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Comment from: Rich [Visitor] Email
I have 4 thoughts:

Firstly, I don't see how the skins game is any different than winning money in any other professional tournament.

Secondly, golf isn't a game of luck, particularly one where the odds are stacked against the player.

Thirdly, wagering on a game that you are playing against competitors isn't as much 'gambling' as it is an incentive to perform as well as one can.

Fourthly (and last), gambling per se should be put in context. It can be an addiction or lead to an addiction which would be bad from a Christian perspective on a number of levels. But, if it's handled as a form of entertainment, like spending the same amount of money on a dinner out, then where's the sin?

Leave Zach alone! ;-)
11/15/07 @ 23:30
Comment from: Shanks [Member] Email
And it was Shanks who said, "Always nice to have a little action on the game."
11/16/07 @ 09:49
Comment from: Judge Smails [Visitor] Email
Tim,

Since you're just wondering, I'll provide the answer. The mistake is in assuming that legitimate Christian teaching would proscribe gambling across-the-board. But such confusion arises when there are strange denominations espousing radical standards that are a complete departure from traditional Christian doctrine.

For instance, there are denominations that teach that one mustn't drink at all or have rubber tires on his tractor (really).

If you look at the Catholic Church (Christ's original one), however, you'll notice that it embraces no such radicalism (mind you, radicalism as defined by God, not man). You can drink, but you can't get drunk. Likewise, you can gamble, but only within your means. Of course, it is more nuanced than that because you also have to make sure you're not taking advantage of someone who has a problem, that you're not acting as an occasion of sin for him. That's usually quite easy to ascertain, though.
11/16/07 @ 12:03

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