Organized religion and Gambling, moral or are people just against gambling.

[impulse709]

Gambling is not a tool from the devil but it is what we should have fun with, just that some people are using it to look for money. If you are taking about the Christians, gambling was not talked about in the Bible, the love of money which can be the root of evil was talked about. If you love money in a way that you want to use gambling to make the money, that is love of money which you should not do because that is the reason people are losing. Use little amount to gamble is far better than to see gambling as a means to make money which will end you up badly.

These things are complicated as I think there's somewhere in the bible where gambling was prohibited against Christians getting involved with it. The reason are than it's not seen as an honest means of making money by religious standards of earning funds through legit hardwork that isn't left to chance or luck. In my view, gambling can be fun and entertaining, it's just about how the individual approaches it, and most people have always done it irresponsibly.

I believe organised religions are against the negative effects of gambling, and not gambling. Gambling is seen in a negative light because most religions preach about hard work, the control of oneself and avoiding being overly greedy – and when people rely on gambling to make quick money, they are wrong. As others said, gambling may be a pastime, provided it is done within limits. The true trouble begins when people become addicted, gamble to make up for losses, and are overly concerned with the value of money. To me, the issue with gambling is not really if it's moral or immoral, but rather if one can control it and has the right attitude toward it.

[Webutxo]

Yes, the Bible does not explicitly forbid gambling, since its just a simple form of leisure, but the Bible also warns against the love of money. Now if you are using gambling to express your greed and set no limits on it, until you create wealth from gambling, that's already against with the word of the Bible. But if you are simply gambling using your own disposable income and with no intent to cheat, thus gambling does not make a sinful activity.

There is nothing wrong with gambling if you solely stick to its real purpose, but if use it to for your own greed and promote the love of money, that's where gambling become an evil thing.

You are right but if you check the way Bible frownd at love of money, you will understand that it was so that people don't put money before everything. Like they say, the love of money is the root of evil, people can go to extra mile to do evil because of money and that's why it purposely want us to take our eyes form money so we can be of good behaviors and the things we do. However, if you look how people gamble, it is totally different from what gamblers are doing.

We are not the right to judge anyone regardless of how they choose to gamble, you can love gambling for money or other reasons but don't get addicted. If you allow yourself to get stuck in gambling, you will be there without even knowing that you were there. This is the bad thing many gamblers don't know how to stay away. If you are addicted to gambling, you may not even understand everything you are doing and yet you will be losing all you have on it.

[Ever-young]

I believe organised religions are against the negative effects of gambling, and not gambling. Gambling is seen in a negative light because most religions preach about hard work, the control of oneself and avoiding being overly greedy – and when people rely on gambling to make quick money, they are wrong. As others said, gambling may be a pastime, provided it is done within limits. The true trouble begins when people become addicted, gamble to make up for losses, and are overly concerned with the value of money. To me, the issue with gambling is not really if it's moral or immoral, but rather if one can control it and has the right attitude toward it.

I share in your view. I also believe the reason why a lot religions condemn gambling is because of its  addictive nature and the damage it can cause to one who's addicted. when one is addicted, it's as if they are already possessed by that addiction and you can no longer control yourself no matter how much you try, thus pushing you into making lots of stupid decision that'll cost you your peace of mind, and they the best way to tackle this is to preach total abstinence, and that's why it feels like it's been portrayed as sin.

[ZeroVinsonN]

Gambling is something that has been seen by many as been against the principles that the Almighty God commands people to do. Even though there are no clear standing about gambling in terms of God warning against gambling in the Bible yet, many preacher are against gambling. I don't know about other religions but as a Christians and someone who is into gambling I was shocked, to realize that the cloth of Jesus was used to gamble upon. This shows that from time immemorial there has been different forms of gambling activities. The gospel of Matthew talks about lots been thrown over the cloth of Jesus. So is organized religion really against gambling or people are only against it due to their moral right or values so they are opposed to it. There are many reasons religious people who are against gambling will give such as gambling is a tool of the devil used in taking money away from people, that gamble is a scheme of the devil.

But from what I have seen there are allot of things that can take away money From you as an individual, infact anything in life that you are into that you don't have self control will take away money from you. So I want to know from the gambling community is gambling really a tool of the devil since, it has roots right from the days of the Bible.
References
 Matthew 27:35, Mark 15:24, John 19:23.

The bible probably considers anything you can not control in your life as a form of sin, most of them at least and the only way to be a gambling addict is to first be a gamblers, the same way to be an alcoholic you have to be taking alcohol, it's simple logic really, we've all seen to some extent what addiction csn do to a person so when you see preachers of the gospel advising against gambling you can't be too quick to say there is nothing wrong with gambling, they are trying to keep gambling addiction away from their congregation and the most effective way to do that is to shun gambling in its entirety.

[Frankolala]

Before gambling become something people bet money to make more money, religion has been there so if a religion is against gambling, that is their dogma and should not be seen as an error. There are more than 100p regions and majority do not allow their worshippers to gambling looking at the inevitable side effect that can affect people that are into gambling.

I agree with you but don't you think that if your religion frowns at gambling, you shouldn't gamble if you are really devote to to the teachings of your religion. But as human, we don't take this things seriously because we feel it's not a must and we can do whatever, makes us happy. However, I believe if you gamble moderately, it wouldn't affect you financially. Religions are against it because you can easily lose control and become addicted which will have a negative effect on you.

[Betwrong]

~ But from what I have seen there are allot of things that can take away money From you as an individual, infact anything in life that you are into that you don't have self control will take away money from you. So I want to know from the gambling community is gambling really a tool of the devil since, it has roots right from the days of the Bible.
References
 Matthew 27:35, Mark 15:24, John 19:23.

If you lose, it’s "a tool of the devil," but if you win, it’s "a tool of God," of course. But seriously, if someone is killed with a knife, is the knife itself a tool of the devil, or is it the action that makes it bad? I think it’s the action. So don’t gamble with more than you can afford to lose, and gambling will just be a form of entertainment for you — a tool for relaxation, as it should be.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

However, gambling is not against any religion, it is how you approach it that makes it either good or bad just as you highlighted earlier.

If maybe everyone was just taking gambling as a form of entertainment and just being hopeful on a normal level and not total dependence on the profit, there probably would not have been many addicts and then the over religious people won't say it's bad. Some of them religious people also lack the knowledge to truly understand what gambling is before they call it devilish. One pastor said that if gambling was not devilish then where does the money (winning) come from, he made it look as if it's the devil that gives the wins and then take back from the player in double folds at a later time. It that not laughable?

[DrBeer]

The Bible might conderm gambling because of the way individuals go about gambling since gamblers don't respect and obey the rules of the game anymore, they gamble for money and not for the fun of it that leads a lot of youth into addiction that ruin their lives, also they don't gamble with what they can afford to lose which makes them put the family in financial challenge.

I haven’t studied the Bible in great depth, or perhaps I missed this point, but here’s my question:
1. In online casinos, it’s technically impossible to break the rules. Does that mean online casinos aren’t prohibited?
2. If the emphasis is on the fact that the outcome or goal of the game is money, can we conclude that money as a goal is evil? What would theologians say then about working for money, or, for example, collecting offerings from parishioners?
 

[Somegory]

Look, actually this scripture is not a proof or against gambling... it only proves that gambling existed in Jesus time and certainly before him too.

I am religious, not a person devout, but I know a bit about Bible and I think the problem is not that existence of an explicit prohibition in the scriptures. In fact, biblical principles go against what normally sustains it: greed, the desire to get rich easily, and the risk of harming one's own family to satisfy a personal desire.

Lets face it... that is really the sin most gamblers do when they gamble, right? I do it in a controlled way and just for entertainment, never to make money.... I've never compromised more than I should, so I believe that I gambling without displeasing God.

Indirectly the scripture is a proof that Christ is against gambling, and it doesn't just only proof that gambling existed in Jesus time, I can't deny the truth that many gamblers are gambling to make money, it shows how they love money that anything.

Gambling can easily turn anyone into greedy person, the teachings of Christ is against this, for the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, this Timothy 6:10 verse is cautioning humans that the pursuit of wealth through activities like gambling is wrong, because the primary motivation issue monetary gain.

Through out all churches that's whi you will see priests and pastors encouraging their members to use their resources wisely and not engage in any activities that might lead to financial irresponsibility and addiction.

There is also a verse that says

Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.

I am not against gambling, I am just clearing the fact that the scripture is indeed against gambling.

[TheUltraElite]

Before gambling become something people bet money to make more money, religion has been there so if a religion is against gambling, that is their dogma and should not be seen as an error. There are more than 100p regions and majority do not allow their worshippers to gambling looking at the inevitable side effect that can affect people that are into gambling.

They have observed over the years and wrote those texts. Everything there should not be followed because of the indoctrination that religion tries to force on people but there are some things that are corrected noted and explained. Gambling is one of them and religions have always been against it as a vice to humans.

From what religious writers had seen, gamblers led to downfall of their own and family and destruction of whatever they had built. Hence they take this negative stance against gambling and it is not wrong because the ill effects are more than any good.

Hence following that will not do any harm, but one can gamble in moderation without leading to bankruptcy.

[coin-investor]

So I want to know from the gambling community is gambling really a tool of the devil since, it has roots right from the days of the Bible.

It is, if your intention is to win and make a profit out of greed. There's a saying in the bible that says that love for money is the root of evil, so we can say that to gambling, if you gamble out of love of money, so yes, it's a tool of evil, but if you're gambling out of fun or for entertainment, and there's no harm in your life, then you are good doing that.

[Joeboy]

I get where you are coming from OP, but yet again those biblical verses that you provided as references, didn't say in verbatim that God or even Jesus is against gambling... And so I would just say that folks or religion who are against gambling are just doing so based or some farfetched ideology that was passed down to them by their god-fathers /or forefathers... The bible even says that too much of everything is bad and so moderacy is the best... And so I feel that gamblers who gambles rightly and moderately without getting addicted, or reckless are not sinning against God or man in any way....

[letteredhub]

These things are complicated as I think there's somewhere in the bible where gambling was prohibited against Christians getting involved with it. The reason are than it's not seen as an honest means of making money by religious standards of earning funds through legit hardwork that isn't left to chance or luck. In my view, gambling can be fun and entertaining, it's just about how the individual approaches it, and most people have always done it irresponsibly.

I believe organised religions are against the negative effects of gambling, and not gambling. Gambling is seen in a negative light because most religions preach about hard work, the control of oneself and avoiding being overly greedy – and when people rely on gambling to make quick money, they are wrong. As others said, gambling may be a pastime, provided it is done within limits. The true trouble begins when people become addicted, gamble to make up for losses, and are overly concerned with the value of money. To me, the issue with gambling is not really if it's moral or immoral, but rather if one can control it and has the right attitude toward it.

I think it's like against the idea of leaving your destiny to chance because gambling isn't what the outcome can be controlled or deciphered before it happens, and secondly, since it's an activity that raises emotions causing negative behaviours and actions that have rather destroyed many destinies into addiction which can affect and deviate the mind and soul. Maybe, it's in the prevent of this, for people not to take the chance on it that have made organised religions frown against it about their faithful getting engaged.

[Achalugo BTC]

If maybe everyone was just taking gambling as a form of entertainment and just being hopeful on a normal level and not total dependence on the profit, there probably would not have been many addicts and then the over religious people won't say it's bad. Some of them religious people also lack the knowledge to truly understand what gambling is before they call it devilish. One pastor said that if gambling was not devilish then where does the money (winning) come from, he made it look as if it's the devil that gives the wins and then take back from the player in double folds at a later time. It that not laughable?

Its so funny for a pastor to said such thing, well that is his belief. Just like I said, the only thing that will makes it to look like a sin or devilish, is when its being out of control, that is to say that they players lack the ability to control their emotions when gambling and this makes them to involve in reckless gambling, where they are just spending unnecessary without considering the precautions of it and this can also affect their families, whereby they might not take care of them because any little they have, they use to satisfy their urge in gambling and Bible even said that, excess of everything is bad, since gambling is just a game of entertainment, treat it that way instead of being in bandage of addicted, which its even affecting their mental health.

[Youngrebel]

This is something that so may religious people mostly the Christians have always been debating for a long time now and I agree with you that the Bible did not directly point out gambling straight forward saying it is a sin and that is why so many Christian have their own belief about it, in fact to me am a christain and I don’t  actually have  the belief that gambling is a sin rather I try not go get addicted to it cause addiction itself is the only disadvantage I see in gambling and I feel addiction is the main issue and thats what so many Christians are against it not just because of the act itself but the damage that addiction would cause to the life of an individual it he or she is addicted. And so many people we see addicted to gambling today some of them are addicted because of greed and some they now see it as a way of like instead of working for money they find gambling as a shortcut to success and it has killed so many people today.

[passwordnow]

I agree with you but don't you think that if your religion frowns at gambling, you shouldn't gamble if you are really devote to to the teachings of your religion. But as human, we don't take this things seriously because we feel it's not a must and we can do whatever, makes us happy. However, I believe if you gamble moderately, it wouldn't affect you financially. Religions are against it because you can easily lose control and become addicted which will have a negative effect on you.

We take things seriously if we're committed and serious with the religion that we're a part of. But that's not a secret that there are members or someone who's faithful that does things that are against their belief. We see priests who are drinking alcoholic beverage because they'll justify that in the bible, there goes the wine drinking. They're taking things too literally and that's why even if you're a serious devoted guy, when you see these actions that could pull your faith down. You'll think that it's okay to do things that are against the teachings even if they're not because you look at the person and not on the teachings.

[Samlucky O]

Now, the reason why some region see gambling as a sin is because, when you become irresponsible gambler, your life becomes ruined, and frustrated. If every gambler is actually favoured and making money, no religious person will see it as a sin.

You've just hit the punch line, why gambling is seen as a sin by many is because it comes with a lot of irresponsible behavior, if all gamblers are making money from it without irresponsible behavior it wouldn't have been a sin, but since gambling comes with addiction, dippresion of loses, anxiety, lack of self control, abuse and domestic violence due to loses, stealing, lieing drugging and drinking of harmful substances to get rid of the feeling of loses, that is why gambling is seen as sin by religious people. But if it was a business that doesn't involve addictive behavior, it wouldn't have been a sin.