Submitted by MistWeaver80 t3_yiw8cn in science
Reply to comment by nighthawk252 in Being a young man, religious, and with a high income, may make you more likely to gamble on sports, according to international research which also suggests that betting on sports, daily fantasy league play, and betting on e-sports all increase the risk of developing a gambling problem. by MistWeaver80
The Bible doesn’t explicitly forbid gambling, so I think some church going types might see it as an acceptable vice.
In Jewish law it is considered a form of theft - since it takes the form of a "transaction" in which both parties intend to win, the winner is taking money from the loser that the loser did not intend to give up.
There are ways of getting around this. The most common is that the player is paying for entertainment (so even if they lose they still got what they payed for, and no theft took place). This is only valid if the player sets aside at the beginning a particular amount of money they expect to lose and are willing to lose for the sake of entertainment, and do not spend any more than that.
You may notice that this loophole only really prevents the other party from being guilty of stealing if they win. Because of this it can only really be used among groups of friends where it is clear that everyone is following these rules, and casinos where it is assumed that the casino has already calculated how much they expect to "lose" and does not consider this loss "theft" in the case where a player wins.
I'm not sure how Christians see it.
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It’s Greed, dude. I’m tired of people like you trying to find loopholes in that damn book. GAMBLING.DERIVES.FROM.GREED.
I’m not trying to find loopholes. I’m not religious myself. Simply pointing out that the bible never mentions gambling. I think a lot of people assume it does.
The entire book outlines what happens when you make right or wrong decisions. It also gives you a list of ten rules. The last of which specifically states how you shall not covet anything of your neighbors. To gamble is to want the money of those around you. Which is Greed. All of which is a sin and is not hard to understand.
Mammon is lord over the United States. Mainstream Christianity is a farce.
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That’s… an interpretation.
Except when I make a sports bet, my neighbor isn’t in the equation. I enter a mutually agreed upon wager with a consenting party. And in the case of the sports bettor, that consenting party (the sportsbook) has an advantage over the person seeking the bet. So, how am I coveting?
You’re doing the loophole thing again. Your “neighbor” is literally every other person on this planet. You say you aren’t religious but you sure are walking the same exact thought process as a fanatic whom doesn’t want to accept that they aren’t even following their faith. Kind of disgusting, even on a normal human being level. The end goal you and every better is looking for is the money. Money that you did not earn but those around you did. I could dumb this down further if you really want; but then we would be reaching room temp IQ and that’s damaging towards my own mental. So I’d very much rather not.
Perhaps if you tried dumbing it down further it might get down to a level you actually understand.
Enlighten me? Or are you just here to get butthurt and back the wrong horse?
> and back the wrong horse
Hey, that's gambling for ya
Because if you simplified your writing down to a level that you understand you will remove the nonsensical and often contradictory babbling you have been doing throughout this thread.
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