Topic: Gambling and Religion. Beliefs or Choices? - page 6. (Read 1372 times)

I have not faced any conflict with my religious belief / gambling interest. In my religion, gambling doesn't stop  you stop you from participating in all their event. Gambling is not an abomination whereby if you are a gambler the religion will forbid you, no. Some people only believe that it's not right to gamble because it can lead to addiction and destruction.

Honestly, I don't know how gamblers experience internal struggles regarding religion and its prohibitions, especially gambling. I will tell you a little about me, when I was a teenager, it cannot be denied that the internal conflicts within me were a never-ending turmoil. I am not a man who obeys religious rules. However, that doesn't mean I don't know the general prohibitions in particular. for example, drinking, gambling and so on. In Asia, religious symbols are something that is very sacred to its adherents. That is also why several Asian countries currently prohibit the existence of casinos, both physical and online casinos. if you or I were raised from a background of believing in a strong religious belief, very strong dogmas and doctrines were cultivated from an early age. So, it would be very natural if the stigma of gambling is still looked down upon by some people throughout the world. Regardless of whether it is related to belief or not, this stamp has been deeply embedded in social society.

I have a belief, and internal conflict was also a struggle for me at that time. especially, when I still lack insight.  For me personally, now it depends on how we view gambling. If someone thinks gambling is something wrong, then it will be difficult for them to be given an understanding regarding gambling. On the other hand, if gambling is considered a normal thing. As a result, someone could play carelessly without having any rules. based on my long experience, I don't want to debate it or refer to what you say is "choice". For me, gambling can be seen from various points of view. I love betting, especially sports. but not infrequently I play other casino games, yeah depending on my mood. In matters related to religion, I view gambling as part of modern entertainment which contains risks. simply put, if done wisely. We don't need to link rules and hobbies in this sophisticated era like today. In principle, religion or belief is personal. Likewise with gambling, if used wisely. for me, there is nothing wrong. whatever people think, it is their right, it's as simple as that.

I agree with you because there are many Christians who are addicted to gambling and gamble. However, gambling does not target any religion, people of almost every religion become addicted to gambling, mainly because they discuss how much harm they will suffer from gambling.  It is not that a Christian cannot gamble with individuals.

The thing with Christianity and countries where it is a major religion is how in the Bible and within the studies of the Bible, it is an important emphasis on how we human beings have the capacity to act on our free will. That is the same free will which is supposed to be used by us to either commit evil or go through the way of goodness. It is a different approach when comes to sects and Island, in which the members are supposed to adhere to rules and renounce part of their freedom in order to comply to what their leaders say.
Women not being allowed to show their face or hair is a sacrifice being done by the woman herself in exchange for the grace of Allah, (in the case of the Islam).
Itself, Christianity does not make emphasis on the punishment either, but rather on the forgiveness and repentment of wrongdoing.

The Catholic church may be one of the most liberal branches of Christianism, by the way. They advice against gambling and excessive comsumption of alcohol, but they do not prohibit it out right. It is just a another way to see the strictness of the east compared to the liberal west, not all people like it, but that is how thing are for now.

it's high time we knew that a man is entitled to what he believes... It could either MAKE you or BREAK you. I see religion as a dissociation aside from the faith - Christianity, Buddhism etc ... These rules were simply created by people like you and me.. do you wanna doubt the fact?  Why's every religion's faith with a doctrine? If we've got one God for everyone, why's everything different?

I try as much as possible to not get influenced by whatever my religion says.. I have personal decisions I make and, it could be against my beliefs but, that could be a thing for others. If I'm a gambler, I'd better stick to it than listen to whatever anyone would say.

Well, gambling have become more and much more common this days than it used to be in the past, so, right now, I think religious leaders no longer know how to enforce the "no to gambling" rule to their followers - this is for religions that see or view gambling as a sin.

For me personally, I have never had any issue or conflicts with my religious denomination or believe as a result of gambling, and this is because my religion generally see nothing wrong with gambling as long as we don't allow it to possess us and cloud our sense of reasoning, thereby, potentially driving us into becoming addicted to doing it.

So, in the nutshell, I would say that gone are the days when some religions see gambling as a big sin, most especially the Muslims, cus right now, I do some times come across Muslims who are heavy gamblers.

Christian are not that strict with regards to gambling, I’m not sure though if there’s a verse saying that gambling is really that bad but in a Christian country where I’m living, many are exposed in gambling despite if being a religious country. I do have belief and as long as I don’t do anything bad and I gamble responsibly, I still gamble and at the end of the day my faith doesn’t depend on my gambling activities.

Generally, anything that's going to harm you physically or mentally is completely wrong and disregarded in any religion perspective since religion is an aspect of life that guide you into the right side of your life. So, when you look at gambling, it affects the mental health and not encouraged at all since it has caused people to lose their life savings and investments.

Another aspect of gambling is the addictive part. Because of the nature of gambling which makes it addictive to those engaged in it to the point they can hardly control how they gamble, gambling is discouraged by religion and even the society like you said, don't encourage gambling and when you look at the bigger picture of it, you will agree that the disadvantages of gambling are way beyond the benefits of gambling and therefore should be discouraged by religions.

Gambling is definitely high risk but some people think of this risk as gambling addiction. Day by day gambling is increasing so much especially the youth are getting addicted to gambling, once they become addicted to gambling they cannot come out easily. Once they win money by gambling for fun then greed nests in them then they double bet to get double amount of money sometimes if luck is good they can make money from gambling or sometimes if luck is bad they external double amount of money. Return home empty handed. There are many gambling addicts who regularly gamble and make huge amounts of money, so it is not right to get into such debt, of course everyone should take a break from such so that he can live well with his family members.

Does what you mentioned mean that you don't believe in religions or that you don't believe in any religion? Although it is true that we have something called the choice of what we want to do, it is our freedom. 

But let's just remember that every decision we make always has an associated result, and depending on what we do, whether it's right or wrong, of course if it's wrong for sure, there are always consequences in return.

Man, it doesn't look right.

Religion is the way to dictate what do's and don'ts in this life, even you see the do's and don'ts doesn't make sense in your eyes, that just mean that religion doesn't suit to you. Now the question is why those people still in that religion when they know they always broke the religion's do's and don'ts?

I also can say having sex outside marriage and open marriage are good since bla bla bla, as long as bla bla bla, while any religion forbid it.

all religions of course prohibit gambling because religion says that when gambling there are those who win and there are losers and those who lose will be sad and even hurt themselves because the effects of gambling are so bad for those who are addicted, so gambling is categorized as haram in many religions, I don't know whether Many will agree with me but when you can be responsible in gambling then no one will blame you for gambling, not even religious leaders.

don't really know what people are saying concerning religion and the gambling religion don't have any restriction in gambling it is a personal decision of anyone to decide if a religion have impact for him or her to participate see any important in religion like related to gambling so everyone have its own dimension and the its own source of operating during the gambling but religion cannot be a barrier

In some countries where job opportunities and employment are too sacres and very competitive, if you do a survey in that society, you will hardly find a person that doesn't gamble. Even the working class people are now gambler including the working class people. So gambling and religion doesn't has to get anything in common because they are two different but one need God intervention to understand it and how to escape gambling addiction.

I have justified this before, if gambling is going to affect us religiously, the government will never allow them exist but because you see them even in the TV, there is no need for intervention of any religious people to view it as bad thing, it's a simple gambling and nothing more unless for people that does something apart from gambling every Saturday of games.

Lets just respect on what those religions dos and donts on which we know that there are really that some differences in between things on which it might be allowed in some but not in others.
If people would really be tending to deal up with things on which they do know that its prohibited into their religion then just let them be on which we know that we do have our own choices in life plus we are already matured enough for us to determine about whats wrong and whats bad. We do have our own choices on which if its prohibited on your religion but still decided to play further or even more then
you have commited a sin. Im not saying that it is really just that fine to commit sin but rather people are really that not much minding about this manner as long they arent harming someone
which they do have a point at least.

I haven't yet encountered conflicts about that, only that misjudgement comes when those serious and religious relatives found out that I'm doing gambling.
They felt I'm out of commandments based on the scripture, however their ideas only based on what they understand from the teachings. We all have different perspectives on lives, that doesn't affect me actually when doing gambling activities. Nobody is perfect in this world, and as long as I live I can do whatever makes me happy and ignoring those people is the best option to do.

I believe that it's good to be on one side, good or bad doesn't matter, just stay on anything you knows that will protect you from trouble, and these days everyone is planning to get the money bag and many people works tirelessly just to make the money. Most religions out people that believes on it in bondage and most people do not know. However to gamble is not a bad thing one should get involved but we must also gamble with care, and it has been like that in everything we do, if one abuses something, it's either he gets addicted to it.

Reasons are obvious, as far as I know, no matter what religion it is, if it prohibits something, it is considered to have bad or negative consequences for the person doing it. Gambling entails addiction it, and we know if gambling addiction becomes severe, it can cause a lot of negative consequences for the gambler the very first being becoming financially handicapped because they lose most or all of their money in gambling and then are left with nothing.

Religions want people to do good things and good deeds, and if something has the potential to make you do bad things, it will be prohibited. An addicted gambler can also become a robber, a kidnapper, or do any sort of crime only to get money because they need to gamble as they are addicted to it.

Wrong view, Mate. Maybe Money is your new God, yeah am pretty sure. They are still, including myself that go to church because we want to feel the presence of God and make our bounds stronger with him.
What we must know is that, Human have the right of choices of which nobody stops so it up to you to decide what is good or bad in your eyes. Nobody or not even religion dictates your path, they only give a directive of proper living which is subjective to everyone.

      -      As far as I know, people who look like money have been making money a god for a long time. And even now the money system is still swallowing a lot. But if we look at it literally, "MONEY" is just a tool to get the things we want and need in our daily lives.

And there are many ways to have money, but there are only two reasons to use money and that is to use it for GOOD or for BAD. Today, almost all religions in the world prohibit gambling. However, there are still some people who play gambling despite being religious, that's legit and real talk.