the beliefs or religions that people adhere to will usually prioritize freedom for everyone, but in quotation marks they must be prepared to bear all the sins resulting from every action they commit.