With all due respect chim, and I'm honestly not trying to attack you in this thread, you are certainly entitled to your own beliefs....but what do you believe that we would need to do to ensure that we aren't gambling? When we all behave in the same way, that is to say that we presumably sin but are otherwise good people, and we feel bad for it and ask for forgiveness from God, what step are we missing that means we are stuck in our sin? I just find it hard to believe that because I did not walk into a particular building at a particular time on a particular day, that I am NOT going to be forgiven when I ask.