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I'm not gonna go back and dig out Douglas's original post. But the statement above, attributed to Doug, is not qualified in any way. In the absence of any exceptions, I have to assume that he means "gambling for money is a sin" period.

This little brewhaha started when Dave asked specifically about life insurance. My response was that when you take out life insurance you're not banking on getting that money personally because you'll be dead. Therefore there's absolutely zero chance that you're doing it to covet personally something for yourself and therefore not a sin.

Dave then disregarded the specific and then applied the general "all gambling for money is sin" to that comment after determing that buying life insurance is on the same level as going to a casino and gambling.

If anyone really wants me to dredge out the posts that prove this point, I will. Otherwise it's really not worth hassling over anymore.

My response was that when you take out life insurance you're not banking on getting that money personally because you'll be dead. Therefore there's absolutely zero chance that you're doing it to covet personally something for yourself and therefore not a sin.

This qualification of yours doesn't pass scrutiny.

Does no one plan for what happens after they are dead? Don't you desire that your family gets this money after you die? Does a dead person having a "will" not register with you?

Let me put it this way. If you spent 5 dollars and took a chance on a ticket, with the condition that you would not benefit, but your family would get any winnings after you die, would that be gambling?