If gambling is a sin then why do Christians put their money in banks?
Posted on March 11, 2008
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After all banks gamble that money on the stock market! You are actually encouraging gambling by putting your money in the bank.
Do Christians have pensions? That is also gambling. Insurance policies, etc…. GAMBLING!
Whether you get the money back or not is not the point. Banks gamble with the money. They invest it and in doing so they risk losing it. Pensions are total gamble. Sure these things may be insured so that they can cover any loss but it is still gambling.
A Pension can be described a gambling. You use a smaller amount of money to gain a larger amount. By some people’s definition if I gamble on a horse who has odds 1/9 i.e I win $1 for every $9 bet then it is not gambling because I don’t stand to win large amounts of money.
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Exactly where in the bible does it say that gambling is a sin?
Ha, youre right, lotteries are more of a sure thing.
Every time I fill up my car I am gambling that it will run for another tankful before it dies.
I know, and why do so many churches sponsor Bingo nights?
Its FDIC insured.
I don’t know what you are talking about…it met Jesus at the craps table in Puerto Rico last week.
Wrong. A bank account is insured by the Federal government up to $100,000.
You need to look up the words gambling and investment in the dictionary.
Gambling can be defined as “risking money in an attempt to multiply the money on something that is against the odds.”
The Bible does not specifically condemn gambling, betting, or the lottery. So, as usual, you are mistaken when it comes to “what is a sin” and “what is not”.
See you tonight at Bingo.
“After all banks gamble that money on the stock market!”
I don’t think you understand banking. The bank uses your money to loan to other people and make a profit off the interest. Nice try though, but I think high school economics might be a better place for you to start.
they make the rules and they break their own rules. nothing new, as their priests are examplary leaders.
Wow! You are really getting picky.
I’m a Christian and even though I don’t gamble, I have nothing against a person occasionally enjoying themselves at the casino or whatever. But to answer your question, I think that there is a big difference between spending the last bit of your food money on a lottery ticket or gambling away your children’s college money.
Pensions and insurance . . . hmmm . . . gambling?
I’ve always wonder where the reference to gambling is in the Bible. Would someone email me with it please.
Are you being a rediculous extremist on purpose or is it just natural??? and Insurance policies are required by state law…lol.
Religion is only a sense of security. Christians (for the most) cuss, disobey their parents…ect.
By what the bible says, unless you believe in Jesus, all you have to do is disobey your parents once, and your going to hell… Now… With a god that cruel.. do you even want to go to heaven?
saving your money in a bank isnt gambling, you are guaranteed to get your money back even if the interest sucks…gambling is when you take a chance on losing your money while triing to make a gain. I have a pension, it is also guaranteed…I dont call that gambling. I guess insurance policies are a gamble…but you dont really make a big return on it….I wouldnt want to gamble losing my house if I didnt have insurance!!
Yes it is, but they don’t know any better, they believe in fairytales for crying out loud.
You have it all wrong!!! Gambling is when a small amount of money is used in order to obtain a large amount. Ex lottery.
Banks put the money in investment vehicles much riskier than the stock market.
Although a certain portion of the reserves are required to be held in cash.
You said “banks” gamble with our money. We (christians) dont God made laws to protect us. In this case so we dont suffer without money. All these laws are for us. not against us.
Someone is teaching you wrongly. You yourself must first understand what is GAMBLING and what is BANKING.
GAMBLING is risking your hard earned money in multiplying which in most cases, result in failure.
BANKING is keeping your money for safety against theft, fire etc. You are assured 100% of your money at any time. You could also approach a Bank for financial assistance in times of need provided you have an account with them!
If someone tells you that Gambling is a sin, the person must have been advising you to spend wisely. You are free to Gamble, why not? afterall, that is your own problem!
Christians and non Christians do work. Absolutely nothing wrong to have pensions, insurance policies etc. These are benefits of your labour nothing to do with RISK IN MULTIPLYING
A church I used to belong to regularly ran a Christmas lottery, so presumably they didn’t think it was a sin. I suppose it all depends upon how puritanical your brand of Christianity is.
Well by putting 2,000 dollars in your pocket your also gambling for it to be lost… or stolen…etc
The Bible says to use wisdom in all things… It’s not wise to NOT put you money in the bank… I’m sure we can both agree on that.
…..??? Don’t you have anything better to do? Your are completely taking something out of contex. It says that a fool and his money are soon parted. Basically if your going to go to slot machines and spend $2000 on something that most likely won’t pan out is not smart. We are suppose to invest wisely. Check out the parable where a father gave his children talents. I child received 10, another 5 and the last 1. The first child and turned that 10 into 20, the second his 5 into 10, and the last buried his talent and did nothing. He was considered foolish because he did not invest.
So please, rather then taking something out of context just to Critize people, it may be a better idea for you to actually understand what you are talking about. You may actually learn something.
There is a clear distinction. In pensions if one loses all lose.
In gambling I can only win at the expense of someone else losing. That is simply a form of self-centred greed.
Pension money will have been investec in business which may help others.
The Bible condemns usury, which rules out normal bank accounts. However, there are financial organisations which do not operate this way and it would be possible to keep one’s savings in them, or to invest in assets rather than stocks and shares. Legalistically, it would be possible to constitute a financial arrangement in terms of paying rent for borrowing money or keeping it safe, but since Christians are to obey the spirit of the law as well as the letter, this too would be sinful. All i can say is that everyone’s a sinner, and this is another way in which most people sin.
Usury is not sinful if everyone does it, and differential interest rates never cause financial loss. This does not happen, but the man on the street will _lose_ money if he keeps it under the mattress. Current accounts lose you money anyway, because they do not keep up with inflation. The only people who can have guilty consciences from legal money handling are those with lots of it, and Christians are usually very far from that situation.
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