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Message: [QUOTE="swerdnase, post: 5700365, member: 118245"] I'm gonna assume that when you say "people who believe in god", you mean the Judeo-Christian God, since the idea of sin usually correlates with this deity. Anyway, I consider myself extremely well-versed in the Bible and there is nothing that strictly forbids playing poker. Those in this thread who say otherwise have not produced any scripture to back up their claims. However, one could make a case that playing poker leads to detrimental behavior like poor money management, gambling addiction, emotional distress, etc. While these things may also not be sins in their own right, they are unhealthy patterns that God would generally want people to avoid. But on its own, no, it is not a sin. [/QUOTE]