My religion forbids gambling or games of chance.

[rory]

p.s. god isnt real

[tom10167]

Poker is a game of skill, the end.

[cardcounter0]

It is interesting to study where this religion and game of chance conflict comes from. In ancient times, the explanation for anything that occurred that the cause couldn't be easily observed was to credit God.

Why did the volcano erupt? God.
Why does the sun rise and set? God.
What made the dice come up seven twice in a row? God.

Of course, since people playing games of chance were usually beaten by those smarter people running the game, the blame of why the cards or dice fell the way they did was not placed on God, because of the generally bad outcome. Games of chance must be the work of the Devil!!!

And so, card playing and dice rolling and spinning the big wheel was associated with evil. Religions didn't want people playing around with things that the Devil was invovled in. Finally a guy named Pascal came along and developed the math called PROBABILITY to explain this former work of the devil -- Chance, variance, probability could be explained and shown to conform to mathematical principles, not subject to the whims of mythical beings.

So now we know that volcanos erupt because of the building pressure of the magna below. And the sun rises and sets because of a round earth spinning, and the dice and cards follow the rules of probability.

God has much more important work to do, like making sure homosexuals don't get married.

[PokerBob]

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God has much more important work to do, like making sure homosexuals don't get married and making sure that IED's find their mark.

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[CallMeIshmael]

I really dont see how this hasnt been moved to SMP yet

[mikever]

What religion forbids games of chance? Christianity doesn't if that's what you are talking about.

[mikever]

Oh i just saw you were a Muslim. Oops. And Pascal was a Christian, wasn't he? But good point.

[Fast Eddy]

This is a question for your pastor. If a certain sect of Christianity (or any other religion) forbids a certain thing, the scholar in that area would be best qualified to tell you if that sect considers it off limits or not. That doesn't gaurantee God is in agreement but at least you won't have violated the beliefs to which you profess to abide.

[rando]

Poker has an element of chance in it. Dancing has an element of sex to it, according to some religions. I'll bet you will not be allowed to play according to your religious advisor. Play it safe and don't play.

Poker IS a game of skill, but it's also true that the more skilled sports bettors can do a lot better than the idiot sports bettors. For this and other reasons it is likely the Muslim theology will disavow your notions to play poker.

[CaseS87]

quit religion, play poker. problem solved