Re: Should religion speak on gambling for the whole country?

Quote from: peter0425 on July 14, 2025, 02:14:53 AM

If you do not know, Philippines is heavily Catholic. 85 million individuals are Catholics in The Philippines and that makes up 78.8% of the country. A lot of the laws and beliefs in the country are influenced by the Catholic church. Even matters like divorce and LGBT rights are decided with the influence of the religion.

Now that gambling is booming in the country, it is expected that the Catholic church will intervene. The Philippine Church has described this as "a deepening crisis in the country" and is sounding the alarm about a social and cultural scourge that is destroying the lives of young people and entire families.

Obviously, we should respect the religion and the beliefs upheld but what about those who are not Catholic and would wish to continue to gamble? Does religion have the right to be included in conversations regarding gambling if their beliefs cloud their judgement?

They will talk about this and other things that they don't like, but gambling will be regulated by laws, not religion, so they definitely won't be able to exert any influence without a legislative base. Honestly, I haven't heard that religion could somehow influence any spheres, they can discuss this with their parishioners, but their influence will be limited by this, especially since casinos will create large revenues for the treasury in the form of taxes and this will also be important for the state.