Is Gambling actually a sin?if gambling is sin why do many pastors gamble?

[LOVER BOY 422]

Gambling is motivated by love of money many place bets with a good intentions of making it and being wealthy in it ,materialistic and materialism is the root of gambling,even the holy Bible call it an event of luck or chance,the purpose of this topic is to debate and check if gambling is morally acceptable.

This has always draw my attention mostly in the local areas many sees anyone who enter a gambling shops as sinners,or if you even say it that you gamble they will start looking at you as a sinner or a crime addict but to me I see gambling as a good and fair place to be and also a matter of choice.
Though many pastors do preach against it but I don't actually knows their understanding towards it,why some pastor like gambling.

What is your opinion on this:

[Oshosondy]

Pastor preach against it to let people know that gambling is very risky and it should not be done because of money. If you want to have fun with gambling, it is not a sin but it is a sin when you are looking for money from it or you have very bad emotions while losing, or if you are losing what you can not afford to lose.

I have not seen a pastor that peached that gambling is a sin unless they relate it to money. Do not gamble for money reasons, then it is not a sin.

[Boy_chef]

In my own opinion I don't think gambling is a sin it's just a game you play by luck for you to win and earn money unless u get addicted to it that is u can't do without gambling that is when it actually becomes a sin

[Ruttoshi]

Gambling moderately with the amount of money that you can afford to lose is not a sin because you only had fun and nothing more. However, when you gamble with more than the amount of money that you can afford to lose and it affected someone else by starving the people that you're suppose to use the money to take care is a sin.

Excessive gambling leads to addiction and addiction will make you not to be in your right senses. Which can lead to stealing, fustration, depression and suicide. This where it's bad because gambling has led you to sin.

[Hardyrobust]

Gambling is motivated by love of money many place bets with a good intentions of making it and being wealthy in it ,materialistic and materialism is the root of gambling,even the holy Bible call it an event of luck or chance,the purpose of this topic is to debate and check if gambling is morally acceptable.

This has always draw my attention mostly in the local areas many sees anyone who enter a gambling shops as sinners,or if you even say it that you gamble they will start looking at you as a sinner or a crime addict but to me I see gambling as a good and fair place to be and also a matter of choice.
Though many pastors do preach against it but I don't actually knows their understanding towards it,why some pastor like gambling.

What is your opinion on this:

To me it is wrong for anyone to think that gambling is a sin , it is the abuse of gambling or should I said over doing it. That is being addicted to gambling is what is wrong with gambling. If a gambler can be able to control themselves to know when to gamble and also not to allow gambling to dominate there mind in this way we see that nothing is actually wrong with gambling. It is when a gambler fails to discipline themselves and allows gambling to dominate there mind that is they become addicted to gambling this when gambling becomes bad. To me gambling isn't bad but it is how people or gambles do approach gambling that is what will makes it bad or good.

[YOSHIE]

: Is Gambling actually a sin?if gambling is sin why do many pastors gamble?

Why is gambling always blamed and always associated with haram, sin and so on, it's strange why things like corruption, robbery, rape are not often associated with sin and hope, even though they are all truly sins.

For me, the world of gambling is part of the world of gaming, as long as we enjoy playing games without intimidation or crime that harms other people, for me gambling is not a sin, for me it is something to do if the activity makes the person himself miserable, yes it is a sin.

Yes, we can understand that priests carry out gambling activities, perhaps they view gambling as a game that should be played, apart from winning money from gambling, it can help the people or be used for something useful, gambling can be done in different ways.

[Emjay24]

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This has always draw my attention mostly in the local areas many sees anyone who enter a gambling shops as sinners,or if you even say it that you gamble they will start looking at you as a sinner or a crime addict but to me I see gambling as a good and fair place to be and also a matter of choice.

This is the society's way of reacting to the troubles addicted gamblers brought upon themselves by overindulgence into gambling, now the society blames gambling as the problem for their individual shortcomings. Gambling isn't bad at all but people abusing it ends up giving it a bad name. You can agree with me that the society remembers bad news more than good ones. They would always remember who rendered himself useless through gambling. but would be quick to forget the other person who made a huge win from gambling.

Though many pastors do preach against it but I don't actually knows their understanding towards it,why some pastor like gambling.

Pastors are moral counselors in the society and they always preach the gospel of avoidance and not always self-control, reason they preach against gambling to scare people away totally from it. Most Pastors who gamble aren't gambling for fun but for survival, it's mostly seen among pastors posted to poverty stricken cities.

[LOVER BOY 422]

Gambling moderately with the amount of money that you can afford to lose is not a sin because you only had fun and nothing more. However, when you gamble with more than the amount of money that you can afford to lose and it affected someone else by starving the people that you're suppose to use the money to take care is a sin.

Excessive gambling leads to addiction and addiction will make you not to be in your right senses. Which can lead to stealing, fustration, depression and suicide. This where it's bad because gambling has led you to sin.

Hehe if you said so like someone using the money that he is supposed to use and feed his family and used it in gambling and the people starve and you call it a sin how ,and why calling it sin when your Bible call it an event of luck and chance,now you have the chance to play the game and you failed it,is it the reason why you call it a sin ,now reason it in another way round what if you place a stake and win hugly with that same money would you call it a sin?

[yslyv]

It depends on which religion you belong to. And it depends on who you are playing against. Casino or someone...
Islam directly and clearly forbids gambling. But Christianity does not prohibit it outright.
I think gambling is a sin only if you are harming others. For example, if the person you're playing against is a compulsive gambler who gets carried away and loses all his money to you... that money will not bring you happiness for sure. It may be a sin. But if you're playing against a casino. I don’t think it’s that big of a problem.

[aioc]

Though many pastors do preach against it but I don't actually knows their understanding towards it,why some pastor like gambling.

What is your opinion on this:

Our pastors are not like that, and all the pastors I've known and all the other pastors from other groups, I don't know if you have a stat, but you should not use the word many because it's not true, you should have used the word some or a few numbers.
Members of the church will denounce this kind of pastor; they will see him as a bad example and may lead others to gambling addiction.
If a pastor is going to gamble, they need to be sure that they will not get caught, or they will be deposed, or the congregation will ask for their replacement.

[GoldBitcoin112]

Gambling is motivated by love of money many place bets with a good intentions of making it and being wealthy in it ,materialistic and materialism is the root of gambling,even the holy Bible call it an event of luck or chance,the purpose of this topic is to debate and check if gambling is morally acceptable.

This has always draw my attention mostly in the local areas many sees anyone who enter a gambling shops as sinners,or if you even say it that you gamble they will start looking at you as a sinner or a crime addict but to me I see gambling as a good and fair place to be and also a matter of choice.
Though many pastors do preach against it but I don't actually knows their understanding towards it,why some pastor like gambling.

What is your opinion on this:

To me I see gambling as a good place where people make money remember the interest and intentions of people make things look bad or sinful,like eating if you eat more than you are supposed to eat ,you will start feeling pain in your stomach that's too bad then , because you have over feed your self is bad and you one can easily call it sin ,in this aspect

Now in gambling if you gambling more than your range of gambling,thats the way you are supposed to gamble and the gambling start disturbing you by stealing or being devastated or something you are now out of the line ,never allow anything to control you ,use your sense at all time, so in conclusion I see gambling as not a sin.

[Pandu Geddon]

What is your opinion on this:

Because what someone sees is the negative impact of the majority of gamblers that they have seen or heard about from others.  
I will not argue about this issue.
Sin or virtue is a person's relationship with their God. I will not argue about why there are religious leaders who gamble. Everyone has their own choices. You can choose to gamble or not, regardless of whether it is a sin in your belief.

[radjie]

Gambling is motivated by love of money many place bets with a good intentions of making it and being wealthy in it ,materialistic and materialism is the root of gambling,even the holy Bible call it an event of luck or chance,the purpose of this topic is to debate and check if gambling is morally acceptable.

This has always draw my attention mostly in the local areas many sees anyone who enter a gambling shops as sinners,or if you even say it that you gamble they will start looking at you as a sinner or a crime addict but to me I see gambling as a good and fair place to be and also a matter of choice.
Though many pastors do preach against it but I don't actually knows their understanding towards it,why some pastor like gambling.

What is your opinion on this:

Gambling is simply a form of play for fun, although some people use it as a source of income; this is certainly not justified. Gambling is also not a fair place, as there are individuals who commit fraud. In fact, not only priests oppose gambling; other religious figures also consider gambling a negative activity because it can have a detrimental impact on a person's life if they cannot control themselves when they become addicted to gambling.

[GoldBitcoin112]

What is your opinion on this:

Because what someone sees is the negative impact of the majority of gamblers that they have seen or heard about from others.  
I will not argue about this issue.
Sin or virtue is a person's relationship with their God. I will not argue about why there are religious leaders who gamble. Everyone has their own choices. You can choose to gamble or not, regardless of whether it is a sin in your belief.

Nice point regardless of what your religion is that someone can actually gamble to make living ,but if your religion preach against gambling I don't think is right for the person to play gamble,yes because you are going contrary against your belief I think is very bad for someone to go against his religious views because of his choice,so what is your gain and achievements of going to church to list to the preach of your pastor in essence.

[Samlucky O]

Surely in bible it was not stated anywhere that gambling is sin but in couple of quotation it make reference of how the love of money is root of evil, this implies that when a person go extreme about making money it will leed to sin. Gambling may look so cool as not a sin to you, but when you can't control yourself about gambling and you start doing crazy things like selling your property or taking loan just to satisfy the urge of gambling then it becomes a sin. Infact anything that you do that you don't have self control over it is a sin and gambling falls to that category that's why christian kicks against it.

[Z_MBFM]

Gambling is motivated by love of money many place bets with a good intentions of making it and being wealthy in it ,materialistic and materialism is the root of gambling,even the holy Bible call it an event of luck or chance,the purpose of this topic is to debate and check if gambling is morally acceptable.

This has always draw my attention mostly in the local areas many sees anyone who enter a gambling shops as sinners,or if you even say it that you gamble they will start looking at you as a sinner or a crime addict but to me I see gambling as a good and fair place to be and also a matter of choice.
Though many pastors do preach against it but I don't actually knows their understanding towards it,why some pastor like gambling.

If you ask the question of whether gambling is sin, it will be pointed towards religion. Gambling is not a sin in all religions. Gambling is a place where one can dream of becoming rich in a short time. There is a chance of winning a big jackpot here, so people's emotions work more here. And when someone gambles out of emotion, he does not pay attention to his religion whether gambling is a sin in his religion or not. Some people go here to have fun, some go out of greed, and some go to see others and then he does not understand why he is gambling, but his gambling becomes an addiction.

[GoldBitcoin112]

Surely in bible it was not stated anywhere that gambling is sin but in couple of quotation it make reference of how the love of money is root of evil, this implies that when a person go extreme about making money it will leed to sin. Gambling may look so cool as not a sin to you, but when you can't control yourself about gambling and you start doing crazy things like selling your property or taking loan just to satisfy the urge of gambling then it becomes a sin. Infact anything that you do that you don't have self control over it is a sin and gambling falls to that category that's why christian kicks against it.

Nice points on your own personal view ,but I'm tempted to ask this ,if Christians kick against gambling why did most pastors fall in love with football and also gambling with it ,are they not the same Christians or their beliefs or religion doesn't dispice gambling .
Secondly the Bible the Christain use doesn't go against it ,which it even call it an events of luck and chance that means it should be allowed to play by Christianity accept is just by choice.

But rating it that Christains kick against it is what I don't actually understand from your own end.

[Boy_chef]

Surely in bible it was not stated anywhere that gambling is sin but in couple of quotation it make reference of how the love of money is root of evil, this implies that when a person go extreme about making money it will leed to sin. Gambling may look so cool as not a sin to you, but when you can't control yourself about gambling and you start doing crazy things like selling your property or taking loan just to satisfy the urge of gambling then it becomes a sin. Infact anything that you do that you don't have self control over it is a sin and gambling falls to that category that's why christian kicks against it.

Nice points on your own personal view ,but I'm tempted to ask this ,if Christians kick against gambling why did most pastors fall in love with football and also gambling with it ,are they not the same Christians or their beliefs or religion doesn't dispice gambling .
Secondly the Bible the Christain use doesn't go against it ,which it even call it an events of luck and chance that means it should be allowed to play by Christianity accept is just by choice.

But rating it that Christains kick against it is what I don't actually understand from your own end.

It is left for every individual to edify what is actually true it false, by what they may know to be true, if it is bad, I believe it is not by the public or congregation, to note it out, it is by an individual choice to choose between what is good or bad. If the Holy book explains it to be a sin, then departing away from it is never a bad choice, but for the fact that, you might be doing it secretly, then you are of all men most miserable. For it is known that what is done in the secret will be exposed in some days to come and what you may do in the open are still known by men, make the right choice to leave by your words and do it in the dark or in the day time.

[Alphakilo]

Surely in bible it was not stated anywhere that gambling is sin but in couple of quotation it make reference of how the love of money is root of evil, this implies that when a person go extreme about making money it will leed to sin. Gambling may look so cool as not a sin to you, but when you can't control yourself about gambling and you start doing crazy things like selling your property or taking loan just to satisfy the urge of gambling then it becomes a sin. Infact anything that you do that you don't have self control over it is a sin and gambling falls to that category that's why christian kicks against it.

Nice points on your own personal view ,but I'm tempted to ask this ,if Christians kick against gambling why did most pastors fall in love with football and also gambling with it ,are they not the same Christians or their beliefs or religion doesn't dispice gambling .
Secondly the Bible the Christain use doesn't go against it ,which it even call it an events of luck and chance that means it should be allowed to play by Christianity accept is just by choice.

But rating it that Christains kick against it is what I don't actually understand from your own end.

I see gambling as a choice of morality and ethics which is acceptable to the one who indulge in it.
It really has nothing to do with religion but has more to do with personal individual beliefs.
Right or wrong doesn't stop someone from doing something unless they see the wrong or consequences of their actions before they decide if it is bad or good a practice to continue.

[Findingnemo]

Someone who live their life completely by following everything that is mentioned in the Bible can consider gambling as sin but 99.9% of the population doesn't follow everything but they are just being selective and ignore other things so the same thing happened with gambling too. And gambling is not harmful for others so in my opinion it is not a sin and if you consider it as sin then don't do it but don't manipulate others into what you don't want to do.