Just a short story I will like to tell before the main discussion, I was opportuned to listen on a telephone conversation between a man and a Clergy, what he ask was that if it is right for someone to gamble and won a jackpot, then bring a percentage of the winning to the Clergy, will he accept such as a sacrifice for the growth and developments of the religion? Knowing that the money was gotten from gambling fortune, the Clergy accepted the money but condem gambling.
The man should've asked the church not the clergy himself that question, on what fact that the clearly accepted the money, for his personal interest or for the growth of the church? and where was the transaction done, in Clergy's office or on the alter. With this information I can know whether the clergy used the man intentions to support himself or the church because some clergy will hide the money for his personal use and not for the church
Secondly, some of us have been arguing on this before time, but I want us to go wide on this discussion using different approaches over it, which may includes the religious, political, economical and social believes to why Clergy men should gamble or not, lets sight examples where necessary, prove our point and learn from each other's opinion.
Clergy can never gamble because gambling does not work according to God's plan for increasing wealth. Wealth according to nature is creating a system that produces and develops itself gradually over time. Growth in creation happens in a gradual process even in plant and animal, so that's how growing money was meant to be. Also, a clergy is a leader and what a leader does is what the followers learn, so if a clergy is preaching bad about gambling and still goes on to gambling is also teaching his followers to do the same which is not proper, you must do what you preach for the sake of your followers as well as being an example.