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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
My friend BHILL says that gambling is a "tax for stupid people."  You could tell your kids that....
Really, pel has the best answers on this thread. Some issues aren't clear cut, so you have to be guided by principles and common sense. This is a great way to teach your children how to do that. They need to learn that the Bible doesn't give a black or white yes or no on every issue.
Try making a pros/cons list on the white-board, find scriptures that address the issue from all sides, and ask your kids if they think gambling is a good idea. I'm amazed at how conservative my kids are sometimes, when I present them with the facts and let them make up their own minds. 
I know some people just buy a lottery ticket here and there, and really, I guess it's no big deal if that's all they ever do. However, others spend lots of money in hopes of winning big, and their families pay the piper. Get-rich-quick schemes and risky investments could also fall under the generic category of gambling, as has been mentioned already. |
And some of us will go to a show in Vegas and save up $100 to play the tables for a night too
What I hear in most people's "dangers" of gambling, applies to so many other things as well. Including men who make work their god, work their life away and give nothing of themselves to their families.
Get-rich-schemes ironically seemed to take off quicker in churches. How many little deals popped up during your time in Church? It was like a new trend each year.
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