Like any game, pool itself is morally neutral. If played in moderation, what's the problem? If someone neglects his family, wastes money on it, is obsessed with it, or exposes himself to near occasions of sin by playing it, then it has to go. But if any of the listed problems exist, there is some underlying cause, not a game involving wooden balls, a special table, and cue sticks! A friend of my family was not getting along with his wife. Instead of addressing the problem, he took refuge in bicycling. Soon, every moment not at work was spent biking, organizing bike rides, going to bicycle club events. Quite predictably, "Craig" met a divorced woman on a bike ride, one thing led to another, within a year, he divorced his wife of 18 years and married his bicycle sweetie. She wanted no part of Craig's family that included his four children. The "marriage" lasted two years and she divorced for yet another married bicyclist. Craig is on his fourth lady-friend and can no longer bike due to Lyme disease. His third "marriage" lasted less than a year, again to a single mother with two girls who joined the bicycle club in search of a man. So is one to conclude that bicycling is evil, or that bicycles somehow incline souls to marital infidelity? Silly, right? My father still bikes a little at age 84. He's been married to my Mom for 57 years. How should pool be any different? It is whatever you make of it. Keep it in its properly ordered place and there'll be no sin, just recreation.
Topic: The Game of Pool (Read 924 times)