Guest Ammon Posted April 28, 2004 Report Posted April 28, 2004 Originally posted by serapha@Apr 26 2004, 10:27 PM Serapha --"I'm betting on the lion!"Wouldn't it be hard to find anyone to take you up on the bet? I mean, the odds on lion-vs.-Christian would be about the same as those on me vs. Tyson, no?Killing Christians was a sport, perhaps that is the point that I didn't get across..... ~serapha~ Yes, that process continued for centuries... Joseph Smith was killed in a very similar manner. Another Christian killed by persecution... this time by other alleged Christians. Quote
Guest curvette Posted April 30, 2004 Report Posted April 30, 2004 I agree with Starsky. Buying insurance really is a form of gambling. Of course, we all have it, but we are really simply gambling that something bad is going to happen to us. Now, what about the stock market? We all invest in stocks. Isn't this a form of gambling too? We don't make money because of our hard work in the stock market. We speculate. Our whole economy is based on a form of gambling. Quote
Guest curvette Posted May 1, 2004 Report Posted May 1, 2004 Originally posted by Faerie@May 1 2004, 06:18 AM rationalizing it doesn't make it right Who is rationalizing? We're just discussing different forms of gambling. Quote
Snow Posted May 2, 2004 Report Posted May 2, 2004 Originally posted by curvette@Apr 29 2004, 07:48 PM Now, what about the stock market? We all invest in stocks. Isn't this a form of gambling too? We don't make money because of our hard work in the stock market. We speculate. Our whole economy is based on a form of gambling. There's a difference between speculation and investment. Speculation is a form of gambling. Investment, even in the stock market, implies a conservative and time proven activity. Quote
Guest Starsky Posted May 2, 2004 Report Posted May 2, 2004 Originally posted by Snow+May 1 2004, 09:47 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Snow @ May 1 2004, 09:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--curvette@Apr 29 2004, 07:48 PM Now, what about the stock market? We all invest in stocks. Isn't this a form of gambling too? We don't make money because of our hard work in the stock market. We speculate. Our whole economy is based on a form of gambling. There's a difference between speculation and investment. Speculation is a form of gambling. Investment, even in the stock market, implies a conservative and time proven activity. Time proven doesn't make it right. I have always felt that the economy being based upon the stock market was absolutely fools play.Consider the crash of 29. What if the crash of such a 'gambling' establishment didn't have any effect on the economy? Quote
Guest Starsky Posted May 2, 2004 Report Posted May 2, 2004 Originally posted by Snow+May 1 2004, 09:47 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Snow @ May 1 2004, 09:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--curvette@Apr 29 2004, 07:48 PM Now, what about the stock market? We all invest in stocks. Isn't this a form of gambling too? We don't make money because of our hard work in the stock market. We speculate. Our whole economy is based on a form of gambling. There's a difference between speculation and investment. Speculation is a form of gambling. Investment, even in the stock market, implies a conservative and time proven activity. I have always felt that having our worlds ecomony's live hanging by a thread of a 'gambling' act such as the stockmarket, was very fool hardy.What about life BEFORE the stockmarket? Quote
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