God of good luck?

by StarTrekAngel 4 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  StarTrekAngel

  As I sat in another boring indoctrination section, was reading the bible. Never have I gone this far in my many years of being a witness. I am towards the last chapters of Isaiah. Specifically to the paragraph where he talks about setting a table for the God of Good Luck and for the God of Destiny.

  Many times have I've heard this paragraph used to condemn gambling or lottery games. Something struck me as i was reading. The actual phrase reads "God of Good Luck" and "Destiny". With those words being capitalized, it means they are proper names and not just references to a generic act of worshipping.

  I looked it up and it seems that these Gods were named Gadh and Meni respectively.

  So in essence I understand that the act of setting up a table is understandably bad but this is not a generic act of seeking luck in an entertaining game by simply playing.

  Any thoughts?
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  WTWizard

  Gadh and Meni sould like better gods (or goddesses) than joke-hova ever will be. At least they don't demand children to throw away all their ice cream money and damn them for playing with toys that hint at spiritism.
  
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  Diogenesister

  So do you mean effectively its false worship, as opposed to gambling?
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  Beth Sarim

  Some big Elder told me years ago, that ''luck also is associated with the demons''. What isn't associated with ''the demons?'' I thought to myself.
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  StarTrekAngel

  Diogenesister

  If I understand your questions correctly, yes. The way I see it, the paragraph has many times been used to show that the bible condemns games of chance, like the lottery or any other form of gambling. Many of our relatives don't even dare to play lottery at home with us, even if it is not for real money.

  The fact that they capitalize the names, shows that the bible was actually referring to the worship of a particular God. Apparently they would do this in anticipation of anything that required "good luck", for example, you could go and ask the God Gadh for luck on your next business or travel. Point being is that it is not specifically applied to games of chance. Could it apply? sure, you could go to Gadh and setup a table for him before your next trip to Vegas. But if you read it the way the Watchtower puts it, then even taking a chance on an unplanned trip could be just as bad as gambling.