Voluntarily spending some of your hard-earned money at Wendover gambling, or on the horse races at Wyoming Downs, or on the lottery in Evanston, Wyoming were just some of the evils characterized at the recent LDS General Conference. Online sports betting was vilified, as was prediction market betting.
Just because one enjoys the activity of watching the horses, or of playing the slots, or the chance of winning a sports bet or the lottery doesn’t matter.
So the message on gambling at the LDS conference couldn’t have been clearer.
Several talks at past LDS conferences have stressed the importance of tithing, and of the returns one could expect if you voluntarily gave the church 10% of your hard-earned income each year. And examples have been cited where full tithing members have actually ended up with more money by tithing 10%.
I presume this extra money could then be spent on Jazz or Mammoth games, or bowling, letting the kids enjoy an arcade, or spending the day at Lagoon.
All activities where you give another your hard-earned money just for the enjoyment of the activity.
I am perplexed.
Tom Day, Cottonwood Heights