Buster Exline: Yes it's a sin..........but obviously one of the kind that gets swept under the carpet.
Marion Wieboldt: I'm in favor of giving Bush a size 12 shoe to his backside....or maybe we could just give him "the boot"...
Vida Miss: When I worked at a convinent store Muslims use to come in and buy booze, cigarettes, lottery and condoms. One time I saw one buy a ham and egg cheese sandwich. Also many were drinking coffee during Ramadan and smoking while the sun was still up
Berry Gilmore: All people who are in touch with their souls have this ability to dream true or see some of their future.I went through this myself but the dreams usually turned into nightmares. but when the remembered dream did happen there was only ordinary things that came about . such as a dream about pirates that came out of the closest and from the opening to the Attic. When I got in the Navy I went into town to watch a movie with a friend and the entrance was the same a! s my dream and the name of the movie was The Pirates of Penzance.Dearms can be tricky to interpret it depends on your ability to sort out the images correctly.
Octavio Roylance: Eventually, as more and more time passes, they will have to admit that 144,000 is not a literal number, or that their interpretation is wrong... Expect New Light soon... Could you tell me what page the text is on so I may take a look?
Walter Scordino: It is strictly forbidden in Islam.In Christianity it depends on the interpretation of the Bible. Some groups tend to prohibit it. On the other hand there are some places where Christians seem to encourage gambling.
Edwina Fu: Some people are spiritually aware, some dont even realize it. Your dreams are often a message to you from your spiritual guides. Some people can connect with these messages without knowing how or why. Also you can be in control of your dreams. If you recognize that you are dreaming often you can create what happe! ns in them. I have a cousin who swears that he can control his! dreams so precisely that he could write a novel by them.
Conrad Puleio: The secret might be that he is a "Born Again" Christian.
Delphine Cajka: We are all given many gifts from God through the holy spirit. The gift of phrophesy is one such gift. Though most recieve their visions through prayer (myself atleast) I suppose through dreams could happen as well (has happened to me on rare occasions) Though my dream visions I would not recall until I saw the event about to unfold. The point is that this is a gift from God and not something to be feared. Be careful though, for the devil can immitate these gifts as well to lead you down the wrong path.
Ewa Homrich: These are called premonitions. There is no secret behind it. Some of us have it and some of us don't. There are a lot of people who have this gift.
Ester Bryand: God tells us to be good stewards of our money. That means to spend it wisely. Can we spend it on our own entertainment? Absolutely! A! nd if gambling is merely entertainment to you, then so bet it. But the crux of the problem is that gambling can be addictive for some and most "games" are rigged in favor of the house, so the net result is that you will usually lose money. I don't know about you, but i can find many better ways to be entertained.
Omar Phipps: What should Bush do now?Do you like Bush.?Is he responsible for Economic turmoil in USA>>>
Maria Bengston: An-Nahl [16:45] Do then those who devise evil plots feel secure that Allâh will not sink them into the earth, or that the torment will not seize them from directions they perceive not? Al-Araf [7:99] Did they then feel secure against the plan of Allâh? None feels secure from the plan of Allâh except the people who are the losers. Al-Araf [7:183] And I respite them; certainly My plan is strong....Show more
Hye Caulley: I think that the main objections in Christian terms are that the basic objective of gambling is covetousnes! s, which is against one of the Ten Commandments and another form of the! sin of greed. It is also failing to act as a good steward of one's resources.
Rickey Vrieze: You made an Interesting comment.First of all, some people regard Jehovah's Witnesses as being Christians while most do not.Second, they have predicted Armageddon and the end of this world as we know it today about eight times since 1870.Third, while they accept much of the Bible, they do not accept all of the Bible.Fourth, they believe that, instead of only surrendering your life to Jesus for eternal life (salvation), you must do more (like become a Jehovah Witness). Do a Yahoo Search.Fifth, in Revelation 7 we read about 12,000 people in each of the twelve tribes of Israel going up to Heaven. (Jacob had twelve sons to begin these tribes and you read of Jacob somewhere between Genesis 22 and Genesis 32.) This is regarded by almost all Christians as being figurative language with the number twelve being a common number in the Bible (together with seven and forty).-- written! by a Southern Baptist who surrendered his life to Jesus at age ten...Show more
Arnoldo Budzynski: He is a good person which I ever know. He always dreams good and some of them as it also happens in his life.I am not joking, what will be the secret behind this ?
Lorine Helwick: Oh Im not concerned for my dad's soul or anything...Im atheist. I just find it funny that he bought them just so he could figure out how it's done i.e. filing in bubbles...contemplating numbers etc.
Patrica Loertscher: Is he a good believer in Christ? Maybe when he dreams they're actually revelations he's recieving from God. Some people get that through dreams.
Benny Stehno: Kinda makes you wonder why they play BINGO in the Church basement - as THIS is also a game of chance ;);););)
Woodrow Neyman: Anything to access is wrong. A few lottery tickets is ok but it represents greed which is sinful.
Dexter Dicostanzo: I know that gambing (even lottery) is strictly forb! idden in Islam, I've always hated gambling. Its no good. My mom plays! the lottery faithfully, and she's spent way more than she's ever won in total over the years. Its a sham.
Morris Olexy: There is no secret. It is because the mind does not think on its own. If you feed it good things good effects will follow and if you feed it negative things the result will be bad. Simply put, it means "you reap what you sow". Therefore, if you want good things to happen then do more good deeds and always maintain a positive mental attitude.
Irvin Guiles: I like Bush, and no he's not responsible. the Democrats are.
Rebeca Mckin: Bush just won the Shoe Award from Iraq. Frankly, he was a shoe-in. No one else tried to horn in on the Shoe Award.
Laveta Fathy: Is the March 2012 Watchtower eluding to the "new light" that the number of 144,000 is not a literal number?This is because there are 20 year olds taking the emblems, and over 140 thousand members have "signed on" as "anointed" over the years.The "organization is having a time wi! th this influx, because the number of anointed from the 1st century till 1878 must have been higher than 4000!11,824 partakers in 2011 alone! I guess they don't want to miss the E-ride?Isn't Satan, the author of confusion?I thought Rutherford "sealed" the number in a 1925?I guess the new-anoints, aren't really instructed as well as they should have been?...Show more
Pei Heatherly: Oh and if Christianity, the largest religion in the US disproves or perhaps forbids gambling...then whats the deal with Las Vegas, Atlantic City etc. I'd there wouldnt be that many customers.But thats if its prohibited...dont know if it is.
Jannie Ariola: Judaism Games
Alberto Kozub: Harpazo = RaptureEND-TIME BIBLE PROPHECYThe Messiah Lord Jesus said BIRTH PANGS would signal the time of the end (Matthew 24:8). There are NINE birth pangs, they are all PRE-TRIBULATIONAL and the 1st three already occurred.The first birth pang was worldwide conflict coupled with famines and earthqu! akes (Matthew 24:7-8). Worldwide conflict was fulfilled in 1914-1918, m! ajor famines happened in 1918-1921 and most of the world’s major earthquakes began to occur since 1900.The second birth pang was the restoration of a Jewish State (Ezekiel 20:33-38; Ezekiel 22:17-22; Ezekiel 36:22-24; Zephaniah 2:1-2). This was fulfilled in 1948.The third birth pang was Jewish control of the Old City of Jerusalem (Revelation 11:1-2). For the third Jewish Temple (Tribulation Temple) to be rebuilt, Jerusalem needs to be under Jewish control and this was accomplished in the Six Day War in 1967.The fourth birth pang will be the Ezekiel 38 war. Russia, allied states of Iran, Ethiopia, Somalia, Germany and Armenia will invade Israel. God will miraculously destroy the invading army by earthquake, civil war among the invading soldiers, pestilence, blood, flood, hailstones, fire and brimstone. This will bring a revival in Israel where many Jews will turn to the Lord, and Israel will spend 7 years and 7 months burying the bodies and burning for fuel the military eq! uipment left behind (Ezekiel 39:9-16).The 5th birth pang will be the development of a one world government (Daniel 7:23-24).The 6th birth pang will be the splitting of the one world government into 10 kingdoms and this Ten Kingdom Stage will continue until mid-Tribulation (Daniel 7:24).The 7th birth pang will be the revelation of the Antichrist (II Thessalonians 2:1-3; Daniel 7:24). The 8th birth pang will be a period of peace and false security that will be shattered by the Tribulation (1 Thessalonians 5:1-3).The 9th and final birth pang before the Tribulation is the signing of the 7-year covenant between Israel and the Antichrist. THIS EVENT IS WHAT BEGINS THE (7-year) TRIBULATION - NOT THE RAPTURE!The Rapture of the Church (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18) is also a pre-tribulational event (Luke 21:34-37; 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 19:6-8). The fact that the Church is not mentioned in any of the Tribulation Scriptures proves the R! apture is pre-tribulational. All raptured Christians will receive glori! fied bodies (Romans 8:22-23; 1 Corinthians 15:50-54)) and it can happen at any second. THE FIRST HALF OF THE TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES IN REVELATION 6-9 AND 17)The Ministry of 144,000 sealed Jewish believers will bring many throughout the world to accept Christ.There will be a powerful Ministry of Two Witnesses who will also be anointed Jewish believers.A one world religious system (Babylon the Harlot) will rule. Under this one world religious system, many who are saved during the Tribulation will suffer persecution and death.The Political system of the 10 kings of the one world government will continue. During the first half of the Tribulation there will also be war, worldwide famine, death (1/4 of the world’s population will die), a huge earthquake, a blackout and a meteor shower. 1/3 of earth’s dry surface will be destroyed, 1/3 sea life and salt water will be destroyed, a fallen angel called Wormwood will make 1/3 of earth’s fresh water bitter, 1/3 of earthâ€! ™s natural light sources will be destroyed, there will be another blackout and demons in the form of “locust-scorpions†will come up out of the abyss led by Abaddon their king and they will inflict harm and pain for five months upon those who are not sealed by God (unbelievers). Another demonic invasion will occur and the demons involved will be led by four fallen angels who will be released from the Euphrates River and this army will kill 1/3 of the earth’s population.MID-TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES IN REVELATION 10-14 AND 17)The Antichrist will war against the 10 kings, and during the war the Antichrist will be killed.Satan will be cast out of the atmospheric heavens onto earth and will resurrect the Antichrist.The Antichrist will kill 3 kings (the kings of Syria, Egypt and Mesopotamia) and the 7 other kings will submit to him.The Antichrist will kill the Two Witnesses in Jerusalem and the wicked people will celebrate this event. Three and a half days afterwards,! God will resurrect the Two Witnesses and take them up to Heaven and th! e people who celebrated will become terrified. The city of Jerusalem where the murder of the Two Witnesses occurred will then suffer an earthquake which will kill 7,000 people.The False Prophet will receive from Satan the power to perform great miracles and will deceive many. The False Prophet will command all people to worship the Antichrist and have persons create an image to the Antichrist. The False Prophet will use his satanic powers to give it life and the ability to speak. The False Prophet will cause those who refuse to worship the Antichrist and the image to be killed.The False Prophet will issue his own counterfeit seal known as the Mark of the Beast and it will be placed on all those who surrender to the Antichrist’s authority and accept him as god. Those who refuse to take this mark will not be able to buy or sell. Those who take this mark will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire.The Antichrist will break the seven-year covenant he made with Israel, cause the s! acrifices to stop, sit in the Jewish Temple, declare to the world that he is really God and set up an idol called the Abomination of Desolation in the Temple (Daniel 9:27; Daniel 12:11; Matthew 24:15-16; 11Thessalonians 2:3-4; Revelation 13:11-15).Through the Antichrist and the False Prophet, Satan will attempt to destroy the Jews once and for all but he will fail because 1/3 of the Jews will succeed in fleeing into the wilderness. These Jews who escape will accept the Lord Jesus as their Saviour during the Tribulation (Zechariah 13:7-9) and while they are in hiding, God will miraculously provide for them (Zechariah 13:8-9; Isaiah 41:17-20). Divine intervention will also destroy the pursuing army.THE SECOND HALF OF THE TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES FOUND IN REVELATION 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)In the second half of the Tribulation, those with the Mark of the Beast will suffer skin sores, the remainder of sea water and fresh water will be destroyed, the sun will cause terrible bur! ns and the wicked will blaspheme God. There will be yet another blackou! t and persons will suffer gnawing pains. Babylon will be the center of world economy and political system but Babylon will be swiftly destroyed by fire and become uninhabitable for man.The Antichrist will locate the Jews who sought refuge in the wilderness and surround them with his armies to wipe them out. The Lord Jesus will then descend from Heaven with His angels and Saints. He will come with great glory riding upon a horse and will destroy the Antichrist, the False Prophet and all of their armies. After this, a loud voice will cry out “It is done!†followed by the greatest earthquake in the earth’s history and hail weighing 120 pounds will fall.At the end of the Tribulation, there will be another blackout, the stars will fall from the sky and the heavenly bodies will be shaken (Matthew 24:29), the Antichrist and the False Prophet will be thrown into the eternal Lake of Fire and Satan will be cast into the Abyss and bound for 1,000 years.THE MILLENNIUMThe Lord Jes! us will reign over the entire earth during the Millennium. The Jewish and Gentile believers who survive the Tribulation will go on to populate the Millennium. Believers who died before and during the Tribulation and believers who were raptured will be present on earth during the Millennium and because they will have glorified bodies they will not reproduce. All believers will be given special tasks by the Lord Jesus (Revelation 20:4-6). There will be no wars (Isaiah 2:2-4), animals will return to the Edenic state and become vegetarians (Isaiah 11:6-9), people will not labour in vain but eat what they plant and inhabit what they build, there will be renovations in the heavens and earth and there will be righteous and unrighteous children born during the Millennium (Isaiah 65:17-25).At the end of the Millennium, Satan will be loosed from the Abyss and will deceive and gather the unrighteous for a war against the righteous. This will be his final attempt to destroy the righteo! us and when the unrighteous of the Millennium surround the good people,! God will send fire down from Heaven which will suddenly and massively annihilate all of the wicked people. Satan will then be cast into the Lake of Fire where he will remain in torment for eternity (Revelation 20:7-10).THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENTThe Great White Throne Judgment will be the next main event. The old heavens and earth will be done away with and all will stand before God’s throne to be judged (Revelation 20:11-12). Those whose names are not found written in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire which will be their final and eternal abode (Revelation 20:14-15).THE ETERNAL ORDER (REVELATION 21 AND 22) Those whose names are found in the Book of Life will enjoy paradise with God forever. The heavens and earth will be made new and the New Jerusalem will come down upon the earth making the earth like Heaven. All curses from the fall will be removed and the earth will be inhabited by the Triune God (The Father, Son and Holy Spirit), all angels and! all of the righteous. The seas, moon, night and sun will be done away with and the glory of God will illuminate the earth. The River of Life will flow from God’s throne, the Tree of Life will bear health-giving fruits and leaves and the name of Jesus will be on the foreheads of all of the righteous.God’s Plan of Salvation for Ushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZkDk1GZ7do
Jestine Osumi: Gambling may be prohibited by any religion, but it's the worshipers who have to make it a reality.I see FAR too many "good Christians" doing things that go completely against the church's doctrine.As an example, my friend went to mass religiously every Sunday and high holy day. She always tried to do the "right thing." But if her grocery cart had something left in it, and she knew she got it for nothing, she let us all know how thrilled she was for getting past the cashier.I believe that's call theft. I called her on it a couple of times. She never answered....Show more
L! ucrecia Laurito: No. you aren't joking cause this happens to me and my ! daughter too. In my religion we call it a gift from the Gods. In other religions they call it something else. I have done that since I was a small child. I used to hate it. Some times I still do.
Oscar Wieland: Gambling is an addiction. Even if you win someone else had to lose for you to do so. It is a way of trying to get as much as possible with as little effort.
Todd Stogner: Catholicism does not ban gambling.
Ardelia Liptow: Well To Be Honestsome people Them Brain Just Translate Anything Into dreamsand some people they gets small dreams but it is truewell You said he is A Good personwell God sometimes when he wanted to say somethingto anyone of ushe go through someoneand that person has to have good behaviorOtherwise people won't believe himso he gets small dreamsfrom God with a messagesthat is why it is always come Truei hope my word make sense
Lawanna Livsey: The holiday of Chanuka, whose conclusion we now mark, is associated in Jewish folklore! , if not actually custom, with forms of entertainment gambling. In Eastern Europe card playing on Chanuka was traditional fare for adults while the younger generation of Jews amused themselves with spinning the dreidel. The origin of these customs is obscure as is their connection to the holiday of Chanuka. Most of the researchers of Jewish customs associate this gambling custom with the fact that when the Greeks searched Jewish homes for the Hasmonean guerilla fighters, the Jews played with dice or cards to distract them and allow the Jewish fighters to hide or escape. Whatever the reason, Chanuka and this type of entertainment gambling became an accepted part of the Chanuka celebrations in the general Jewish community over a millennia ago. Gambling, in all of its forms, was frowned upon if not actually forbidden by the rabbinic authorities of the ages. Gambling for money was viewed in the Talmud as a form of thievery, since the loser never really makes peace with the loss! es that were sustained and does not forgive or forget the winner. Peopl! e who were professional gamblers were disqualified by rabbinic law from being accepted as legitimate witnesses in a Jewish court of law. They were categorized by the rabbis as being unfit for testimony since they "did nothing to promote the benefit of society." Gambling on the sporting events of the time - pigeon races is the example used by the Mishna - was also forbidden as being counterproductive to the society's true welfare. In light of this anti-gambling attitude of the rabbis and Jewish halacha, the accepted custom of recreational gambling on Chanuka must be considered as an anomaly in Jewish tradition. Rabbinic responsa concerning Chanuka gambling, while not necessarily condoning the practice, does not expressly forbid it either. Jewish society apparently took this rabbinic ambivalence as a wink of approval and the custom of Chanuka gambling took hold and even became sacrosanct. After time, even those rabbis who felt the custom to be in error originally came to acce! pt it as a reality of Jewish life. The question of gambling arose again in Eastern European Jewish society in connection with the government-sponsored lotteries that came into vogue in twentieth-century pre-World War II times. Jews participated very heavily, as the poor always do, (after all, it is the only way that they feel that they can instantaneously become rich) in purchasing tickets and chances in these lotteries. The question basically arose as to what was considered gambling in Talmudic and/or rabbinic terms. Here again, the people ran ahead of the rabbinic devisors, and purchasing a lottery ticket soon became unquestioned legitimate behavior in the Jewish world. The reasoning justifying this type of gambling as opposed to other forms of gambling - such as Las Vegas for instance - was pretty tortured but eventually it was seen as a voluntary tax paid by the lottery ticket buyers to the government. This mitigated the issue of gambling and allowed the poor Jews to lo! se their money happily at million to one odds in state-run lotteries. T! he Mifal haPayis - the state-run lottery here in Israel - has hundreds of thousands of religious Jewish buyers every week without a pang of conscience or a rabbinic objection. Further issues regarding gambling began to complicate the Jewish world especially in North America later in the twentieth century. There the Catholic Church for decades on end sponsored "Bingo" -a mild but fairly addictive form of gambling - as a means of raising funds for its institutions. Jewish synagogues and schools soon initiated their own "Bingo" games to raise funds for their needs. Many rabbis opposed this type of fundraising activity, saying that holiness should not seek to find its support in basically unholy projects. However, the practicalities of the expenses of operating synagogues and especially schools soon overwhelmed any moral objections and Jewish sponsored "Bingo," raffles, and even Las Vegas nights became accepted practices in Jewish institutions in the United States and Canada. T! he objections raised to this type of fundraising have never disappeared. They have merely been ignored. Gambling to too many Jews has become an addiction, no less so than drugs or alcohol. Gamblers' Anonymous is as busy as Alcoholics Anonymous. One of the "benefits" of the current intifada is the closure of Yassir Arafat's cash cow casino in Jericho, which absorbed millions of dollars of Jewish money every year during its time of operation. The rabbis sensed all of the problems inherent in gambling and thus wisely attempted to distant Jews from being caught in gambling activities. Playing dreidel or cards on Chanuka is one thing. Gambling on a regular basis is quite another matter, one that is contrary to the traditions and principles of halacha and Judaism....Show more
German Thal: there is no secrct,everyone can be like himonly by having a good heart which full of love for Allah,his prophet(PBUH) and for everyone,obeying Allah and his Prophet(PBUH) and be an ideal m! uslim in ur deeds,NO SECRET
Salvatore Walls: Well I don't know if! this applys to everyone but I am a Christian and my family is very religious and we don't gamble, bet, or any of that stuff. We don't even say "I bet". Like if a person says "I can ride a bike." We don't say "I bet you can." In the Bible it doesn't mention "gambling" but it does mention "luck" and "chance". If you will go to the website below it will fill you in better on the subject. I hope that helps.
