Are there any religions that have a problem with playing cards with a standard deck of 52 cards?

Question

I don't mean gambling....just playing cards for fun.

Answer 1

I don't see a problem with it there was a song by red sovine and I kinda like it but note the song applies to christianity. I do not believe the cards in themselves are wrong but gambling can lead to problems. here are the lyrics

SPOKEN: During the North African Campaign, a bunch of soldier boys had been on a long hike. They arrived in a little town called Casino. The next morning being Sunday, several of the boys went to church. A sergeant commanded the boys in church. After the Chaplain read the prayer, the text was taken up next. Those of the boys that had a prayer book took them out. One boy had only a deck of cards, and he spread them out. The sergeant saw the cards and said, "Soldier, put away those cards." After the service was over, the soldier was taken prisoner and brought before the Provost Marshall. The Marshall said, "Sergeant, why have you brought this man here?" "For playing cards in church, Sir," was the response. The Marshall asked the soldier, "And what have you to say for yourself, son?" "Much, Sir," replied the soldier. The Marshall stated, "I hope so, for if not I will punish you more than any man was ever punished." The soldier said, "Sir, I have been on the march for about six months. I have neither bible nor a prayer book, but I hope to satisfy you, sir, with the purity of my intentions." And with that, the boy started his story ... "You see, sir, when I look at the Ace, it reminds me that there is but one God. And the deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts: the Old and the New Testaments. When I see the trey, I think of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And when I see the four, I think of the four evangelists who preached the Gospel: there was Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. And when I see the five, it reminds me of the five wise virgins who trimmed their lamps; there were ten of them: five were wise and were saved, five were foolish and were shut out. When I see the six, it reminds me that in six days God made this heaven and earth. And when I see the seven, it reminds me that on the seventh day, God rested from his great work. And when I see the eight, I think of the eight righteous persons that God saved when he destroyed the earth: there was Noah, his wife, their sons and their wives. And when I see the nine, I think of the lepers our saviour cleansed, and that nine of the ten didn't even thank him. When I see the ten, I think of the ten commandments that God handed down to Moses on a tablet of stone. When I see the King, it reminds me that there is but one King of Heaven, God Almighty. And when I see the Queen, I think of the blessed Virgin Mary who is the Queen of Heaven. And the Jack or Knave is the Devil. When I count the number of spots in a deck of cards, I find 365, the number of days in a year. There are 52 cards, the number of weeks in a year. There are four suits, the number of weeks in a month. There are twelve picture cards, the number of months in a year. There are thirteen tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter. So you see, Sir, my deck of cards serves me as a bible, an almanac and a prayer book." "And friends, this is a true story. I know, I was that soldier."

Answer 2

A standard deck has 4 suits, each of which have 5 even cards, 5 odd cards and 3 face cards. Probability of drawing one of the even cards is 20/52 = 5/13.

Answer 3

Well let's see, there are two parts to my answer.

First, the 52 deck of cards was based on the Tarot card, I know this because I used to read Tarot cards for a living back when I was a pagan, and there are several layouts and spreads you can do using a standard 52 deck of cards. So, some religions don't like them because they are related to Tarot cards.

Second, playing cards are related to gambling, and gambling is wrong. It is not putting your faith in God to deliver you from your trial, it is putting faith in a game of cards. So, some religions don't like gambling and hence don't like playing cards because of it.

Now, lastly, my opinion is this (speaking as a Christian). Items have no inherent "good" or "evil" qualities. A deck of playing cards is just that, a deck. It does not represent good nor evil, it is what you DO with said item that is bad. If I want to sit down and play a game of "go fish" with my stepdaughters, I'm not committing a sin to do so.

Answer 4

>>Are there any religions that have a problem with playing cards with a standard deck of 52 cards?<<

I'm not familiar with any today, but my Lutheran great-grandmother wouldn't allow her son to keep a deck of cards in the house because she thought they were evil. I believe that was sometime during the 1920s.

Answer 5

Here is an excerpt from my pastor's newsletter - June 2003

"Most witches will agree that playing cards with spades, clubs, hearts, and diamonds are more powerful than most tarot decks. Before the Lord saved me, I used to lay and read these cards. The regular deck consists of four suits of 13 cards plus one joker. The origin of these playing cards, also known as the "devil's picture book", goes back to France and the reign of King Charles the Insane, as he was known. The King had a satanist in his court, who invented the deck of common playing cards, and the first game ever played with them was one that mocked the ten commandments of Almighty God. The ace which is one, through ten represented the ten commandments. The king was Satan, the queen was the "Virgin Mary", and the jack was the offspring of Satan and the Virgin. The joker was to represent Jesus. Playing cards grieve the Spirit of God, and no Christians should have them in their homes nor should they ever use them. These cards represent blasphemy of the first magnitude and are associated with dens of iniquity everywhere."

Answer 6

I have never heard of it being a sin if just playing for fun, but I know the Bible forbids tarot cards and some readers read playing cards like they do tarot cards.

Answer 7

I have heard islam does not aprove of cards and some christians can see them as wrong. I was at a methodist school and playing cards were banned but it did not stop us playing with them not gambaling of course. I like patiance games.

Answer 8

Missionary Baptists

Answer 9

It's all good. Don't worry about it. Seriously. There's child molestors, murderers and tons of other stuff that is much more serious than you playing cards. Have fun.

Answer 10

No not with Catholics. My children and I used to love playing cards when they were young

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