From: john w {at}yahoo.com>

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On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:56:43 -0400, Paul Duca  wrote:
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>in article p593031jq73thl4lgqmr343mbednkv1qes{at}4ax.com, duke at
>duckgumbo32{at}cox.net wrote on 3/21/07 5:37 PM:
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>> On 21 Mar 2007 08:52:20 -0700, "Liam Too"
 wrote:
>>
>>> 1. Is staking money, knowingly taking the risk of losing it as in
>>> gambling, a sin? (Examples are "tounament chess",
"tournament poker",
>>> "bridge with entry fees", "bingo",
"life, health and property
>>> insurance", "futures market", "stock
market", you name it.)
>>>
>>> 2. What is your definition of gambling?
>>>
>>> 3. What is your favorite gambling?
>>
>> Gambling is not a sin.  When anything, such as gambling or alcohol or food
for
>> that matter, so totally consumes someone that they completely disregard
their
>> responsibilities to family and it becomes a detriment to them and their
needs,
>> etc, then it becomes a sin.
>>
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>        Besides, bingo is the only thing that keeps many parishes going...

A very good reason why many parishes should close.

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>Paul

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