2007-01-16 04:03:26 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes. Sorry it is what it is there's no getting around it. Gambling Gambling Gambling. So is the stock market too. HA. Tough crap.
2007-01-16 04:06:48 · answer #1 · answered by Bran McMuffin 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, it was God's original intent that this method be used for determining His Will. For example, see Leviticus 16:8, Joshua 18:6, I Samuel 14:41, Proverbs 16:33 and I Chronicles 24-26.
By Jesus' time, the casting of lots had evolved into gambling. However, there are two New Testament examples of the righteous casting of lots: Luke 1:9 and Acts 1:26.
2007-01-16 04:15:31 · answer #2 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Casting lots is just like playing dice or "craps" its a form of gambling
2007-01-16 04:07:00 · answer #3 · answered by Robert K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Partly. It's also a form of divination. Much like the dual roles of playing cards and Tarot cards in Renaissance Europe, the lots cast in the Bible were both a game for gambling items and a form of magical divination.
2007-01-16 04:11:01 · answer #4 · answered by snowbaal 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If extracting a random number can be construed as gambling, then yes.
It could be compared to picking straws to determine who is "it".
If fate or luck is relied upon for the answer, it is gambling. If an issue is placed before God and He is asked to pick the straw, then it is a form of devine trust. [devination]
2007-01-16 04:11:23 · answer #5 · answered by Jay Z 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, casting lots is gambling. It literally means betting or placing wagers.
2007-01-16 04:07:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, gambling in the worst form.
2007-01-16 04:10:46 · answer #7 · answered by perplexed 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No - playing is taking a private risk for of project of better own income. The better the possibilities against triumphing, the better the loss in case you lose; and the better the loss, the better the income in case you win. They weren't playing, as such. They have been trusting God to direct their paths and instruction manual them to fill the region of ministry that alter into left vacant whilst Judas killed himself. They have been reckoning on the Holy Spirit - to steer the lots, purely as interior the previous testomony, the Urim and Thummim have been a style of casting lots to be attentive to God's will in any given difficulty, trusting that God is finally on top of issues, and not mere hazard. it fairly is why Christians oftentimes do not place self belief in hazard, and we've not got self belief in twist of fate; we offer credit to God. it fairly is why (oftentimes speaking), Christians do not say issues like "solid luck!" to somebody. We oftentimes say "God bless your efforts" or something comparable.
2016-10-31 06:33:23 · answer #8 · answered by speth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's biblical usage does not relate to gambling or games. It refers to tossing a dice, coin or other objects to make a decision.
2007-01-16 04:15:34 · answer #9 · answered by DEE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because they did not pay money to cast the lots;
WHEREAS,
when people you see gambling, they pay money to gamble.
2007-01-16 04:10:11 · answer #10 · answered by 1saintofGod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋