Gambling is trying to get something for nothing. It is the distinctive vice of a degenerating age and nation. Gambling is a transaction between two parties wherby the transfer of something of value is made dependent on chance is such a way that the whole gain of one party equals the whole loss of the other. There is no increase of wealth. All that one party gains is gained at the expense of the other. A gamble is an attempt to gain something without rendering any return. Gambling is a sin against God, self, neighbor, and society and increases appallingly the amount of wast, misery, and crime . The state should never be involved.
All gambling makes its appeal to the base passion of greed and when this passion is fed, it strikes against the very root of the corresponding virtue, the virtue of giving.
Three things justify a man taking money from another person:
1. The law of exchange: that one person gives another money in exchange for merchandisse
2. The law of service: that one person gives another service in exchange for money
3. The law of love: that one person out of love freely gives money to another who has freely and willingly given to him
Info. taken from a small book full of wisdom,”The Life-Style of A Believer, A Prolegomenon on Christian Ethics, by Victor Paul Wierwille
Gambling is an addiction as bad as alcoholism or drug addiction or tobacco. However, it is more cerebral in nature as it is premeditated. Gambling cuts to the core of the human condition in that it exposes our desires and weaknesses at the same time. I thank the good lord that I was not burdened with that vice.
Same here! Years ago a co-worker was getting ready to go gambling in Vegas and he told me he takes $400. for gambling and usually wins $200 back. I wasn’t impressed by those odds. I just told him that I don’t gamble, I don’t like loosing money at all. His answer? ‘Scared money never wins’. I answered back that ‘yes my money is scared but that’s ok because I don’t want to gamble my ‘scared’ money away.
I always told people who gamble that I have an idea that could save them 100’s if not 1,000’s of dollars. I would tell them “instead of driving or flying to a casino, spending a day or two or even more there, just give me each week $200. Then, once a week, if I pull your name out of a hat, I will give you back $100. And if I feel real nice, I may even send you back $500.”
don’t gamble, don’t drink, and don’t watch football or any other sport. Too busy watching the enemy for that. good post Millard.
Gambling is trying to get something for nothing. It is the distinctive vice of a degenerating age and nation. Gambling is a transaction between two parties wherby the transfer of something of value is made dependent on chance is such a way that the whole gain of one party equals the whole loss of the other. There is no increase of wealth. All that one party gains is gained at the expense of the other. A gamble is an attempt to gain something without rendering any return. Gambling is a sin against God, self, neighbor, and society and increases appallingly the amount of wast, misery, and crime . The state should never be involved.
All gambling makes its appeal to the base passion of greed and when this passion is fed, it strikes against the very root of the corresponding virtue, the virtue of giving.
Three things justify a man taking money from another person:
1. The law of exchange: that one person gives another money in exchange for merchandisse
2. The law of service: that one person gives another service in exchange for money
3. The law of love: that one person out of love freely gives money to another who has freely and willingly given to him
Info. taken from a small book full of wisdom,”The Life-Style of A Believer, A Prolegomenon on Christian Ethics, by Victor Paul Wierwille
Gambling is an addiction as bad as alcoholism or drug addiction or tobacco. However, it is more cerebral in nature as it is premeditated. Gambling cuts to the core of the human condition in that it exposes our desires and weaknesses at the same time. I thank the good lord that I was not burdened with that vice.
Me too Millard.
Well Paul, let’s “smoke a fatty” and ponder this question! 🙂
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I too, Millard. It’s a waste of time and money. Thankful my cerebral parts are working well in this area!
Same here! Years ago a co-worker was getting ready to go gambling in Vegas and he told me he takes $400. for gambling and usually wins $200 back. I wasn’t impressed by those odds. I just told him that I don’t gamble, I don’t like loosing money at all. His answer? ‘Scared money never wins’. I answered back that ‘yes my money is scared but that’s ok because I don’t want to gamble my ‘scared’ money away.
Yes Katie. you are correct.
I always told people who gamble that I have an idea that could save them 100’s if not 1,000’s of dollars. I would tell them “instead of driving or flying to a casino, spending a day or two or even more there, just give me each week $200. Then, once a week, if I pull your name out of a hat, I will give you back $100. And if I feel real nice, I may even send you back $500.”
I can’t understand why no one took the offer.
That was required reading for me back in high school, as well as “Animal Farm”.
Orwell was “in the club”.