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sdfgh23456 t1_ium2brx wrote

Reply to comment by nighthawk252 in Being a young man, religious, and with a high income, may make you more likely to gamble on sports, according to international research which also suggests that betting on sports, daily fantasy league play, and betting on e-sports all increase the risk of developing a gambling problem. by MistWeaver80

On the other hand, it's often not judged as harshly as other vices. A lot of churches even encourage some gambling in the form of things like raffles, which could totally be a gateway into other methods of gambling.

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MechaMagikarp t1_iumfmvm wrote

Pretty sure the bible talks a lot about how sin is sin. There is no worse or less worse sin. It’s all bad. I’m not religious and know that for a fact. Followers of the faiths better start reading their books.

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Thepinkknitter t1_iumlpg7 wrote

Well that’s just simply not true. Mortal sins are far more severe than other sins. It’s why there is a ten commandments on top of an entire library of stories.

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MechaMagikarp t1_iummssb wrote

The ten commandments are not the top ten rules. They are literally the ten subjects that all other sin falls into. The “sins” that you are comparing to “mortal sin” are one in the same. Scholars from Christianity and Judaism regularly group those “lesser sins” in with the commandment that they relate to. Why? Because the ten commandments are just the major overlying principles that you MUST abide by. The lessers are quite literally variations of those commandments. Sorry but absolutely no.

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Thepinkknitter t1_iumnfey wrote

Somebody skipped religion class. Feel free to read up on the difference between mortal sins and venial sins.

https://stboniface-lunenburg.org/mortal-and-venial-sin

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MechaMagikarp t1_iumpijd wrote

My bad. I didn’t realize we were only talking about the Catholic view of the Ten Commandments. I was most definitely referring to the real view of the book. Not any one of the three’s deeply opinionated views on it.

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Thepinkknitter t1_iumq1en wrote

Right, you talk about religion, say for a fact that all sins in the Bible are treated the exact same way, but OH you conveniently forgot about the second largest religious body in the world. Wild.

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JazzyWarthog t1_iuox7vu wrote

Catholicism doesn't exactly have a reputation to stick to the Bible's rules, quite frankly. What Catholicism says isn't always what the Bible states.

In this case all sins are treated equally per the Bible, with the only unforgivable one being blaspheming the holy spirit.

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