This question is so weird that I don't even know what category it should belong in. Within the past month I had this really weird dream about playing a slot machine. When I woke up I completely became obssessed about going to a casino and playing slot machines. I never go to casinos and I never had dreams about slot machines or gambling before. Anyway, so this weird obsession lasted about a week so I went to a casino near me. I gambled with $80 and won $930. The dream hasn't come back and I haven't gone back to the casino. I'm a Christian and I don't believe in gambling despite what I did. I have a fiance who is also Christian and I haven't told her yet about this weird experience. How do I reconcile this strange experience with my beliefs, and how should I tell her about what happened?
2007-11-09 02:15:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Tell her the truth........and never do it again.
Remember, the devil can deceive us into thinking that some things are from the Lord
2007-11-09 02:17:58 · answer #1 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Most compulsive gamblers begin with a big win, and they spend years (and enormous amounts of money) trying to replicate the experience.
The high you get the first time you take any drug is called "virgin high." It's usually the best high you will ever get from the drug. In fact, it's usually far and away the best high you'll ever get. And addicts waste years trying to replicate this experience.
Gambling works on the brain in much the same way. Even if you do go back and have another big win, it won't give you the feeling you had the first time.
The whole reason anything is addictive is precisely becuase it does NOT produce lasting satisfaction. File this one under "life experience" and then leave it alone. If you find yourself still obsessing about your experience, consider going to a Gamblers Anonymous meeting to hear stories of those whose lives were destroyed by the same obsession.
2007-11-09 02:36:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Become Catholic and it will no longer be a sin to gamble, lol. Ok, now on a more serious note...you're human...you sin...period. Be blunt with your wife, tell her about your dream and that you had this weird feeling that you had to go to the casino so you did and won money. If you are that uncomfortable with your winnings then donate it to your church. Since you are Christian then you know that if you ask for forgiveness from your sins, Jesus will forgive you!
2007-11-09 02:21:09 · answer #3 · answered by mageta8 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dont forget to tithe or claim it on your taxes. You may be given the opportunity to give it all towards a good cause. Dont hold on to and think of it as "yours."
Similar thing happened to Peter. He had a "dream" where God let down a net full of unclean animals and told him to get up and eat. The lesson was that what God has made should not be called unclean (Acts 10).
2007-11-09 02:28:42 · answer #4 · answered by MrMyers 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, give this problem over to God in prayer.
I'm thinking you coiuld do something really wonderful with the money, perhaps for the wedding, or for the honeymoon, invest it so it will grow for your family finances, or give some of it to a favorite and meaningful charity.
Then, after you've resolved the problem what to do with the money, then tell her. She'll be thrilled. :)
2007-11-09 02:20:10 · answer #5 · answered by Holly Carmichael 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Gambling is also against my religion, but perhaps there is a reasson for this, perhaps you will need this money for something or even someone, Save it and then another sign will come to you
Many Blessings
Meg
2007-11-09 02:19:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wish I had a dream like that!
Well, even when I was Christian, I never had the belief that gambling was wrong, only that gambling what you could not afford to lose was wrong. Are you feeling guilty? Why?
2007-11-09 02:18:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Tell her just like you told us .... You sound like you feel ashamed of what you did and feel like she won't like it, but it's no big deal. However it would be a good idea if you would never go there again :) Gambling passion is an awfull thing
2007-11-09 02:19:18 · answer #8 · answered by larissa 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your sin was already reconciled if your a true Christian right?, but just fior kicks I'd give the 930 bucks to the church!
2007-11-09 02:18:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Its called luck, nothing more, there was no connection between your random dream and the winning pot at the casino
2007-11-09 02:18:50 · answer #10 · answered by Seargent Gork 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You could say you had a spiritual visualisation that led you to that casino, which made you 930 dollars richer. She might be happy man.
2007-11-09 02:18:52 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋