Blackjack Casinos Keep Vintage Catholic Schools From Closing in Canada
Blackjack Casinos
Catholic Schools in Canada, which consider gambling and especially blackjack a grave sin, have been eagerly accepting money from government casino revenues to remain open.
There are a lot of wise sayings and idioms that were passed down to us from our ancestors: ‘Practice what your Preach’, ‘Do things the way You tell Others to do them’, ‘You yourself should do the things you advise Other people to do’, ‘Do as I say not as I do’ and many more.
According to a recently released Canadian government report, which documented how casino revenues are used, a shocking discovery has been uncovered. Practically every Canadian Catholic School has been knowingly accepting money for many years that was specifically marked as coming from blackjack card games. In Edmonton alone, 86 of the Catholic district’s eighty seven schools happily accepted roughly $6 million every 1.5 years (matching grants not included) directly from casinos. The Catholic Church has been a vehement opponent of gambling for the past two thousand years.
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia – “From very early times gambling was forbidden by canon law. Two of the oldest canons of the Apostles forbade games of chance under pain of excommunication”. Clerics are forbidden to even be present inside a casino, much less accept millions from gambling activity.
Debbie Engel, of the Catholic board, responded to news enquiries – “The money is often spent on necessities though, especially at schools with small budgets which rely heavily on the casino money”.
Ecclesiastical attorneys, according to casino gambling news, have been looking for a loophole to justify this practice – “What about the practical side of this. We all realize that, fundamentally, in our Catholic institutions, we need to work in a way that’s consistent with our identity, with who we are. Let’s make sure we’re living that out consistently across the board.”
Unfortunately it is easier to condemn online blackjack as an evil vice from a bully pulpit than to refuse casino money as a matter of moral principle.
They sold out for 13 pieces of silver. How many lessons on evil of gambling were told by people who were taking millions from casinos. If they had any moral integrity, they would give back every penny back to government that catholic schools received.
can just laugh at them, nothing else to do
Keep your hands off our children and our blackjack money. Thank you!
Most of this article is inaccurate. The only thing the Catechism of the Catholic Church says about gambling is that it is morally unacceptable when it deprives someone of “what is necessary to provide for his needs and those of others. The passion for gambling risks becoming an enslavement. Unfair wagers and cheating at games constitute grave matter, unless the damage inflicted is so slight that the one who suffers it cannot reasonably consider it significant.” The early Church had restrictions on gaming for some good cultural reasons, but gambling itself is not inherently wrong.
They sold out for 13 pieces of silver. How many lessons on evil of gambling were told by people who were taking millions from casinos. If they had any moral integrity, they would give back every penny back to government that catholic schools received.
can just laugh at them, nothing else to do
Keep your hands off our children and our blackjack money. Thank you!
Most of this article is inaccurate. The only thing the Catechism of the Catholic Church says about gambling is that it is morally unacceptable when it deprives someone of “what is necessary to provide for his needs and those of others. The passion for gambling risks becoming an enslavement. Unfair wagers and cheating at games constitute grave matter, unless the damage inflicted is so slight that the one who suffers it cannot reasonably consider it significant.” The early Church had restrictions on gaming for some good cultural reasons, but gambling itself is not inherently wrong.