Why in some religion gambling is forbidden?

[dunfida]

Sometimes gambling is terrible and can be very frustrating. All depend on the situation, and the particular person that it is happening to, most of the religion that has forbidden gambling. Maybe it is because of the experience and what people has done because of gambling and has affected the religion Very well they don’t have choice. They all have to forbid it but I don’t see any reason for bidden gambling. It is not looking fun to me whatsoever reason it all depend on the particular people and the religion, gambling is just a personal interest in different individuals who pick attention on gambling

Gambling is risking a wager on a game in order to win a prize. Although there are some  who experience gambling as something rewarding and fun, it tends toward being highly addictive and potentially ruinous. The Bible doesn’t call gambling a sin as such, although the Bible warns against the love of money and get-rich-quick schemes.
Source: https://renew.org/is-gambling-a-sin/

In Christian view, then it isnt a sin. It would really be coming one on the time that you have done something which is really that resulting into much gambling addiction and involvement.
You would really be able to make those kind of actions on which it would really be ended up on not being ethical or not really just that right.
There are certain religions who do really completely consider gambling as a bad or prohibited thing and as a believer then you would really be sticking
into that principle.

[rodskee]

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 ?

You can simply browse that in internet to find the better answer because for me , my
complete respect to Muslim's forbidding many things because those are truly not a good
thing to human , alcohol is roots of troubles while prostitution is about health and other
things, and there is this gambling that have ruined many lives and families for the long
time of existence .

Sometimes gambling is terrible and can be very frustrating. All depend on the situation, and the particular person that it is happening to, most of the religion that has forbidden gambling. Maybe it is because of the experience and what people has done because of gambling and has affected the religion Very well they don’t have choice. They all have to forbid it but I don’t see any reason for bidden gambling. It is not looking fun to me whatsoever reason it all depend on the particular people and the religion, gambling is just a personal interest in different individuals who pick attention on gambling

that is why this is forbidden because of the result and effect of this to each players.

[Betwrong]

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 ?

You can simply browse that in internet to find the better answer because for me , my
complete respect to Muslim's forbidding many things because those are truly not a good
thing to human , alcohol is roots of troubles while prostitution is about health and other
things, and there is this gambling that have ruined many lives and families for the long
time of existence  ~

Why having guns is not forbidden then? Ruined many lives and families too. Why stoning women to death isn't forbidden in this religion? Doesn't that ruin some people's lives?

Gambling is forbidden in Islam  because in it "lies grave sin". Meaning it makes people get used to laziness and idleness, while good Muslims should be hard working and God-abiding people.

[JMBitcointernational]

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 far as I know the history of gambling is also traced back to the time of Christ when he entered the church and found out that people have used the house of God for Gambling and playing of lots and so many other things .

Every religion has their own belief and practices, they have charismatic dogma that guide and protect their Christendom, some religious practices forbids gambling because they see gamblers as non believers and people who don’t love Christ .But even at that some members including the senior members of the church often gamble secretly and betraying their religious belief and doctrine .

Some months back I made a post where I saw a pastor after envagelism entered into a betting shop to try luck and the people were condemning the act portraying that the  man is not a real man of God and my other side talks .
There are always religious laws and limitations to some certain things but it takes the grace of God for some few members to obey them , some churches forbids drinking alcohol but most members drink it as well .

Lastly most religion condemn the practice of gambling in other to add value and respect to what they believe and to make people see the need to embrace Christ .

[Lanatsa]

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 ?

You can simply browse that in internet to find the better answer because for me , my
complete respect to Muslim's forbidding many things because those are truly not a good
thing to human , alcohol is roots of troubles while prostitution is about health and other
things, and there is this gambling that have ruined many lives and families for the long
time of existence  ~

Why having guns is not forbidden then? Ruined many lives and families too. Why stoning women to death isn't forbidden in this religion? Doesn't that ruin some people's lives?

Gambling is forbidden in Islam  because in it "lies grave sin". Meaning it makes people get used to laziness and idleness, while good Muslims should be hard working and God-abiding people.

Every religion would really be having that set of prohibitions on certain things but in overall we do know on what it is really that truly aiming is on how to have a better life in according on whats been told and preached about good things but there is really that some sort of differences in between some of those rules or prohibitions which might really be giving out that different decisions basing up on whats written.
If we do tend to look around or into those typical things that do happen then we can really be able to tell on why this or that, isnt prohibited or totally not that allowed?
which does simply proves out that following them will really be still depending on someones discretion or someones point of view.

We do know that there are people who do abide with the rules or these prohibitions but there were really those people who dont really care and just that simply really likes
on doing the things that they do want even if its not that allowed or even considered to be a sin.

[angrybirdy]

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 ?

You can simply browse that in internet to find the better answer because for me , my
complete respect to Muslim's forbidding many things because those are truly not a good
thing to human , alcohol is roots of troubles while prostitution is about health and other
things, and there is this gambling that have ruined many lives and families for the long
time of existence  ~

Why having guns is not forbidden then? Ruined many lives and families too. Why stoning women to death isn't forbidden in this religion? Doesn't that ruin some people's lives?

Gambling is forbidden in Islam  because in it "lies grave sin". Meaning it makes people get used to laziness and idleness, while good Muslims should be hard working and God-abiding people.

Every religion would really be having that set of prohibitions on certain things but in overall we do know on what it is really that truly aiming is on how to have a better life in according on whats been told and preached about good things but there is really that some sort of differences in between some of those rules or prohibitions which might really be giving out that different decisions basing up on whats written.
If we do tend to look around or into those typical things that do happen then we can really be able to tell on why this or that, isnt prohibited or totally not that allowed?
which does simply proves out that following them will really be still depending on someones discretion or someones point of view.

We do know that there are people who do abide with the rules or these prohibitions but there were really those people who dont really care and just that simply really likes
on doing the things that they do want even if its not that allowed or even considered to be a sin.

Every religion has its own beliefs and prohibitions, but not all people belonging to religions follow the beliefs and prohibitions, especially those who do not wholeheartedly respect their religion, as time goes on, especially in today's era , there are many people who disobey things they shouldn't do just to satisfy their curiosity and they want to try something and not look like they don't know. Let's be real here, there's a specific religion but i won't mention it, there's a lot of countrymen and their religion prohibits gambling because it is a strictly prohibited for them but why do many religion members participate in online gambling? and the rest of them is openly promoted on social media? others are addicted to casinos too? The situation is different now compared to before where people are really afraid to disobey the forbidden things in their religion.

[Ever-young]

Every religion has its own beliefs and prohibitions, but not all people belonging to religions follow the beliefs and prohibitions, especially those who do not wholeheartedly respect their religion, as time goes on, especially in today's era , there are many people who disobey things they shouldn't do just to satisfy their curiosity and they want to try something and not look like they don't know. Let's be real here, there's a specific religion but i won't mention it, there's a lot of countrymen and their religion prohibits gambling because it is a strictly prohibited for them but why do many religion members participate in online gambling? and the rest of them is openly promoted on social media? others are addicted to casinos too? The situation is different now compared to before where people are really afraid to disobey the forbidden things in their religion.

To answer the question. There are people who do not follow religion blindly, there's a huge difference between morality and religious laws. Some religions try to mix the both, just because something is declared immoral in the society doesn't really mean there's a law in their religion that directly frowns against it. Most religions has rule books, Christians have their Bibles, Muslims have their Quran and so on. Some religious followers believe that as long as it's not written in their sacred/Holy Book that they're not going against their religion even if society or religious leaders frowns against it. Example is the habit of smoking and gambling. Most religious leaders frowns against them even when it's not really written in their Holy Book. They preach against them because they fear how disastrous the outcome of those habit can turn out to be. So they make it look like they're sinful so their followers can run away from them. While many other followers blindly follow their leaders, their are some who ( not because of curiosity) decides no to follow blindly.

[shasan]

Every religion has its own beliefs and prohibitions, but not all people belonging to religions follow the beliefs and prohibitions, especially those who do not wholeheartedly respect their religion, as time goes on, especially in today's era , there are many people who disobey things they shouldn't do just to satisfy their curiosity and they want to try something and not look like they don't know. Let's be real here, there's a specific religion but i won't mention it, there's a lot of countrymen and their religion prohibits gambling because it is a strictly prohibited for them but why do many religion members participate in online gambling? and the rest of them is openly promoted on social media? others are addicted to casinos too? The situation is different now compared to before where people are really afraid to disobey the forbidden things in their religion.

There might be some changes in various religions but it is always correct that all religions want good things for people and restrict those things which are a bad impact on human life. As gambling has a bad impact on human life it has been restricted.

[Blitzboy]

Every religion has its own beliefs and prohibitions, but not all people belonging to religions follow the beliefs and prohibitions, especially those who do not wholeheartedly respect their religion, as time goes on, especially in today's era , there are many people who disobey things they shouldn't do just to satisfy their curiosity and they want to try something and not look like they don't know. Let's be real here, there's a specific religion but i won't mention it, there's a lot of countrymen and their religion prohibits gambling because it is a strictly prohibited for them but why do many religion members participate in online gambling? and the rest of them is openly promoted on social media? others are addicted to casinos too? The situation is different now compared to before where people are really afraid to disobey the forbidden things in their religion.

To answer the question. There are people who do not follow religion blindly, there's a huge difference between morality and religious laws. Some religions try to mix the both, just because something is declared immoral in the society doesn't really mean there's a law in their religion that directly frowns against it. Most religions has rule books, Christians have their Bibles, Muslims have their Quran and so on. Some religious followers believe that as long as it's not written in their sacred/Holy Book that they're not going against their religion even if society or religious leaders frowns against it. Example is the habit of smoking and gambling. Most religious leaders frowns against them even when it's not really written in their Holy Book. They preach against them because they fear how disastrous the outcome of those habit can turn out to be. So they make it look like they're sinful so their followers can run away from them. While many other followers blindly follow their leaders, their are some who ( not because of curiosity) decides no to follow blindly.

Religion and morals matter. Super complicated, but people need to realize they're different. Its excellent when people study religious texts. You wont believe what some preachers promote thats not there!

Be smart and thoughtful about your faith. Questioning suspicious information isnt rude; it leads to the truth. Like smoking or gambling. If your holy text doesnt mention its evil, it may not be about blind obedience. It could be personal choice and responsibility.

Religion should be about learning, not blindly obeying rules someone made up. Empower people to think independently within their faith. That's ideal for getting to what matters.

[GxSTxV]

Growing up in a religious family and community most of the time means following strict rules about what is considered right and wrong and mostly forbidden to do, including some practices like gambling. What I learned young is that this this prohibition stems from the belief that gambling can lead to greed and financial instability which can ruin our responsibilities to family and community. It is seen as haram (forbidden) because it is considered a form of maisir (speculation or betting) which is explicitly prohibited in the Quran.

For people who are not religious I think the view on gambling can vary. Some may see it as a harmless activity as long as it is done in moderation and does not make people addictive. Others might recognize it bad with many harms associated, such as addiction and financial ruin, that’s why they have many warnings or awareness programs to observe and fix these issues.

Personally, I followed my own mind and learned by experience, gambling for my own joy and without harming others and myself in particular.

[swogerino]

Every religion has its own beliefs and prohibitions, but not all people belonging to religions follow the beliefs and prohibitions, especially those who do not wholeheartedly respect their religion, as time goes on, especially in today's era , there are many people who disobey things they shouldn't do just to satisfy their curiosity and they want to try something and not look like they don't know. Let's be real here, there's a specific religion but i won't mention it, there's a lot of countrymen and their religion prohibits gambling because it is a strictly prohibited for them but why do many religion members participate in online gambling? and the rest of them is openly promoted on social media? others are addicted to casinos too? The situation is different now compared to before where people are really afraid to disobey the forbidden things in their religion.

There might be some changes in various religions but it is always correct that all religions want good things for people and restrict those things which are a bad impact on human life. As gambling has a bad impact on human life it has been restricted.

If you see what every religion,every major religion as now there are all sort of religions popping up every day but I am talking about the major ones,they all restrict things that can damage human life at the very core of it,they don't leave room for interpretation of their laws,usually it all boils down to forbidding gambling,alcohol and prostitution which all can have their impact on a family even if they are only performed by a family member,usually the man of the family although recently there is an increase of cases where also women are doing shitty things,like the man if he gambles he can't provide for family,if he drinks excessively alcohol he is not up to the task for the handling of family and if he goes with whores it can completely ruin family,that is why I think every major religion tries to regulate our lives.

[Kavelj22]

There might be some changes in various religions but it is always correct that all religions want good things for people and restrict those things which are a bad impact on human life. As gambling has a bad impact on human life it has been restricted.

These may seem like good reasons to explain why religion prohibits gambling absolutely, but compared to other prohibitions, the reasons may not seem entirely valid, and the prohibition may have been due to influence by one of the ancient myths or because of a historical event that led to that. The evidence for this is that gambling activities have not stopped in religious societies that prohibit gambling, and perhaps more so than in others, according to the principle of “whatever is forbidden is desirable.”
I will give you an example: If we consider that the Islamic religion, for example, forbids gambling and alcohol because of the complications that they can cause, at the same time we do not find an explanation with the same logic about the reasons for Islam’s prohibition of eating pig meat or the prohibition of adopting children who lack a bond. All of these taboos are still highly controversial.

[Mate2237]

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

I have not lived with Muslim in one place so I don't know if they forbid gambling but for Christians, the Bible didn't specifically stated that gambling is a sin. But when Jesus went to the synagogue and saw the people using the place to a play ground of buying and selling of things and  he rebuke them to stop and drove them out Matthew 21:12. And also in the Bible they even gambled with the garment. Matthew 27:35. In literally gambling is not a sin in the bible but since it is not a good habit, Christians do not accept in it in their religion. Christians do not like it because it doesn't included in the biblical principles of a good family.

And according to the bible whatever bind on earth, heaven accept it, and gambling is not accepted norm by the believers of the Bible.

[Samlucky O]

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 ?

Gambling is not forbidden in my area but the problem is just that it is prohibited by religious people expecially Christians. Christianity preaches more of love, kindness also forbid drinking alcohol,  smoking and  not participating in gambling. Reason because this things work together to make people behaves abnormal in some cases. gamble are likely to make somebody to misbehave or get addicted. and start doing silly things like drinking alcohol, selling property to gamble etc. so most of these listed atribute are the things that made religious people don't like gambling, making it a compulsory to Totally avoid it, than trying and getting addicted.

[Orpichukwu]

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 ?

Gambling is not forbidden in both my region and the religion I believe in. Those religions that are against gambling have nothing against me; we are all free to follow in the footsteps of what we believe in, and as such, we can't expect every religion to be the same. 
 
Aside from religion, there are people who naturally believe that gambling is not something that's godly; they just dislike it and don't want anyone close to them to get involved in gambling.
 
They have their reasons for doing so, and I can't question them. One thing is that everyone should just respect each other's religion, and what they believe in should not be discriminated against by others.

[macson]

I am not aware of any religion where legalizing gambling. Because based on gambling, there are various types of greed and addiction that bring disaster to people. I will not mention any particular religion because every religion talks about human welfare.

i am a Christian and it is true that gambling can trigger someone into greed and immorality, so gambling needs to be avoided according to religion.

Gambling would have had no effect if people had accepted it as a natural form of entertainment. But because of gambling people are indulging in various kinds of vices. Someone is stealing to manage gambling money which is not acceptable in any religion. Someone is managing their gambling money by taking loans and then having to sell their assets to pay off the loan or for some other reason their life is in trouble. Gambling is outlawed to avoid such problems.

this is very true, gambling that is done for entertainment purposes certainly provides opportunities to win and be happy, but gambling that is intended for profit will definitely be a disaster for the player, so it is very important to set goals for your reasons for gambling, don't let you gamble without rules and guidance, this is what will make you want to borrow money to gamble.

[Ever-young]

Religion and morals matter. Super complicated, but people need to realize they're different. Its excellent when people study religious texts. You wont believe what some preachers promote thats not there!

Be smart and thoughtful about your faith. Questioning suspicious information isnt rude; it leads to the truth. Like smoking or gambling. If your holy text doesnt mention its evil, it may not be about blind obedience. It could be personal choice and responsibility.

Religion should be about learning, not blindly obeying rules someone made up. Empower people to think independently within their faith. That's ideal for getting to what matters.

Very correct. But in our society today, when people question some rules set by religion leaders, it's believed that the person is rebellious and blasphemous, which isn't supposed to be so,. Just like you pointed out, religion should be about learning, that's how you grow your knowledge and not being imposed some rules that are not confirmed.

[Hirose UK]

I am not aware of any religion where legalizing gambling. Because based on gambling, there are various types of greed and addiction that bring disaster to people. I will not mention any particular religion because every religion talks about human welfare.

i am a Christian and it is true that gambling can trigger someone into greed and immorality, so gambling needs to be avoided according to religion.

Yes, gambling is prohibited in religion because of the various negative impacts that can influence someone to have or carry out various unethical attitudes, they have the potential to do much worse things.
But this is not only in one religion but in all religions, I think gambling is one of the prohibitions that is stipulated, considering that religious teachings are guide to doing good deeds and being kind to everything.

Gambling would have had no effect if people had accepted it as a natural form of entertainment. But because of gambling people are indulging in various kinds of vices. Someone is stealing to manage gambling money which is not acceptable in any religion. Someone is managing their gambling money by taking loans and then having to sell their assets to pay off the loan or for some other reason their life is in trouble. Gambling is outlawed to avoid such problems.

this is very true, gambling that is done for entertainment purposes certainly provides opportunities to win and be happy, but gambling that is intended for profit will definitely be a disaster for the player, so it is very important to set goals for your reasons for gambling, don't let you gamble without rules and guidance, this is what will make you want to borrow money to gamble.

Good goals and approaches will always give good results, but the majority of gamblers only have the mindset that gambling by risking money is to make money and they will pursue their desires to achieve these profits.
This kind of attitude is mistake that most gamblers often make and it is very rare to find gamblers whose only goal is to have fun.

[Betwrong]

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You are right that we usually make a large number of losses. As religion is for humans and it has been created for humans it won't make anything that is bad. So, as gambling is bad religion can't support gambling so gambling is forbidden by maximum religion.

I can agree on that most religions are focused on people following them weren't making anything that is bad for them, but with this blunt statement that gambling is bad I can't agree. Gambling is bad in the sense alcoholic drinks are bad or lending money at interest is bad, things like that. It all depends. If you are not abusing it, maybe it's not that bad after all? In most cases it's greedy people who suffer from gambling, so maybe it's their greed is what should be blamed, not the game.