2007-06-09 02:18:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No but the older people love it and the church holds bingo to raise money for the church. Bingo is a very serious thing for some people.
2007-06-09 02:23:15 · answer #1 · answered by SDC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bingo Backfires
• A Roman Catholic priest in Worcester, Massachusetts, said that the bingo games at his church grossed about $8,000 a week, netting $1,400 profit. However, he admitted: “It is no longer helping us morally or spiritually.”
The priest observed: “The people who came to play bingo weren’t coming to help the church or take part in a parish social. They came to make money.” He noted that the gambling brought out the worst in players, and that it had become too “hard to keep it innocent and charitable.”
But gambling has never been “innocent and charitable.” It is a form of greediness, seeking the money of others without working for it. The Bible view is: “Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Cor. 9:7) It also counsels: “Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him do hard work, doing with his hands what is good work, that he may have something to distribute to someone in need.”—Eph. 4:28.
2007-06-09 02:22:36 · answer #2 · answered by Steve 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said the Church should be a house of prayer, not a den of thieves or a house of merchandise.
Lev 26:2 Ye shall keep My Sabbaths and reverebce My sanctury: I am the LORD.
2007-06-09 02:39:00 · answer #3 · answered by Ardys R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nor does the Bible have anything to say about rollercoaster rides, Monopoly games, credit cards, garden hoses, marmosetts, wristwatches and cell phones.
Is my point made?
2007-06-09 02:33:08 · answer #4 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it is more about scrabble than bingo.
2007-06-09 02:23:45 · answer #5 · answered by Invisible_Flags 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isaiah all the way...
If Isaiah has nothing to say about it, probably Zecheriah does, he even talks about Santa Claus.
2007-06-09 02:24:03 · answer #6 · answered by Nijg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it does not say that in my bible.
2007-06-09 02:24:23 · answer #7 · answered by cheri b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hehe cute question judge not least ye be judged
2007-06-09 02:31:56 · answer #8 · answered by happy_kko 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
isn't it in Revelations?
2007-06-09 02:21:44 · answer #9 · answered by kick it 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
2007-06-09 02:28:57 · answer #10 · answered by allahdevil1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋