Topic: Gambling and Religion. Beliefs or Choices? - page 10. (Read 1372 times)

In Christianity, they don't really recognize that, but not all members don't gamble, because most of their members are gamblers, not even in a literal casino; they often gamble in online casinos.
Naturally, they don't say that about their religion that they believe in, because at the end of the day, what they believe is still their choice if they value that thing; that's just the way it is, right?

And even to other religions for sure they do the same thing with the other members as well, because there are still a lot of people are relying on luck, and they can only find this on
gambling if they play in any of the casino whether it is online or physical gambling.

I think why some religions are against gambling is the to the behaviour of most individuals who get addicted due to reckless gambling, most religion condemn the act cause they think it's leading their followers astray but then I think the problem is not gambling as ab act but the gambler who refuses to gamble responsible and allow themselves to get addicted that's the problem.

 Well as a gambler, so far I gamble responsibly, I don't spend recklessly or waste money ment for good investments on my family and business then I'm good to go, thanks for the Internet that's made it possible for me to gamble online at my comfort without any religious member of mine noticing it and even if they figure out at some point i won't get worried cause I'm not letting it affect my family.

Not only gambling, there are many other things that religion has warned people to stay away from but they are still doing it for personal pleasure. In the case of gambling in some religions like Islam for example, it's clearly stated in the holy Quran that it is something that originated from the devil and should be ignored in its entirety. Funny enough, just as it happening now Quran has confirmed that there's profits in gambling but damages is far more than the profit you will realized from playing gambling. This is exactly the case with gambling today because even if you win a jackpot, if care is not taken you'll lose part of it if not all to gambling again and begin to use your personal money to gamble.

The reason behind Islam frowning or forbid gambling is for the good of human being knowing how hard and difficult it is to make money and then lose it in a blink of eyes. The frustration and regret you will go through is what Islam is trying to prevent by asking those practicing the religion to stay away from it in totality. When you look at it from that angle, you'll agree that these damage is more than enough reason to keep away from it but the addictive nature of gambling has turned away our minds from seeing these damages and we focus on the profit side of it.

If you're a Muslim, do you always give 2.5% of your income for tithe? do you never in relationship? do you never drink an alcohol?

If you're a Christian, do you always give 10% of your income for tithe?

If you're a Catholic, do you never having sex with your wife except when you both want to have kids?

If you're a Buddhism, do you never lying and kill any creature?

I'm interested to know about it since we didn't even talk about gambling, when there are other rules that are harder than gambling itself and how religious are those people.

i'm not a very religious person, so i'm not too concerned about how my beliefs clash with my gambling. besides, i think that every day we commit sins, and the sin of gambling is not greater than our sin of saying dirty things, having dirty thoughts, or other sins, so i don't worry too much about that. the most important thing for me is that i don't harm other people and my gambling is still within reasonable limits, especially i don't play with women or drink alcohol, like people usually do in physical casinos. so i thought that my gambling was normal, even though i understood it clashed with my beliefs.

Even though all religions throughout the world prohibit gambling, even in the Islamic religion, this is also the case, it is even said that it is something that is really not recommended to do, it is the same as immorality in gambling, that is why the Islamic religion prohibits its followers from doing such things. , but it all comes back to the person who does it because a person's character is very different even though they have any religion, if someone's hobby is gambling, there's no way it can be separated unless only death can separate them, all religions forbid it, so in my opinion it all comes back to each of them to conclude it.

I haven't but from my observations I think those from the Northern part in Nigeria are not the gambling types because they are Moslems, and in most Moslem countries there's nothing like gambling over there and that's why I believe that gambling is against their religious. But if in anyway a northern person is gambling it's either the person is not a real Moslem or.

World for some folks like us who are irreligious our gambling is with our conscience. That which we know we would do when we gamble that would smite our conscience we desist from it. We obey the casino rules to the latter. We do not try to out smart the systems with all types of cunny stuffs that other punters would do. While for others it is their religion versus gambling, for people like me, it is my conscience versus gambling.

stompix has already responded to this and to buttress his point, without religion, there will be no human existence. It it the bedrock on which civilization is built. And it will continue to exist long after we become dust. It looks like a contradiction to what I have said alread about being irreligious, it doesn't mean I deny its existence.

Every Sunday sormon when the pastor makes an alter call and he demands people who are endurged in gambling should come and give their life's to Christ I feel guilty but at the same time I am a gambler who know the ethics of my relationship with God who's premises are based our religion believes, much more also the fact that many religions fanatics gamble one way or the others which make me have a conclusion that there should a line between gambling and religion and no one should contradicts whatsoever.

Religion is the biggest gamble of all!
You live your life believing your is true and if you have chosen the wrong god you're **** for your entire afterlife!

And just for the sake of discussing the other aspect, no god was around when slot machines were invented, and if any priest/mullah/rabbi whatever claims that everything that happens is the work of their god, then gambling is also a thing the same god allowed happening!


Some! Since archaic religions predate the use of money or writing, gambling is second to religion on the timeline.

Our country is a Christian country, but gambling is legal, and the government supports and manages the casino industry and the lottery platforms; it's on the individual how he processes gambling in his life; there is a saying in the bible that you cannot serve two masters at the same, you will love the other and hate the others.

If you value your religion, you will not treat it as important as your religion you will treat it as a form of entertainment and only allocate money that is less than what you are contributing to your church.

We must always choose our religion more than anything else because it governs us in our lives, keeping us from going astray and giving us hope in the afterlife.

Well I just never think about that creating any personal conflict and let the gambling activity slide then ignore any religious discussion since its separate topics. If someone say its a since then I just simply ignore it since everyone commit a since and its fine for me to do it. But for me gambler or not if you are responsible on your well being and treat people with respect then I guess that is fine already since for sure with that you became a responsible person. Unlike if the person is not a gambler but always degrade those people doesn't pass on his standards then that is more worse than a gamblers doing.

As long as we pray and be a responsible person then for me everything well be alright. If some religious people shake their heads when seeing you participating on gambling activities just smile at them and  ignore since your peace of mind is more important.

First ask how many persons are really faithful and devote to their religion? because that will answer to the question. If someone is very devoted and dedicated to their religion and their religious teachings, they would not go against the principle they have about gambling because they will not want to sin but if it's someone who is not so dedicated to their religion, even if their religion says that they shouldn't gamble they wouldn't care, they will go on and gambling without minding the sin they are committing.

There are three categories of gamblers according to Buddhism.  Recreational gambling is not a sin in Buddhism.


It is good the ways that gambling is like a sin in religion, but it should not be forbidden because as gambling can be bad, it can also be good for some people. If I am gambling and I am able to control myself and be using small amount of money, gambling is not a sin for me. But if I am getting addicted, I should know I have to quit. Not because of religion but because of my future.

I have faced some conflicts with my religious beliefs and my gambling. At first, it was such a huge internal conflict with my self that left me with  feeling depressed whenever I am gambling. However after some introspection, I concluded it I'm not going to let this conflict get the best of me. How I dealt with it was that I decided I was going to create and stick  to a gambling budget. I was going to gamble for a specific number of time and duration per week. And lastly is small portion of my winnings would go towards doing some good. This was how I resolved the religion-gambling conflict.

To say the fact, I don't think there is any religion that encourages gamble because, the risk and consequences is high which will make them not support gambling for the well being of their congregation. I am still gambling because I don't see it as something wrong to me since I gamble responsible. In whatever that we are doing, as long as we don't overdo it, it is cool.

Since I gamble for fun, and I don't use money for important needs to gamble or use my gambling activities to be a burden on someone, it is all good. I see the money that I use to gamble as spare money which I can easily let  go without looking back, and I don't see it as something bad. Addiction and loss chasing is where the problem of gambling lies.

That is just the simple truth, anything to that your conscience is against you don't need religion condemnation or view before you see as moral wrong because conscience is already a judge before you, I concur that no one can serve God and mammor, the love of money is the root of all evil. Any money that is course to do anything is not advisable to , most person sell off belongs to gamble and get addicted to gambling. Greed is what many religion condemn which is not far from what most gamblers is fully doing may not malign with those religion faith .

As they say, prevention is better than cure. So, they're all stopping the root of it before it becomes a fruit.  

This is a known verse in the bible but it is not money that's the root of all evil. You missed one word of it, the word "love". And with that, it is this verse in the bible;

I wouldn't limit it to the only two faith and beliefs. Not just Muslims and Christians that does it secretly. It's very likely that in some other known faith, despite that their teachings is not to gamble to avoid being greedy. There can be other root cause of it when it's outside gambling and yet, the result is the same and they still become greedy. But focusing with gambling, I guess it has become a normal thing when you hear some stories about a faithful or religious guy then have been seen some casino apps on their phone or into their devices.

Gambling has existed for a long time even before the founding of some religions. As far as I know, gambling was not mentioned in any part of the Bible both in the new and old Testaments. The closest to gambling that is mentioned in the Bible is casting lots. It was mentioned about 70 times in the Old Testament and 7 times in the New Testament which is 77 times. The casting of lots could be related to flipping a coin or rolling dice to determine a winner as we saw in the case of the soldiers gambling to determine who will take Jesus’ garments. And casting lots is was not illegal or seen as a sin in the Bible. 


There is no mention of gambling in my religious books but some religious preachers keep on speaking wrong about gambling. I don't really care about what these religious scholars say because I can read and understand the holy books.  They have not come up with any concrete reason why gambling is a sin. Preachers should focus on encouraging responsible gambling and also discourage underage betting

I person who has beliefs or adheres to religion that has been followed by my family for generations, but so far I have never had any problems, including conflicts related to religion and gambling.

I think all religions have the same view regarding gambling and all religions definitely prohibit gambling activities because it is not an activity that can be considered good because of the various negative impacts that can be experienced by everyone who enjoys gambling.
Religion teaches good attitudes and also the character of compassion, it is clear that the negative impact caused by gambling can cause all religious teachings to deviate or can be said to be inconsistent with existing guidance.
It just that personally, I always think that whatever I do, even if it is prohibited by religion, as long as it doesn't harm other people and I can still accept all the risks and consequences, then I will still do it.
Each person point of view and goals will be different, I sure every gambler will have different point of view regarding context like this.