Topic: Attitudes of different cultures and religions to gambling. - page 4. (Read 1129 times)

Religions were built to discipline a group of people so they needed some measure at that time but now we are better in understanding, know what to do with our money so we are just taking the responsibility of our money in our own hand which is not bad but with some people it can be pretty dangerous so it's like an individual responsibility to know their limits and not pushing it further.

Different cultures have different approaches to the market but overall the gamblers exist everywhere both where gambling is legal and at other places too where gambling is not considered good. The only difference between these two societies is that in the first everyone openly gambles and talks about it, while in the gambling forbidden societies, the gamblers gamble hiddenly.

While I believe in freedom of acts as the gamblers uses his money to gamble and it is his right too. Even if he loses, he will lose his money however it is strange that people some criticize other people for gambling while they may themselves involve in gambling too. These days when online gambling is easily accessible, It's hard to believe anyone who claims that he don't gamble. 

That is not strange in some places if that is part of the culture so we will see that is happen in some country. When it comes to culture, the government can not do anything except guard the events so no bad things happen while the events running. But with the time goes, the culture can slowly erase by young generation especially if they can open their minds that they don't have to use that part in the events. Slowly the young generation can make a change to their country to be better without erasing the culture that may good for the other generation.

In the culture of my tribe, here we see gambling as something ordinary and even it has become a tradition where when we hold a meeting, the parents will gamble while drinking alcohol. For most people, they might see this as something strange, because most people in our tribe are Christians, and as we understand, Christians do not encourage gambling. However, that is the custom of the people in my tribe, here people do not see gambling as something that does not make it a sin, and if someone gambles, they will not get criticism from people.

I will say that your father-in-law did not say anything wrong. Even we have seen many such incidents around us. Most gamblers who are addicted to gambling do not take care of their families. They spend a lot of money on gambling. At the same time, many are addicted to drugs along with gambling. So no one would want to be related to such a person.

Gambling addiction is a very terrible thing. And I have seen people from middle class and lower middle class families become more dishonest in gambling. If we see gambling only as a means of entertainment, then maybe no one will call it bad. But if we become addicted to gambling, it is very bad for me and my family.

Gambling that is prohibited in your country and my country that may be contrary to the government or religion should actually be obeyed by us not doing it, but in my opinion it all comes back to ourselves where we also have our own choices and even if the gambling that is done does not interfere and does not harm others, maybe it is legitimate, this is just a difference in perspective, but for example your family has a bad view of gambling but you yourself like to do it, don't intentionally gamble in front of their eyes, we should know how to respect each other.
With the government prohibiting gambling, it will not be entirely successful for all people not to gamble, because with the current increasingly developing technology, many things are easy to access and do, including gambling, which also has many online casinos and is easy to access, although previously there was a site blocking but that did not close everything so young people can still find other online casinos.

I live in Russia and the attitude towards gambling in general, as it seems to me, is neutral-negative. The prevailing religious concept is Christianity, although Islam is strong in many regions and is gradually spreading among the population of some republics. At the same time, negative attitudes are mostly found only among the older generation. Previously, gambling was banned. Now, after the democratic revolution of the 90s, the situation has changed. But by inertia, the attitude continues to remain neutral-negative.

It's good that the environment that you live don't condemn gambling because many environment that I know about condemns it. For your environment to welcome gambling, it has to be a civilized environment that welcome everything and also not too Godly. My environment has a problem with gambling but it's not banned in the country, gambling is regulated and law and order has to be obeyed at all time.

Different cultures will have different ways of looking at gambling hence to avoid being criticized and attacked, don't gamble when the environment that you're in don't have a good attitude towards gamblers. Behave well until you're in a more comfortable environmental that you can gamble and enjoy yourself without be attacked.

In my region and culture, gambling is seen as waste of time, life and resources, they see gambling in a negative way, youths are the most people that are involved in it ,they  tend to take it serious than any other thing in their life , making it number one priority of the life even if not profitable to them, students that gets themselves involved in it ends up not completing their studies and fell out from school, before they could finish and it causes a lot of distractions to ones personal life if involved

Where do these religious believers even drag their own definition to justify gambling as a bad thing when gambling long existed before religion became popular? I think the interpretation any religion gives to gambling is based on what that religion leader pictures gambling as, how a gambler who is close to you behaves, and how you will regard it until you try it out yourself and have a one-hand experience, which could give you a clear insight different from how others view it.

Most religion today prohibits gambling because it's against their beliefs and of course even most people do not like gambling because they have different overview about people who gambles, of course when they generalized people who are gambling they sees them as people who aren't trusted or people who are known to be useless people but 'no' gambling as we know is no longer like that anymore. Gambling has been redefined and people gambles at their homes without even having to make it known to other people.

That was then a particular geographical environment can see gambling as an abnormal act, from my understanding concerning gambling and how people looks towards whomsoever that partake in gambling, its obvious that they doesn't regard them, people who gamble often is been seen as people who has no value and also a criminal

But in this current era, I don't think people is been gambling like ill any longer, even in my environment and our religion, we don't condemn gambling, we seems gambling most especially sportybet as a fun, and that's why there's no regulation when playing gambling from my perspective.

People have mixed up many things over the approach used in gambling by giving another interpretation different form the normal expectations we should be having from gambling, tradition is different and this also may applies to many of us depending on the country and culture in which we practice, same as if we are going to approach gambling from the perspective of religious believes, which the normal morals may not be that applicable here than what the dictates of the religion being practice says about gambling, but on a general approach, we know that gambling should be meant for having fun, being a means of an entertainment, which brings about togetherness among people living within a particular settings.

When starting to play, no matter what religion the player is, it is as if he crosses a line that he would not like to cross, but for some reason he did. There are even those whose religion forbids it, but they cannot help themselves and even knowing that God is watching them, they do it. The fact is that there are people who are so dependent that nothing will stop them from trying their luck, feeling the excitement. After all, many centuries ago, gambling had different forms and incarnations, but the essence was the same, to win money on the game and very quickly. I cannot condemn such players, everyone is responsible for their own life.

If you look at it from a religious and socio-cultural perspective in my place, from whatever point of view and whatever the reason, I cannot condone any form of gambling. Gambling is considered negative and wrong. and this is a provision that cannot be contested.

However, let it be the responsibility of each individual, when you want to gamble then be prepared to be looked at badly by other people.

Moreover, outside of the cultural and religious context, whether gambling is right or wrong depends on each individual, those who like to gamble, especially to the point of addiction, will always justify the gambling they do. And those who don't like gambling, will always view gambling negatively and will always view people who gamble badly.

My in-law told me that he wouldn't allow any gambler to get married to any of his children. When  I asked him why, he said that most gamblers don't take good care of their families because they misuse funds. Some elderly people especially in rural areas have the same perception about gamblers. They allow the experiences of gambling addicts to determine how they see gamblers.

However, most people in urban areas see gambling as entertainment. They can differentiate between gambling addiction and responsible gambling. So in these areas, gamblers are not seen as irresponsible people. They are seen as fun seekers who also want to make some profit luckily.

In my country, the elderly also look down on gambling. However, the young or the youth are gradually getting attracted to gambling. In my country, gambling is officially banned. So there are no physical casinos here. However, this does not stop gamblers from gambling. I see a lot of gamblers around. Most of the gamblers are associated with various online casinos. Gambling cannot be stopped by government restrictions. This is why the government has legalized gambling in developed countries. And the countries earn a lot of revenue from it.

If I were not a hypocrite I would still like to gamble even though my religion clearly forbids gambling because it will have negative impacts such as harming myself and also others such as those closest to me because they will be negatively impacted such as committing acts of violence, seizing their property and other things that are detrimental to both them and myself, potentially causing addiction, crime, far from religion and worship and all things that have the potential to cause negligence and sin.

And I personally as long as it does not harm them or those closest to me, use money that I can afford if I lose, continue to worship and always remember God, I think all of that will be fine and sin or not is my business with God and but as long as I do not harm others, and play responsibly without emotion and ambition just to enjoy the game that is in my control and I think it will not cause sin and gambling is a game activity if everything is done well and also in a good way, and what makes gambling a sin is because of the gambler himself. And in my personal opinion, whether gambling is a sin or not, that is my business with God, not a cultural issue or anything else, because in reality many people are against it because gambling has been around for a long time and cannot be eliminated in any way.

I think the majority of the religions that are being practiced by people are generally negative in terms of gambling. Whether it's Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, etc. I do think that it depends on he person where he/she is practicing it but the approach would definitely be something of a distraction or be an association with greed that could cause harm towards the people around you. It's mostly like that, IMO.

I don't see anything interesting here... there are simply some religions that prohibit or see gambling as something bad. I respect that, everyone has the right to believe whatever they want... but just don't bother me and impose some opinion on me.

If someone is a member of such a religion, they have the choice to respect that and not gamble, or they can gamble and blame themselves for doing so... in any case, it's not something interesting, it's a struggle of one soul to overcome some traditional shackles.