Wager Mage
Wager Mage
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Buddhism teaches members to avoid addictions, like gambling. The Muslim religion prohibits any gambling, declaring it as unlawful.
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Read More »A common perception in Utah is that the only religion strongly opposed to gambling is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Not so. "Muslims and Buddhists are very strongly against it too," said David Robertson, past president and current board member of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling (NCALG) in Washington, D.C. The United Methodist Church, Southern Baptists, Jehovah's Witnesses and a few others are also strongly against games of chance. Robertson, who is LDS, said two key leaders of NCALG are Methodist and Baptist. They've helped organized an interfaith campaign in the South to persuade Tennessee voters to reject a state lottery that will appear on the ballot this fall. Robertson admits sometimes a religious crusade against gambling can backfire. He said Idaho's state lottery was voted in some years ago when the public realized the LDS Church was the main opponent. "The gambling industry has a tremendous amount of money," Robertson said, and that gives it lots of clout.
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Read More »He believes the national Wire Act makes Internet gambling technically illegal because it is games of chance over the phone lines. However, enforcement would be extremely difficult. Richard Wolf, an elder in the North Salt Lake congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, said his church is against gambling and a recent article in a church magazine has affirmed that position. "There is no specific commandment in the Bible that says you must not gamble. But the fruitage of gambling is consistently bad, and this rotten fruitage has been exposed by The Watchtower and Awake! for half a century," an official church statement says. Gambling fosters a spirit of gain at the expense of others, while the Bible encourages people to work with their own hands, Witnesses believe. Buddhism teaches members to avoid addictions, like gambling. The Muslim religion prohibits any gambling, declaring it as unlawful. Darwin A. John, outgoing managing director of information and communication systems for the LDS Church, agrees that gambling on the Internet is becoming a popular vice, along with pornography. However, he said, those are the Net's two downsides and there are good things there, too. "It makes so many opportunities to learn possible," he said. "Responsible individuals and parents can manage it in a way to protect them from these downsides." The official LDS statement on gambling is: "The church opposes gambling in any form, including government sponsored lotteries. Members are urged to join with others who have similar concerns in opposing the legalization and government sponsorship of any form of gambling." Many other churches don't consider gambling to be a sin, as long as it is kept in moderation and is not an addiction that ruins family life. It is also interesting to note that while Nevada may be the gambling leader in the West, with legalized casinos, there is one town in that state that has actually banned gambling entirely. Boulder City, southeast of Las Vegas, has specifically banned all slot machines and other forms of gambling through the town's charter. The city is also home to a diverse mix of 11 churches.
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