I feel that we in the Bahamas are hypocrites if we can sanction Gambling as acceptable for our guess and on the other hand condemn it for our people, is this true Christian principle. Here we are not speaking nor teaching against the practice in our churches but when it is spoken of in the Media for legalization then the voice of the Preachers are heard, meantime persons in the congregation partake every week. It reminds me of that “don’t asked don’t tell” policy President Clinton set up for the Military. Hypocrites we are just hypocrites.


i agree

The Bahamas Constitution states no one will be discriminated against because of their nationality.
The law that makes it illegal for Bahamians to gamble in the Bahamas is in violation of the Constitution as it discriminates against Bahamians.
Why should a foreigner have more rights in my country.
I say there has to be equality for all or no one is equal. Either everybody can gamble or no one can gamble.

I also say I am an adult if I want to gamble it is my choice I don't need "Big Brother" living my life for me.

Yes some people have gambling problems but guess what they still are gambling in anyway.

:bouncy: Interesting topic on Love 97 to day is Gambling right or wrong for the Bahamas and Bahamians
Gambling is wrong
You know that verse in Philemon that says, “Yeah, and verily, he that gambleth or places bets on chariot races or participates in the public lottery in hopes of winning the big powerball, he should stop that. He doth sin.”
Okay, don’t start reaching for your concordances. You won’t find that verse or any other verses about gambling, in the modern sense, anywhere in the Bible. So it must be just fine, right? Let’s organize a church bus tour to Vegas and start holding outreach classes about improving your poker face and picking horses for fun and profit. Wait, something sounds kind of wrong about that, too.
So where’s the line? Is gambling always wrong? Is it always fine? How should believers think about gambling? It’s a question worth asking, because the “sport” of gambling is huge these days. On any given night, a quick tour of your TV dial could land you on three or four poker matches in progress. You can’t listen to sports radio, especially football talk, without hearing the betting odds on all the games. And those lottery jackpots just keep getting higher and higher every year (meaning more and more people are plunking down dollar bills to buy the tickets).
And, as you’ve probably noticed, lots of high school and college students are into gambling in a big way. In some surveys, as many as 90 percent of students in certain schools admitted to gambling in one form or another in the previous month. Gambling sites on the Internet get more traffic than any other type of site (outside of porn).
So what’s the problem? Why should we care? Well, the Bible might not specifically call out gambling as a sin, but it does warn us to steer clear of a lot of the things that are built into gambling. Let’s get specific . . . and practical. (http://www.planetwisdom.com/features/gambling.php)
Then there is the increase in organize crime, destruction of work ethics, neglect of responsibility and addiction.
Gambling is not wrong
We have heard and seen so much stories of persons who were down on there luck seem like nothing was going right but they took a chance and are now millionaires. Is it wrong for such a person to do something like Gambling that was successful in taking them out of the dumps or is it better for them to have stayed. Additionally there are those who through the money they have made by Gambling are now able to help so many. Let us not forget the fact that many large cities around the world have improved their health care, their sporting program and public services via money made from lottery. Is it fear for the church to have such a strong view against Gambling when they themselves sell tickets promising prizes to patrons who are “lucky” enough to be selected by chance. Is there any Church in the Bahamas that would turn down money from a Gambler? Don't the people who work in the casinos go to Churches??



LOL...
You started off wrong. You quoted the bible...no one here takes scripture serious.
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LOL...
You started off wrong. You quoted the bible...no one here takes scripture serious.
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For true?:gi:

we have criminals bold enough to challenge our constitution, yet no one has taken this to the Privy Council.

Reallly this should not even be an issue to be in a referendum because the law is just simply unconstitutional in the first place. Someone will just argue that the constitution is founded on Christian principles, but in doing that would not the Privy Council rule that gambling should be banned on the whole?

we have criminals bold enough to challenge our constitution, yet no one has taken this to the Privy Council.

Reallly this should not even be an issue to be in a referendum because the law is just simply unconstitutional in the first place. Someone will just argue that the constitution is founded on Christian principles, but in doing that would not the Privy Council rule that gambling should be banned on the whole?

LoL, Blame it on the power of our women. What I am trying to say is how this law came into being...this is something that was stated on this board sometime last year. It stems from the old race track days aka Hobby Horse Hall when many men would lose their pay cheques betting on the horses. It got so bad that husbands were finding it hard to pay bills and buy food, etc, so the women got together and begged the then PM to DO something!!!

So that was why the then govt decided to make it illegal for us to gamble -- to save us from ourselves so to speak! But that was then and this is now! And maybe the law should be changed to be in touch with the times.

Personally I dislike gambling and don't see how it would or could help us, but I could be wrong... just trying to be objective and give a little background on the situation!

c'mon you guys, we done talk bout this enough times?

the bahamas makes a huge chunk of cash from casinos disguised as hotels,
and the churches often have bingo events and raffle tickets.

then the christian council ga go after cable bahamas to move BET, then cable bahamas move TBN from channel 47 and replace it with tempo, i could just imagine the shock when the hypochristians tuned in for john hagee or benny hinn, lol.

why they don't protest the casinos?

and while we at it, how come the foreiners can gamble in our casinos, but we can't?

and are the internet gambling shops really legal? don't the people running it benefit from the cash generated from the gamblers?

not like i really care, i'm all for freedom, as long as nobody gets physically hurt in the process.

and didn't brokeback mountain get banned from our theatre by either the film people and/or the christian council? so howcome cable bahamas does be advertising it straight through? i guess that gay cowboy movie een as bad as BET aye?

Selah!

I understand your concern about accountability. But with the correct legislation and private citizens, i have no doubt it can be run pretty effieciently. The percentage and how it is distributed can be legislated so that it can assure that the funds go to where it is required.
You must remember that Nema is not a statutory institution and so there really is no legal requirement for accountabilty,except common courtesy and decency!As it relates to what a person do with there money is really an individual responsibility. Like i said in my earlier post it is ''excesses'' that is the culprit as oppose to the act of gambling.
I can certainly respect those who would rather not gamble at all because they might be rather weak in that regard. I understand that.
As clint eastwood once said: ''a man must know his limitations". We can respectfully agree to disagree on this issue. I dont feel passionate one way or the other.


You got this one wrong here! That Act was passed earlier this year!

THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE!

Either make the lottery illegal for both Bahamians and non-residents or make it legal for everyone. Why is there this double-standard. How Christian does that make you if you say a Bahamian cant gamble in a casino but a non-Bahamian can.
Also, I bet there are many persons who do are against such a thing, but yet they get thier paychecks from a casino.

http://www.bahamasissues.com/showthread.php?p=59004#post59004

Read the post by Great Demos on pg.2 also, then maybe you will understand the rational behind the reasoning.