Gambling is a sin

In his column, "Casino gamble? A bad bet after all," Joseph Farah states that gambling is not a sin.

Gambling is a sin, since it is larceny in our hearts: The gambler is driven by envy to covet the wealth that others have. It is a violation of the 10th Commandment (covetousness), and may be a violation of the Eighth Commandment (theft).

The Bible states that we should not "reap where we do not sow" (John 4:38), an argument against usury that also covers gambling as well as modern ideas of "wealth redistribution." It is wrong to want something for nothing.

Just as modern believers suddenly think nothing of divorce, so too they long ago lost their understanding of God's financial instructions. We can time travel to 1902 for a fuller understanding of God's financial law by reading "Usury by Calvin Elliott." It can be read for free online.

Roxane Premont