Do Mormons believe it is acceptable to operate charity casinos even though their church opposes gambling?
Well I’m sure that the LDS Church finds the tithes get from Bill Marriott and the other LDS officers and employees of Marriott Casinos (now conveniently located all over the world – but never in the United States) QUITE acceptable! “Plundering the Egyptians” I suppose (and even LITERALLY in the case of the Aruba Casino I suspect) is the rationalization. 😉 However, this is interesting in light of this article from LDS Apologist W. John Walsh: Latter-day Saints reject all forms of gambling as a pernicious evil to society. The First Presidency has stated: “The Church has been and now is unalterably opposed to gambling in any form whatever. It is opposed to any game of chance, occupation, or so-called business, which takes money from the person who may be possessed of it without giving value received in return. It is opposed to all practices the tendency of which is to encourage the spirit of reckless speculation, and particularly to that which tends to degrade or weaken the high moral s
