I was under the impression that the injunction against playing cards was because of their proximity to tarot/occult practices. Mormons had the same injunction against playing cards until the 80s, when the teaching was no longer promulgated. Speaking as a former Mormon...
replyHere in Sweden, where we also have free churches such as Baptists, Laestadians etc., the concern was definitely about gambling.
replyI think that's not wrong. Same principle, different sin... it looks like gambling, or the occult, or...
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