Monday, August 4, 2014

Gambling

GAMBLING
By: Nepali Roshan

Gambling is one of the most problem in the undeveloped country due to the unemployment. People do not have Job. So, most of the young and elderly people including women spend their time in gambling. such as playing in the Casino, playing cards, chess, snooker/pool/ and carom-board and dice (kind of game popular in India and Nepal). Not only these games, but whatever the game that bet with money is called gambling. 

The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 15th ed. 32 vols. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1994. Define gambling this way, The betting or staking of something of value, with consciousness of risk and hope of gain, on the out come of game, a contest or an uncertain event the result of which may be determined by chance or accident or have an unexpected result by reason of the bettor’s miscalculation. 

I choose this topic because I was also a gambler, I was a geek of gambling. Many times I loose the money that was given by my parents to perches food for the family, they were waiting for me that I would bring rice, so that they could cook, but I was not shown up because I already loose the money in cards. Many times I spend the money which was given to pay my tuition fee in the school. Two times I was in the police custody because of gambling. My secular friends surprise to see this Blog, But the fact is, I already quit and I will never play again.

Last May I was In Nepal, I saw the Protest of the Casino employees demanding for resuming the Casino which was closed by government due to not paying the taxes. 
More than 11,000 employees were benefited from the Casinos but now their job is in stake. This effect not only the employees but also the income from the tourist. http://asia.nikkei.com/print/article/40675 It says that more than 100 thousand tourists canceled their reservation. It was the great loss of our economic. 

We see in the Mahabarata that the Yudhisthtra lose his wealth, kingdom, servant, brethren and wife in gambling. http://www.narach.com/philosophy/mahabharata_and_the_gambling_match.htm 

Today many people suffer because of gambling, they lost their wealth and cause them to steel other property, even they are ready to take lives of other people because of money. The Nepali proverbs says that gambler’s wife will be happy only in the blue moon and rest of the time she will be sad. One writer said that “At the end of the game all goes to the box” it is true there is one percent chance in winning and 99% loosing. There is no record that casino lose and player taken everything. Bible never support of gambling nor mention the word gambling in the scripture, but the living bible interpreted as “wealth from gambling quickly disappears” (Prov. 13:11). When bible does not speak about gambling, it doesn't mean we can gamble.

Most of the country legalize gambling, as long as they pay the royalty to the government. Government are benefited but they are not able to control the bad impact in the society that brought by the so called gambler. It destroy the human dignity and it has a corrupting impact on the society. 

I expect your valuable comment 
1. Can Christian gamble to entertain the friends to build a relationship?
2. How christian look to gambler? 
3. In what way church should handle the gambling issues? 






Sources: 


Geisler, Norman. Christian Ethics: Contemporary Issues and Options. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010. 



"Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics" by Scott B. Rae, Zondervan: Grand Rapids, Michigan. 1995. pp. 138-143 

18 comments:

  1. gambling is not good, it violates one's ethics, but we should learn the deep level problem of it, to find better solution.

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  2. before speak against gambling, we have to asked the question what is the purpose behind it. if we have wrong motives behind any other work we do is like gambling,

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  3. Gambling when left uncheck can become an addiction and when that happens, people may lose their business, family and dignity. There are many ways to entertain our friends and if we truly see them as our friends, we will never bring them to such places.
    As a Christian, I could continue to enlighten my friends to the negative effects of gambling and hopefully be able to persuade them to give up this deadly habit.

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  4. On one hand anything can turn into gambling, watching football, or even playing soccer with friends. Hence the problem with me is what defines gambling and what point and for what reason is it problematic? Once we answer these questions we can begin to see what can be done to solve the problem.

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  5. Before making any comment we should define clearly that is gambling sin? Why can not we see as a business? Is this the right way to make money? Whatever is your personal view regarding gambling, Christians should not involve in gambling but they should not hate gambler. We are called to bring people to the Kingdom of God.

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  6. I do not think starting a frienship through gambling is a very good idea.I believe their are better ways to build a frienship that are less risker than gambling. Gambling for entertainment is also very dangerous cause we will never know when losers can't accept losing and would start fights. However Christians are called to love everyone regardless of who they are and what they do. That is the command given to believers.

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  7. Some people gamble it for fun while others did it even to the point of no return by waging all their wealth and it is to such act that we should warn ourselves to be careful and not go beyond the limit. Anything that does not cross beyond the boundary is acceptable but again we should be careful with what we do.

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  8. Gambling started initially as a past time recreation or activity during their leisure time but latter on it became a full-fledged legalized business in the present scenario because more and more people became part of it or involved in it. I cannot help myself but to be against gambling because of it is a sinful activity to gamble where you gain it at the expense of other's loss and is a form of cheating. If people were not lazy and idle they would forget gambling and do their own business. An Idle mind is truly a devil's workshop!!!

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  9. 1. Can Christian gamble to entertain the friends to build a relationship?

    No. Gambling is a sin. If they want to build relationship, they can play safe games without any bounty involved.

    2. How christian look to gambler?

    Look at him as a person, not some other form of species.

    3. In what way church should handle the gambling issues?

    Ask the Lord's guidance on how to stop gambling in their communities, starting with their church members and families.

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