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Wider Crypto World => Gambling & Crypto Casinos => Gambling discussion => Topic started by: robelneo on April 08, 2024, 07:24:46 PM
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Lets's disscuss what do you think of this topic...
I will post my opinion after sharing your opinions.
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Lets's disscuss what do you think of this topic...
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Sorry if this offends anyone, but I feel that swapping a gaming addiction for an intense focus on religion doesn't truly fix the issue. It's okay to have faith, but using religion as a cure for gambling addiction by pushing someone towards the church might not be the best approach. Going to extremes in anything, including religion, often isn't healthy. Becouse in real its like switching from one addiction to another, like going from gaming too much to getting overly involved in something else, isn't really solving the problem.
To support someone with a gaming addiction, it's crucial they recognize the issue and take steps towards engaging in social activities again. Often, addictions mask deeper problems. Understanding and addressing these underlying issues is essential, typically with professional guidance. Alternatively, reducing gaming time gradually, much like weaning off smoking, could be a self-managed approach to easing out of the addiction.
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Lets's disscuss what do you think of this topic...
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For me , I think this decision to stop gambling is still solely dependent on the gambler himself. The religious beliefs of the person can't really stop the person from his addiction although even this is not for everyone they might be some folks that are a exception to this too but from where am coming, I have seen lots of religious person who are strong addict to the habit and still seek for help in other ways and that's why I made my conclusion from that view.
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Note: I have created a similar topic on Bitcointalk, I just rephrased it
Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Lets's disscuss what do you think of this topic...
I will post my opinion after sharing your opinions.
In Islam, gambling is seen as a sin, so it's possible that a gambler who is Islam by religion is ignorant of gambling when it comes to his religion, then perhaps he became addicted to gambling, all effort to stop the gambling didn't work, Islam can make him change if he really want to change. You know the human mind is easy to calm when they hear the words of God and things they might face after life. If indeed a gambler want to change and believe in religion, he is going to change.
However, if the gambler is the type that don't give in to religion, there is no word of God or sermon that will make him change for good.
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Everything boils down to hoe serious the addict is ready to change their ways. If they are not determined, there's nothing that can be done. Everything boils down to decision and the courage to stick with it. A person who's determined and ready to change doesn't necessarily need a religion to change. This doesn't change the fact that a community wouldn't help but it's should be known that despite the effect it would have to reduce their gambling. The final decision still rest on the gambler.
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no. i don't think religion alone can change and stop being a gambler after listening to the teachings of the pastor.
the only reason why a person would listen to a pastor is when this person owes the pastor some money or the pastor had helped this man in his money problems. but it would take a pastor to visit him.
the pastor has to work hard and visit you from time to time, diverting the guy's habit to devoting himself to the church. and congrats to the pastor for doing that.
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That depends on the individual whether to change because of the words preached to them in the church or not.
I believe that before someone changes from an act or addiction to something, it must come from their mind or the situation they were facing or what they must hear about that. Since gambling has many negative thoughts about it, changing ways from it, through the religious aspect is quite possible. Let I say, it is an individual difference. I have seen many who got their life changed in the church because they were told about the negative impact of gambling both physical and spiritual aspects.
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I can only share the stories I've heard but regardless of religion, I think a divine intervention will completely change even the most addicted gambler.
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In Islam, gambling is seen as a sin, so it's possible that a gambler who is Islam by religion is ignorant of gambling when it comes to his religion,
They are probably the most devoted followers of Islam. Like other religions, there are those who are only follower by name. What I mean is that they do not follow the teachings and gamble on the side.
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Thanks for all the replies so far, for me, I don't think religion or the church can make a gambler change his way, the only exception is if he is repentant and fully embraces his church or religion with all his heart.
A gambler should be rehabilitated to take out the symptoms and the urge to gamble he needs to be in a facility and monitor his behavior, for a gambler it's an everyday struggle to take out the urge so he needs professional help something that a church cannot provide, the church can still assist in his recovery but a professional who knows how to deal with addiction is mandatory.
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It depends on the person. Like if it is a person who have a great belief in God in the past but end up on a wrong path due to gambling, that person can still be influenced by the church to change his way of life. If that person has been in church since their younger days, it might affect his life, and starts to devote his life to going to church instead of gambling.
While some don't believe in God or any religion at the very beginning. It will be hard, and sometimes there will be no chance at all to influence that kind of gambler. You will only be treated as a clown in his eyes.
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Lets's disscuss what do you think of this topic...
I will post my opinion after sharing your opinions.
Even it is not religion but when the gambler completely listen to himself leaving gambling ? it will be done.
Religion can try changing people but as what i have seen over the years? gamblers continue to gamble and sometimes even ask for Gods wisdom and support for them to win in specific game they are betting lol.
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Religion will not always provide enlightenment to his life. I have a friend who is very addicted to gambling sites and always makes bets in casinos and slots. For the religion he believes in is not very strong so maybe he will not change his addiction to gambling places anymore through religion. Usually in my country they will provide rehabilitation places so that there will be two goals that must be corrected, the first is Religion or the belief that God exists, Next is to improve the nature of addiction by doing positive activities such as learning to produce something positive so as to improve skills that can be used to earn money and survive to become better than before.
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling,
Does that religion invoice stoning to death someone who is gambling?
Then yeah, definitely, an instant eternal cure!
Is the said religion not at all focused on those aspects of life, like shito then it would do nothing, is the religion quite the opposite by considering everything inevitable much as Taoism then gambling is not considered a negative addiction but pretty much close way the path each one can choose in life, the good luck (pun) with that!
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I don't think it will be religion per se, but if the gambler believes in something higher then maybe. But we all know that some of us might not be influence by religion, I mean most of them frown gambling but still though, people are gambling so there is no effect of religion whatsoever to the gamblers. And a gambler wants to change, doesn't matter what religion the person has. Not unless he as some sort of encounter with "God" and he transform himself. So the best remedy for gamblers is to go to rehab, therapy and support groups to change his ways as gamblers are not that really receptive to religion.
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Religion will not always provide enlightenment to his life. I have a friend who is very addicted to gambling sites and always makes bets in casinos and slots. For the religion he believes in is not very strong so maybe he will not change his addiction to gambling places anymore through religion. Usually in my country they will provide rehabilitation places so that there will be two goals that must be corrected, the first is Religion or the belief that God exists, Next is to improve the nature of addiction by doing positive activities such as learning to produce something positive so as to improve skills that can be used to earn money and survive to become better than before.
this is where religion is going to control you literally when you join their rehab. while we all want to get out and get our freedom, some people will just love to be handled instead.
but in the name of jesus i guess people will like to be influenced by church. when its for the name of god, most people who believe in god will be willing to do all these stuff actually. one thing that comes in their mind is obey.
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Religion will not always provide enlightenment to his life. I have a friend who is very addicted to gambling sites and always makes bets in casinos and slots. For the religion he believes in is not very strong so maybe he will not change his addiction to gambling places anymore through religion. Usually in my country they will provide rehabilitation places so that there will be two goals that must be corrected, the first is Religion or the belief that God exists, Next is to improve the nature of addiction by doing positive activities such as learning to produce something positive so as to improve skills that can be used to earn money and survive to become better than before.
this is where religion is going to control you literally when you join their rehab. while we all want to get out and get our freedom, some people will just love to be handled instead.
but in the name of jesus i guess people will like to be influenced by church. when its for the name of god, most people who believe in god will be willing to do all these stuff actually. one thing that comes in their mind is obey.
There are many religions that preaches against gambling because to them, gambling is a sin and should be forbidden by anyone who's truly a believer of those religions. One of those religions that forbids gambling is Christianity because citing from the scriptures, gambling is a sin and shouldn't be practiced by any Christian that's seriously believes in his faith. So if a gambler who wasn't originally a Christian is converted to the religion, the teachings he's going to be getting as a new convert will likely change his mind about gambling which might likely influence his gambling activities thereby leading to total abstinence from any form gambling engagement
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Actually religion or church cannot influencing gambler, what can influence a gambler to change from gambling is "ENCOUNTER" when the gambler have an encounter with God, he experienced changes, because problem gambling is a spirit so and encounter with God will take away the Spirit of gambling away.
So to me religion of church cannot influence a gambler but, an encounter with God will cause a change in the life of a gambler. That's my opinion.
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Potentially, not every religion forbids gambling. Of course, it all depends on the person's own choice. If he has doubts that he can win, religion can be used as a reason to forbid himself from gambling, but not always.
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Religious belief can be a big reason to stop gambling, because some gamblers require a strong reason to stop gambling. If a gambler views gambling as against their religious beliefs, something called sin, they can decide to let go of gambling in order to eliminate the feeling of guilt that they are committing sin, or going against their religious belief.
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OP thanks for raising this topic, I have come across an argument before at school some set of people where arguing about how the church can play a key role if stopping addiction. But for me I think stopping betting addiction or gambling addiction all depends mainly on the gambler, I have seen some Pastors who gamble as well, doe if the gambler is willing to stop and he opens up to members of the church they can help him in one or two aspects and by giving him some advice too.
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For me, i don't think that religion will change a man or will make him to stop gambling unless if he will submit himself to God and change but it has nothing to do with religion for me. I'm not sure if gambling is prohibited in Muslim religion and have not known any Muslim in my country that gamble but have seen so many Christians that goes to casino or other gambling facilities and gamble.
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I'm a man that believes that Religion or Belief can shape any man but it totally depends how dear the religion is to the person and how committed a man is to his religion, and how much impact the religion can make only that man, because for a man to turn away from something that's already part of him. Let's say Christianity for instance, a regular church goer would be more harder to quit gambling because he is a Christian but the case would be difficult someone who is devoted to Christianity.
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a gambling addict will stop if he is aware of it on his own and cannot be forced if it is not from their heart, even if it is religion and family, if they do not have a strong intention to leave gambling
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I have come to realise that it only takes self discipline to stop something if one is ready and willing to take such step of stoping or putting an abrupt end to that addiction.
I have read so many replies with spirituality and lots more. I do not argue with their facts and points raised here but I feel saying this would help because when it comes to ones faith, one must be willing to stop that act of his before their faith can be activated to receive the encounter or help based on spirituality. Of a truth an encounter with the Holy Spirit can change the life of an addict but before then what is the state of the addicts faith for the encounter. Same is applicable to other religion. You must be prepared for an encounter otherwise you will miss it.
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Lets's disscuss what do you think of this topic...
I will post my opinion after sharing your opinions.
Don't we have addicted gamblers who belong to one religion or the other who are addicted to gambling? I am asking this because we still have addicted gamblers who would worship at their various religious body on Sunday or Saturday and still find their way back to gambling house days that follow.
Religion has influenced those who want to be influenced by it and that has been on their individual decisions or relationships they had with their creator not to be addicted to gambling
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Don't we have addicted gamblers who belong to one religion or the other who are addicted to gambling? I am asking this because we still have addicted gamblers who would worship at their various religious body on Sunday or Saturday and still find their way back to gambling house days that follow.
There are many people who claim to be a part of a religion but don’t follow the teachings of that religion they are just there for the sake joining a religion nothing more - if they followed the teachings they won’t have entered into gambling in the first place due to the fact that most religions are against gambling. But for those that have are already in gambling and are addicted, If they make it known to their brethren they might be able to find a solution for them but if it’s kept bottled up it might not work.
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In fact, if someone has been affected by gambling addiction, religion and faith may be able to help. However, they will also definitely need consultation and treatment from experts directly as one of the sources of assistance. So, sometimes religion has limited it by making that gambling is restricted in religion, but many people violate it, for various reasons. and in the end they become addicted to gambling and lose a lot of money. And they sometimes realize it and regret it. but will it work straight away? Of course not, not all of it overcomes addiction and gambling eagerness. because, many people will definitely prefer to continue doing gabling because they think it is fun, whatever the result.
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Religious belief can be a big reason to stop gambling, because some gamblers require a strong reason to stop gambling. If a gambler views gambling as against their religious beliefs, something called sin, they can decide to let go of gambling in order to eliminate the feeling of guilt that they are committing sin, or going against their religious belief.
I agree with you, but that will be someone committed to his religion, and he has decided to let go with things of the world and to follow God with all his heart. Yes if such person gambles, he will give it up for his religion. Most religions are against gambling, because they know that it is hard to gamble responsible. A friend of mine stopped all what we do together as goods friends, when he decided to be very religious, he stopped gambling, drinking, and clubbing.
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Yes and no. Some people that came from a religious family may sometimes realize that what they did was wrong because based on my observation I can see gamblers going to church here in my place and that might be a way for them to stop. No because some of them are not that religious or even forget their religion when gambling I knew some of them even if it was forbidden but they keep on doing it especially casino and other form of gambling activities. It will really depends on someones decision whether they have to stop or not especially gambling addicts who has a deeper relation to gambling.
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Lets's disscuss what do you think of this topic...
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Yes religion can free a gambling addict from his gambling addiction. Many may disagree with my opinion here but I agree that gambling if a true man follows the path of religion then he can definitely forget gambling. First of all, I am a Muslim. If people can follow and follow the path of my religion then they will be able to give up bad deeds. I don't know what will happen in unique religion but from my religion I say that one can definitely be free from addiction. Because Islam is a religion of peace, if people surrender, they will forget everything and follow the path of religion. I have seen some gamblers around us who once gambled and fell into a situation from which it was impossible to return but they came to the path of religion and did good deeds and now they always talk about good deeds and do not want to hear about gambling. If one does not believe that religion can make people good then he should follow the path of religion for 20 to 40 days.
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Potentially, not every religion forbids gambling. Of course, it all depends on the person's own choice. If he has doubts that he can win, religion can be used as a reason to forbid himself from gambling, but not always.
I really don't think if the religion itself forbids gambling, I think this is mostly based on morality and societal view on gambling and fear of its negative impact on its victims.
Religious leaders have seen exactly what gambling can do to people who become addicted to it so they try to stop their followers from falling victim to gambling so some of them enact strict rules so those rules could guide their followers from indulging in gambling and risk getting addicted.
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a gambling addict will stop if he is aware of it on his own and cannot be forced if it is not from their heart, even if it is religion and family, if they do not have a strong intention to leave gambling
I fully with you. True change does indeed come from within and gambling is no exception. Its essential that the person has a genuine and strong desire to change. I wholeheartedly agree that self awareness is the cornerstone of meaningful and lasting transformation.
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The whole question is what made a person turn to religion. In fact, in religion there is no direct prohibition on participation in games - the prohibitions there relate more to the consequences of participation than to the participation itself. So here it all depends on the person.
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The whole question is what made a person turn to religion. In fact, in religion there is no direct prohibition on participation in games - the prohibitions there relate more to the consequences of participation than to the participation itself. So here it all depends on the person.
Generally, gambling has done more harm than good, because majority of gamblers suffer from one level of addiction to the other, this is because not many people who go into gambling actually knows the main reason for gambling, they go in with the wrong perspective and that costs them a lot, so the religious leaders have already seen this as a menace to the society, so rather than making exceptions, they completely condemn the activity because they know that it requires so much to be able to resist the temptation of over gambling or overspending in gambling.
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Religion can definitely influence a person but not always. No matter how much we teach a person who is addicted to gambling about religion or take him to a religious institution, I don't think it will do much good. But everybody will not behave the same way. If the gambler does not know and realize the negative aspects of his addiction, nothing can turn a gambler away from his gambling addiction. But I am not completely denying that there are some people who fear religion. Therefore, they refuse to do any such work outside of religion. For those people religion will work to some extent.
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The whole question is what made a person turn to religion. In fact, in religion there is no direct prohibition on participation in games - the prohibitions there relate more to the consequences of participation than to the participation itself. So here it all depends on the person.
I'm not sure of the scripture you are talking about but you see, Islam forbid gambling and it's there in most Arabic countries. If you watch football matches in most Arabian countries, just take a look at their ads on bill board and those ones in football pitch, you will not see a single gambling platform advertisement, they are mostly other products been advertised.
I can't speak well on the doctrine of the Christianity though but the fact that everyone plays it, I think it's allow to gamble but maybe some sub-christianity will have another objectiok regarding gambling by people.
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Religion can only influence a religious person. Whatever religious beliefs one may have if one is connected with his faith and regularly performs religious practices then one can be influenced to do away with gambling. If one does not follow his faith then he can not be influenced by religion.
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Religion can only influence a religious person. Whatever religious beliefs one may have if one is connected with his faith and regularly performs religious practices then one can be influenced to do away with gambling. If one does not follow his faith then he can not be influenced by religion.
Personally, whatever is legal shouldn't be seen from a religious perspective. I believe that even if a pastor or a priest engage in a gambling activity, it is not wrong but then people who are too religious might see gambling as a sin which will change their way of life. That is, if a person was into gambling and then repents there is every tendency that he will quit gambling if his religion perceives gambling as a sin.
Also, some individuals are blind followers of their church's doctrine and so if the church frowns at gambling, becoming a member of that church will make the gambler stop gambling. This also influences the life of a gambler.
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The whole question is what made a person turn to religion. In fact, in religion there is no direct prohibition on participation in games - the prohibitions there relate more to the consequences of participation than to the participation itself. So here it all depends on the person.
Generally, gambling has done more harm than good, because majority of gamblers suffer from one level of addiction to the other, this is because not many people who go into gambling actually knows the main reason for gambling, they go in with the wrong perspective and that costs them a lot, so the religious leaders have already seen this as a menace to the society, so rather than making exceptions, they completely condemn the activity because they know that it requires so much to be able to resist the temptation of over gambling or overspending in gambling.
I will say that it is the desire of getting rich quick without hardwork is what led a lot of people into gambling. They think that they can have a short cut to wealth through gamble unknown to them that gamble will fustrate them and take what they ready have from them. This is why most religion is kicking against it. Gambling is only good for fun, when you know how to manage the risk by using little amount of money to stake your bet, and know the right time to quit the game.
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The whole question is what made a person turn to religion. In fact, in religion there is no direct prohibition on participation in games - the prohibitions there relate more to the consequences of participation than to the participation itself. So here it all depends on the person.
Generally, gambling has done more harm than good, because majority of gamblers suffer from one level of addiction to the other, this is because not many people who go into gambling actually knows the main reason for gambling, they go in with the wrong perspective and that costs them a lot, so the religious leaders have already seen this as a menace to the society, so rather than making exceptions, they completely condemn the activity because they know that it requires so much to be able to resist the temptation of over gambling or overspending in gambling.
I will say that it is the desire of getting rich quick without hardwork is what led a lot of people into gambling. They think that they can have a short cut to wealth through gamble unknown to them that gamble will fustrate them and take what they ready have from them. This is why most religion is kicking against it. Gambling is only good for fun, when you know how to manage the risk by using little amount of money to stake your bet, and know the right time to quit the game.
On the moment that you do make yourself being delusional and wants to have that easy money thing then 100% you would really be considering gambling as your option to make yourself having that dealing up with easy money kind of approach. On the moment that you would be getting addicted then this is where shit things happen.
So the question abouthaving that influence of Religion into the way you gamble? It would really be just that depending on a certain individual.
There are ones who are really that listens and sees up on the things around and there are ones who dont really care. This is why it would really be best that
you should really know on whats happening.
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I will say that it is the desire of getting rich quick without hardwork is what led a lot of people into gambling. They think that they can have a short cut to wealth through gamble unknown to them that gamble will fustrate them and take what they ready have from them. This is why most religion is kicking against it. Gambling is only good for fun, when you know how to manage the risk by using little amount of money to stake your bet, and know the right time to quit the game.
Well, gambling is not easy. Even if you are lucky, it doesn't make gambling an easy adventure. Gambling is hard work, you will have to spend data and time in making predictions and then place a stake in a series of event that is not certain. Is that not a sort of effort? Hard work doesn't mean that you will have to work for days, months or years before getting rewarded.
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Everything that depends on religion, church or something like that, is a very delicate subject but I start from something, from the most basic, we come to this world to be happy, not to suffer or something like that, right? I think that one way of seeing things is that if something makes me happy and does not harm anyone I do not see it wrong, but of course on some occasions if things are seen from a more religious sense, then it should not be done because the rules of religions do not allow it, but starting from the fact that the spiritual degree or level of each person varies, it is known when one is doing well or badly, then I think that playing in a casino does not make us bad people, I see that religions are just a path that leads to God or the supreme being that has the names required in each religion, but they are paths that lead to him, where games of chance do not have to be seen as something bad, of course it is my simple opinion.
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If you have strong faith, someone who gambles will definitely remember their family and religion which prohibit gambling if it is excessive, so it all comes back to each individual's personal intentions and determination not to get involved in the gambling vortex.
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The whole question is what made a person turn to religion. In fact, in religion there is no direct prohibition on participation in games - the prohibitions there relate more to the consequences of participation than to the participation itself. So here it all depends on the person.
Generally, gambling has done more harm than good, because majority of gamblers suffer from one level of addiction to the other, this is because not many people who go into gambling actually knows the main reason for gambling, they go in with the wrong perspective and that costs them a lot, so the religious leaders have already seen this as a menace to the society, so rather than making exceptions, they completely condemn the activity because they know that it requires so much to be able to resist the temptation of over gambling or overspending in gambling.
I will say that it is the desire of getting rich quick without hardwork is what led a lot of people into gambling. They think that they can have a short cut to wealth through gamble unknown to them that gamble will fustrate them and take what they ready have from them. This is why most religion is kicking against it. Gambling is only good for fun, when you know how to manage the risk by using little amount of money to stake your bet, and know the right time to quit the game.
I think this is because, that's the idea that those who promotes and advertise gambling plant in their heads.
Most of these online influencers who promote most of these gambling sites end up spreading false impression and information about gambling and make people who access their contents conceive the wrong perspectives of what gambling is all about.
They'll make gambling look so easy and portray it to be an easy and get rich quick scheme that people can just get into and win millions with very little amounts, indeed this is actually true but we rarely see and witness such occasions but they make it look soooo easy, making people buy the idea and run into it with such flawed perspective.
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The whole question is what made a person turn to religion. In fact, in religion there is no direct prohibition on participation in games - the prohibitions there relate more to the consequences of participation than to the participation itself. So here it all depends on the person.
I'm not sure of the scripture you are talking about but you see, Islam forbid gambling and it's there in most Arabic countries. If you watch football matches in most Arabian countries, just take a look at their ads on bill board and those ones in football pitch, you will not see a single gambling platform advertisement, they are mostly other products been advertised.
I can't speak well on the doctrine of the Christianity though but the fact that everyone plays it, I think it's allow to gamble but maybe some sub-christianity will have another objectiok regarding gambling by people.
Yes, in Arab countries the majority religion is Islam, but we cannot apply it to other religions and other countries. We know that each religion has its own commitments and ends with the creator, so I think every religion also prohibits actions that make its people miserable,like gambling
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I think this is because, that's the idea that those who promotes and advertise gambling plant in their heads.
Most of these online influencers who promote most of these gambling sites end up spreading false impression and information about gambling and make people who access their contents conceive the wrong perspectives of what gambling is all about.
They'll make gambling look so easy and portray it to be an easy and get rich quick scheme that people can just get into and win millions with very little amounts, indeed this is actually true but we rarely see and witness such occasions but they make it look soooo easy, making people buy the idea and run into it with such flawed perspective.
The influencers are paid to promote the brand, which is exactly what they do. If the influencers choose to share the negative aspects of gambling, it will be considered a breach of contract. An influencer's job is to attract players to the brand, so it is not surprising that they share information that promotes gambling.
Surprisingly, the majority of these influencers do not gamble at all because they understand the risks involved. The only reason they decide to promote the brand is because they are paid to do so, and when players register with their promote code, they benefit as well, which is why they go above and beyond to create advertisements that are catchy and appealing to players.
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Note: I have created a similar topic on Bitcointalk, I just rephrased it
Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Lets's disscuss what do you think of this topic...
I will post my opinion after sharing your opinions.
Personally I don't think gambling goes against any religion, gambling has no negative effects when it's done moderately but in a case where it becomes an addiction then can affect different areas of your life including your religion. Leading an addicted gambler to church isn't really going to solve the problem if you ask me, the will power to quit that that lifestyle lies in the individual, he or she has to make some conscious decisions and a lot of efforts to stop
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, (...)
Absolutely. How is this even a question? Countless people turned their lives around from hopeless situations because of faith, be it alcoholism, drug/porn addiction or gambling.
If I'm not mistaken, resorting to faith has a better success rate than any other secular method of dealing with such problems.
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, (...)
Absolutely. How is this even a question? Countless people turned their lives around from hopeless situations because of faith, be it alcoholism, drug/porn addiction or gambling.
If I'm not mistaken, resorting to faith has a better success rate than any other secular method of dealing with such problems.
It is said that faith without work is dead, which means that even if a gambler turns to faith to overcome his addiction, he still has a role to play, which is to stop continuous ambling and avoid gambling-related content and environment. As the saying goes, "out of sight, out of mind," and I believe that a gambler who avoids situations that may trigger his gambling urge is ready to overcome his addiction.
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It is said that faith without work is dead, which means that even if a gambler turns to faith to overcome his addiction, he still has a role to play, which is to stop continuous ambling and avoid gambling-related content and environment.
this is why i really do not like people who preach but do not do the words they say having faith and going back to practicing your religion is just one step out of many and there are still many more challenges to face in the future temptations and evil will surround you even in times where you feel secured so it does require effort and dedication even if it’s not specifically for gambling
As the saying goes, "out of sight, out of mind," and I believe that a gambler who avoids situations that may trigger his gambling urge is ready to overcome his addiction.
like i said there are still many more steps to take but taking this first step is important and already a big achievement already it takes a lot for anyone to admit their addiction let alone try to do something to help themselves
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Lets's disscuss what do you think of this topic...
I will post my opinion after sharing your opinions.
Totally depends on a certain person because we do have our own views and preferences in life on which there might really be some factors that could affect our decision and views but everything would really be just that be basing up into your own choice whether you would be making religion to be your priority or you would really be not minding about that stuff and would
continue to play no matter what? It would really be that totally be basing up into your own decision on which we know that not all would really be having on the same mindset
or approach on things. There would really be those who do go and go to other side which it would really be that totally depend.
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, (...)
Absolutely. How is this even a question? Countless people turned their lives around from hopeless situations because of faith, be it alcoholism, drug/porn addiction or gambling.
If I'm not mistaken, resorting to faith has a better success rate than any other secular method of dealing with such problems.
Faith is what gives people hope in any situation they find themselves and it have helped alot of people restore themselves. People who don’t believe in any religion and have no faith don’t see the wrong in their deeds and don’t believe they can be saved from any form of addiction so faith and religion have actually influenced a lot of addiction not only gambling addiction but any form of addiction there is.
Never underestimate the power of religion.
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It depends on what event the person changes their ways. Religion can change ways where if the person is in the wrong, religion can help the person reflect on himself to change ways with faith. Religions emphasize the importance of repentance and forgiveness. This idea that one can be forgiven and start fresh might inspire a gambler to turn their life around.
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Note: I have created a similar topic on Bitcointalk, I just rephrased it
Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Lets's disscuss what do you think of this topic...
Religion may control a person but it does not work in the same way for everyone. There are many who have good thinking power who believe present life but not the after life, if religion is mentioned among them some will follow it and there are many who will not follow despite knowing it. Many people who use gambling for fun. If they are forbidden but they do not obey it. According to me those who started gambling must follow some religion or the other. No religion supports gambling but still the number of gamblers is constantly increasing. Gamblers conduct their gambling secretly for various reasons. Because gambling is not universally accepted.
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Note: I have created a similar topic on Bitcointalk, I just rephrased it
Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Lets's disscuss what do you think of this topic...
Religion may control a person but it does not work in the same way for everyone. There are many who have good thinking power who believe present life but not the after life, if religion is mentioned among them some will follow it and there are many who will not follow despite knowing it. Many people who use gambling for fun. If they are forbidden but they do not obey it. According to me those who started gambling must follow some religion or the other. No religion supports gambling but still the number of gamblers is constantly increasing. Gamblers conduct their gambling secretly for various reasons. Because gambling is not universally accepted.
Well I think that religion is something to be respected from every point of view, for many it is everything, but for others it is simply a path, I see it as a way to create logical thoughts and promote the existence of an Almighty God, which seems fine to me, but killing, or doing bad things in the name of religion is what I don't like because it enters into fanaticism, it is very similar to politics, at the end of the day nothing is resolved, I think that the important thing is spiritual growth and doing things right, helping the red and above all not being bad people, therefore activities like gambling should not be harmful.
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Depends on religion. Some watered-down denominations of protestant Christianity are effectively reduced to "do whatever you want, God loves you anyway", so I don't think those would have any impact on anyone in any aspect of life.
On the other hand, religions like Islam consider gambling as haram (someone corrects me if I'm wrong), so any person converting to Islam would have to get rid of their gambling activity altogether.
Catholic or Orthodox Churches do not explicitly forbid gambling, but it's frowned upon, as it usually comes together with sinful behaviour, greed and other vices.
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Note: I have created a similar topic on Bitcointalk, I just rephrased it
Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Lets's disscuss what do you think of this topic...
Religion may control a person but it does not work in the same way for everyone. There are many who have good thinking power who believe :(present life but not the after life, if religion is mentioned among them some will follow it and there are many who will not follow despite knowing it. Many people who use gambling for fun. If they are forbidden but they do not obey it. According to me those who started gambling must follow some religion or the other. No religion supports gambling but still the number of gamblers is constantly increasing. Gamblers conduct their gambling secretly for various reasons. Because gambling is not universally accepted.
Well I think that religion is something to be respected from every point of view, for many it is everything, but for others it is simply a path, I see it as a way to create logical thoughts and promote the existence of an Almighty God, which seems fine to me, but killing, or doing bad things in the name of religion is what I don't like because it enters into fanaticism, it is very similar to politics, at the end of the day nothing is resolved, I think that the important thing is spiritual growth and doing things right, helping the red and above all not being bad people, therefore activities like gambling should not be harmful.
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Note: I have created a similar topic on Bitcointalk, I just rephrased it
Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Lets's disscuss what do you think of this topic...
Religion may control a person but it does not work in the same way for everyone. There are many who have good thinking power who believe :(present life but not the after life, if religion is mentioned among them some will follow it and there are many who will not follow despite knowing it. Many people who use gambling for fun. If they are forbidden but they do not obey it. According to me those who started gambling must follow some religion or the other. No religion supports gambling but still the number of gamblers is constantly increasing. Gamblers conduct their gambling secretly for various reasons. Because gambling is not universally accepted.
Well I think that religion is something to be respected from every point of view, for many it is everything, but for others it is simply a path, I see it as a way to create logical thoughts and promote the existence of an Almighty God, which seems fine to me, but killing, or doing bad things in the name of religion is what I don't like because it enters into fanaticism, it is very similar to politics, at the end of the day nothing is resolved, I think that the important thing is spiritual growth and doing things right, helping the red and above all not being bad people, therefore activities like gambling should not be harmful.
I am not sure why people try to associate gambling with religion. Instead of attempting to incorporate religion, we should attempt to quantify the positive and negative effects of gambling on people. What should a person do if gambling has a positive impact on their lives but their religion prohibits it? Stay unhappy by not gambling, or remain happy by gambling?
In my opinion, what the law says should guide us on this issue. In a country where gambling is legalized, it should not be viewed negatively, but rather there should be a crusade capable of educating people on how to gamble in the most enjoyable way possible.
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Well I think that religion is something to be respected from every point of view, for many it is everything, but for others it is simply a path, I see it as a way to create logical thoughts and promote the existence of an Almighty God, which seems fine to me, but killing, or doing bad things in the name of religion is what I don't like because it enters into fanaticism, it is very similar to politics, at the end of the day nothing is resolved, I think that the important thing is spiritual growth and doing things right, helping the red and above all not being bad people, therefore activities like gambling should not be harmful.
I am not sure why people try to associate gambling with religion. Instead of attempting to incorporate religion, we should attempt to quantify the positive and negative effects of gambling on people. What should a person do if gambling has a positive impact on their lives but their religion prohibits it? Stay unhappy by not gambling, or remain happy by gambling?
In my opinion, what the law says should guide us on this issue. In a country where gambling is legalized, it should not be viewed negatively, but rather there should be a crusade capable of educating people on how to gamble in the most enjoyable way possible.
When talking about religion, it will be something very sensitive, so I am quite hesitant to give my views on something like this. Because I also do not have the capacity to judge something based on this.
But I think we have our own thoughts and what we do we will be responsible for ourselves based on the religion we believe in. So we are the ones who will determine which steps, because once again we ourselves will be responsible for it.
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I am not sure why people try to associate gambling with religion. Instead of attempting to incorporate religion, we should attempt to quantify the positive and negative effects of gambling on people. What should a person do if gambling has a positive impact on their lives but their religion prohibits it? Stay unhappy by not gambling, or remain happy by gambling?
In my opinion, what the law says should guide us on this issue. In a country where gambling is legalized, it should not be viewed negatively, but rather there should be a crusade capable of educating people on how to gamble in the most enjoyable way possible.
It should be like that, but the thing is that games of Chance are always prone to be used in that way , I don't know if in religions they say it as an attempt to manipulate or something like that, there are people who are governed in an Impressive way by that , it's as if they didn't think , they just move like snubs to what a priest tells them, games will Always be to make us Spend a different, Pleasant moment , the fact that money is at risk makes it exciting and that must be Accompanied by Responsibility , I also see gambling as something positive and sometimes Religions want to make Something positive something negative and Transform them into acts of sin, that is where religion Manipulates.
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
TBH, connecting religion to somebody that's addicted to gambling is something that I would even think can connect... but I'll try to answer it.
I guess religion can influence somebody that's addicted to gambling to stop. How? Providing a supportive community coming from religious groups. They will guide you and give you the thing that you want to do and that's to recover from gambling addiction. Well, as much as these religious groups can support you, at the end of the day, it's up to you as an addicted gambler if you want to help yourself or not because if you don't want to then it will be useless.
I don't hear a story where an addicted gambler got some help from religious organizations or groups at all. Is it that rare? Or it isn't happening at all.
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Do you think that religion has the power to influence one who is addicted to gambling to stop gambling, if you have a friend who is addicted to gambling do you believe that by leading him to your religion or church he will be a changed man and stop gambling or he will moderate his addiction.
Religion can save people from various bad things and bad addictions if one follows his religion completely I believe this saying. Gambling is a bad addiction so society and religion in many cases speak against gambling and dislike gambling. If we talk about Muslim religion there gambling is completely prohibited and it is considered haram. so religion can help someone overcome gambling addiction. Gambling is now widespread worldwide as it is a very attractive and enjoyable game. But it is hurting us financially. so for this reason gambling should never be taken seriously. and if one is addicted to gambling then he should come out of that addiction either through religion or through any other way