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

[Powerjumboo]

Actually, I don't know exactly how gambling is viewed in any religion. I also don't know what kind of discussion there is about gambling in Christianity because I don't know about the Bible and I don't know what it says there. But I can say this much that when gambling is for entertainment, it is never considered bad because then we consider it as a means of entertainment. But when gambling is used as a means of earning money and it becomes addictive and addictive and people get involved in various bad things from this addiction, then this gambling can create bad situations in a person's life. Moreover, I don't consider gambling to be bad at all. Moreover, gambling is not a breath of devil, gambling is a means of entertainment.

[Orpichukwu]

If gambling is to be seen as a tool of the devil, then everything which was invented and implemented by humans are all tools of the devil. Some people pay too much attention to things and classify some as being against their beliefs because they see them as something unholy. I really don't see it that way. I'm a respecter of religion, but at the same time I just don't follow it blindly. Just because my religious leaders say something doesn't mean it has to remain so in my mind.

[Asiska02]

You don’t have to use past historical history of Jesus cloth that was used for gambling to justify why you’re into gambling. Yes, it may have been used for that purpose but if you are truly a devoted person, you may not have used that as an appropriate reference since it is still frowned against in the bible. No one can be so religious than the inventor of the religion, so you just have to find way to balance things up, not that you don’t want to be devoted and not engage in what is frowned against but because you’re not perfect and you can make mistakes. Just make sure you’re not trailing more than you can stand to contain, or the guilt of not following the scripture could weigh you down and make abrupt decisions that could disrupt everything on how you plan to balance things up.

[junder]

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.

You have said everything that I think will happen when gambling is done excessively by summing up in one sentence, namely “bad effects”.

And I think why gambling is considered a sin because it can indeed harm yourself, precisely because it can eliminate common sense, because in some religions hurting yourself is not allowed or indeed a sin.

But another statement is that bad effects will not occur if gambling is done wisely with responsibility and reasonable limits.

[yixichloro2xx]

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.

Well in Islam it's forbidden, here's a reference, “O you who believe! Intoxicants, gambling, idols, and divining arrows are abominations from Satan’s handiwork, so avoid them so that you may be successful.” — Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:90. But I don't really see anything bad in it, because it just an entertainment. The only problem is the way we humans uses it, e.g some people over gamble which lead to losing all their money and mental health, and sometimes it leads to addiction. I think it's the effects that makes most religious people to say it's bad and immoral. This is caused because they feel they can get rich off it. It's not possible to become rich through gambling. Gambling is only bad if its misused.