Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez gambling is incompatible with Christianity and invoking God of good luck is flawed.
“It’s sort of not exactly right because there’s a right way of expressing spirituality and religious sentiments. It’s a defect,” said Iñiguez.
The prelate was reacting to reports that some bettors pray hard inside churches for signs so they could pick the winning combination in the lotto draw.
He also scored lotto bettors who reportedly wipe their tickets to images of saints inside churches as they pray for good fortune.
Because obviously,the correct way to increase your chances of winning is to make the sign of the cross, ask for the ticket to be blessed (in Jesus’ name, of course), and then make the sign of the cross again. Some Catholics are just so superstitious. ~ Red
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Some Catholics are just so superstitious. ~ Red
indeed some are and they are wrong. it is not in line with the teachings of the Church.
To be Catholic is to be superstitious and it is inline with the teachings of the church. To believe that wine turns to the blood and the host into the body of Christ is organized SUPERSTITION. To pray to the saints i superstition. The Lord's prayer, the Apostle's creed are about superstition.
@Reynor
[it is not in line with the teachings of the Church.]
And believing in a 2000-year-old zombie carpenter who can, walk on water turn water into wine, and himself into bread is less superstitious?
The main source of my doubts on the Church was all those superstitions such as holy water, the sacraments – baptisms, eucharist, penance, annointing the sick – the prayers, the adoration of the saints, etc. Almost all of them border on the absurd. The RCC is the biggest codified body of superstition around.
as for the sacraments, here's a quick explanation: http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/sacraments_in_…
Thanks for the link. By providing it, are you trying to support my statement? Or do you really think that it satisfactory "explains" what the sacraments are? For example, imagine what it says about baptism: those who receive baptism receives the holy spirit. That is a lot of bull. It requires a very superstitious person to accept that. Or what about the eucharist: "The Eucharist is visibly bread and wine but is in reality the Body and Blood of Christ." It's like saying this looks like a rock but in reality this is the most perfect and therefore priceless diamond ever and it will be yours for only one million pesos. Quite a bargain." Nobody will believe, or at least be skeptical about the rock-as-diamond but Catholics must believe in the bread-as-body trick.
That link is full of the word "mystery" which is probably the most Catholic word you can ever encounter. Catholicism, just like any other superstition, goes hand in hand with ignorance. And the Catholic mysteries thrive or feed on ignorance combined with intellectual laziness.