Can christian buy ToTO ar?
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let me guess, your next statement will beOriginally posted by Icemoon:Buy Toto is contributing to Singapore Pools.
True or false?
Singapore Pools pays the staff salary for Comm Chest...
=> contributing to Singapore Pools = contributing to Comm Chest = Charity works = Good Works ?????
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Ya lor... I read that the our brains have very little room for risk avoidance... rational thinking has little room for avoiding risks... our "logical" mind tries to justify risks instead...Originally posted by Chin Eng:yah loh.... as I'd said to him previously.... he wanna play, play lah. no need to justify to us what. -
Better to donate to charity or give to the poor directly instead of "contributing" through Singapore Pools.
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Like you said earlier, to justify the act of gambling in ToTo mah ... (justy the 'risk' taken)...Originally posted by sillyme:Better to donate to charity or give to the poor directly instead of "contributing" through Singapore Pools. -
Ya lor... but i guess most of the time, people buy in hope to get rich... i don't think they have any noble thoughts attachedOriginally posted by vince69:Like you said earlier, to justify the act of gambling in ToTo mah ... (justy the 'risk' taken)...
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the 'noble thoughts' comes after that when they did not win loh ...Originally posted by sillyme:Ya lor... but i guess most of the time, people buy in hope to get rich... i don't think they have any noble thoughts attached 
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Can buy but cannot tioOriginally posted by noahnoah:I just wonder christian can bet on Toto a
not ar
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why? or how.Originally posted by shade343:Investing and Gambling is 2 different things. Investing is not gambling and vice versa. -
case study:
A pastor wanted to build a church on a piece of land. After some calculations, he finds that he needs 2 million dollars. He will never raised the money in 20 years! His chance came at the 10 million toto draw. He prayed day and night, promising to use all the money to glorify God. In the end, he is one of the winner of the draw. Is it God's will? -
Personally, i would say. It's too easy for Christians to attribute God's will into their life accounts.Originally posted by ventin:case study:
A pastor wanted to build a church on a piece of land. After some calculations, he finds that he needs 2 million dollars. He will never raised the money in 20 years! His chance came at the 10 million toto draw. He prayed day and night, promising to use all the money to glorify God. In the end, he is one of the winner of the draw. Is it God's will?
But some cases, we are unable to explain. -
In the first place, a pastor with such a trend of taught is wrong. It is no different from, say a businessman who wants to close a deal but may need to resort to underhanded means.Originally posted by ventin:case study:
A pastor wanted to build a church on a piece of land. After some calculations, he finds that he needs 2 million dollars. He will never raised the money in 20 years! His chance came at the 10 million toto draw. He prayed day and night, promising to use all the money to glorify God. In the end, he is one of the winner of the draw. Is it God's will?
For example, the Methodist church of Singapore has never and will not accept money from the Totalisation Board for the construction and renovation of their schools purely because such money is, in the eyes of the Methodist church, money from gambling. It will not accept money from such a source yet it continues to build schools and churches. -
Jesus said that we should be content with only food and clothing and donate the excess to the poor. This is one of the ten commandments(thou shalt not covet).