13 October 2004

Gambling: Not immoral; but not wise.

Sometimes decisions are more logical than moral.

Tonight my small group leaders decided they wanted to play poker. Everyone has to cough up $2 to put in the pot. I’m not sure how I feel about this.

I have no objection to gambling on religious grounds. There’s nothing in scripture for or against it. I simply object to it on a purely logical basis:

  1. If it isn’t reasonably certain,
    it’s a stupid decision.
  2. If it is reasonably certain,
    yet the other party doesn’t recognize this,
    you’re preying on the stupid,
    so it’s a moral decision.
    (Basically immoral.)

Sometimes I’m just too logical for my own good.