MBASS Posted June 30, 2006 Report Posted June 30, 2006 Okay the auditions for deal or no deal are coming to the litlle ole state of south carolina... my question is should my family audition?! What are the church policies on gameshows? I know your not supposed to gamble and this show seems like gambling to me. Chances are we'd never get picked anyway...but I'm curious. I know the church wont take tithing on gambled money, but is won money gambled if you didnt put any of your money in to start?! I'm interested in the responses I'll get! Quote
BenRaines Posted June 30, 2006 Report Posted June 30, 2006 I know many families that have gone and played gameshows. From Wheel of Fortune to Let's Make a Deal. Go, stand in line and have fun. I remember reading somewhere that it is not necessary to command in all things. Ben Raines Quote
CaptainTux Posted June 30, 2006 Report Posted June 30, 2006 I am not LDS, but it would seem to me there is a difference between gambling and a game show. I would consider a game show to be more like a contest with prizes........taxable prizes......... Have fun and let us know if you make on the telly. Quote
MBASS Posted June 30, 2006 Author Report Posted June 30, 2006 Well Jason I see ya there! HA HA Just Kidding! We may or may not go, thought it would be a fun adventure for the family! If we go, I'll let ya know if we make it! I'll tell ya right now though my husband isnt a big gambler an offer of a six figure he would take it! Quote
Serg Posted June 30, 2006 Report Posted June 30, 2006 When you enter a contest in which you have to pay an admission, let it be sports, arts or gameshow(which is free), you are not gambling. Cause you are in to prove a skill to win something, in the casino, we may argue that cards are a skill(and indeed are), but it invloves a vice, a conduct of trying to win as much as you can without putting the equal effort, if the Church officials tell you that it is wrong, dont listen to them. It is not wrong. At any case, Hinckley gambled his life while going to war to fight (obviously) against his will for satanic porpuses(USA's), anyways, I would have said just as Joseph Smith concerning that issue, "Never as long as i live, will I submit humbly to the damn government of the ,masses"(my translation)(discourse delivered at navoo prior to his arrest and further death). Quote
prisonchaplain Posted June 30, 2006 Report Posted June 30, 2006 Okay the auditions for deal or no deal are coming to the litlle ole state of south carolina...my question is should my family audition?! What are the church policies on gameshows? I know your not supposed to gamble and this show seems like gambling to me. Chances are we'd never get picked anyway...but I'm curious. I know the church wont take tithing on gambled money, but is won money gambled if you didnt put any of your money in to start?! I'm interested in the responses I'll get!Wasn't there an LDS guy on Jeopardy recently? I think you're safe. If you get on, you might end up in a sermon illustration later on (topic: greed). LOL Quote
Dr T Posted June 30, 2006 Report Posted June 30, 2006 Here are some definitions for gamble: 1 a : to play a game for money or property b : to bet on an uncertain outcome 2 : to stake something on a contingency : take a chance transitive senses noun [sing.] an action that you take when you know there is a risk but when you hope that the result will be a success: She knew she was taking a gamble but decided it was worth it. They invested money in the company right at the start and the gamble paid off (= brought them success). It was the biggest gamble of his political career. what do you think? Quote
Winnie G Posted June 30, 2006 Report Posted June 30, 2006 Go for it, I met a YW president who went all the way on Lets Make a Deal when it was on the air. She did not get the big door but she said it was a blast.My note on deal of no deal, I hate it my husband loves it I grumble all the way though it.The show that snapped my last nerve was when the father was given a choice of the money and a pony his daughter always wanted, bring the pony in and parading it in front of his daughter in the audience. He took the deal of course. The devil looks like Howie Mandel!I’m sorry. I wanted to drop tick him until he sang soprano!Now I scrapbook and grumble from the other room. Quote
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