Southern baptist view on gambling12/30/2023 ![]() Yet another moral problem for Swaim is the fact that a certain portion of gamblers “will end up addicted and in financial and moral ruin.” More on that below. The last of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:17) even forbids private inward thoughts of material desire or coveting, and Jesus warned in the Sermon on the Mount that “you cannot serve both God and money” (Matthew 6:24). Swaim sympathizes with theologians who oppose the desire to “get something for nothing,” accompanied by the attitude that work to earn necessary income “is a mostly unhealthy activity best avoided.” But he admitted that’s also the case when we inherit assets or the value of property increases regardless of our own efforts.įor Swaim, the key moral aspect is what gambling “reveals about the gambler,” especially desire or lust for wealth. ![]() The Wall Street Journal’s Barton Swaim mulled religious aspects under the arresting headline “ Would Jesus Bet on the Super Bowl?” He said that for Jews and Christians, the Bible is “less than explicit” in warnings and yet its moral teachings do raise questions about gambling. The big weekend produced several interesting articles about the pros and cons, the inroads and innovations of America’s gambling industry. Analysts anticipated a record high cash haul from the Super Bowl with the explosion in legalized online sports betting.
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