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Monday, January 14, 2008
Lottery ticket hits lower-income target instead!
Ken Sury, my fellow trib blogger had an interesting entry on his blog yesterday about a study done by the San-Antonio Express News and the Houston Chronicle on our illustrious Texas Lottery. The study reported that the $50 scratch off game intended to entice ticket sales in the affluent areas of our state were actually selling better in the middle-income neighborhoods. Sury stated “this just adds fuel to the argument that those that have the least to spend are the ones buying those tickets in hopes of winning big”.
As far as I can tell, the Bible does not specifically forbid gambling. There is no eleventh commandment in the Bible that’s says: “Thou shalt not gamble”. But do we have a spiritual and moral responsibility to speak against this addicting drug, or is it a person’s right to decide for themselves if it is right for them?
I believe that gambling violates principles in God’s word concerning the sovereignty of God, stewardship, brotherly love, and God’s instruction not to be brought under the power of anything but the Holy Spirit. So, should we all rise up and stop Bingo and the lottery before the gambling casinos invade our state, or should we allow it because many other states are doing it? Wouldn’t our property taxes go down with this new influx of generated revenue from gambling? What do you say fellow bloggers?
