Quote from: DaNNy001 on August 04, 2024, 07:50:32 AM

Quote from: GreatArkansas on May 21, 2024, 01:20:46 AM

There are some religions that have strict views on gambling, some considering it morally wrong. However, people still gamble for various reasons.

Have you ever faced any conflicts between your religious beliefs versus gambling? How it happen and how did you handle it?
How do different religions view gambling? What could be the reasons behind it?

To me gambling is something that can be disastrous to anyone just like smoking or drinking but I don't think any religion is against it..some people see gambling as a way of easing their stress and they get entertained by it, when it comes to Christianity some pastors actually bet, so you can't tell me that they don't know the bible, they engage in it cause the bible isn't against it...this lifestyle can only be a problem to you when it becomes an habit..after all there are some risks we take in life that are equivalent to gambling because the outcome is 50/50..I don't think gambling is a disrespect to anyones religion

It is not as if gambling is bad but I think why most religion don't encourage gambling is because of how people abuse it by playing so much which leads to being addicted to gambling. Their are some habits that might not be considered to be sin but because of how dangerous it could be in one's life when it gets use to someone so much, religion will discourage it followers to avoid such habit which can be dangerous to people who don't understand how it works.

As far as a gambler is gambling in a responsible manner I don't think it is bad, just that every religion would love it worshipers to practice decency which is not bad, but it is up to people to choose if gambling will be good for their life or not.