God’s Carpetbagger
July 8th, 2009 by 
italker
The post code lottery came to Bo’ness last weekend. I believe around 1.5 million pounds was distributed among my fellow towns people. Although I don’t do the lottery myself, I do wish everyone who won something well and hope that they can enjoy the windfall.
Someone once said to me recently, so if you don’t do the lottery will you accept lottery money, and my answer is yes. You see I believe that the lottery is a bit of a tax on the poor. Too often it is the poorer people in our communities who buy the tickets. The truth is you have a better chance of getting mugged or even murdered than you have of winning the lottery. However I have come to the conclusion it is my Christian duty to make more use of the lottery money in a creative way. I think there is nothing wrong with taking it and recycling it to do some good in our communities.
In the past we’ve done a bit of recycling of goods. have a look at this cartoon produced by Guthrie Pollock in memory of the aution we ran out of the church hall in the mid 90s. I guess i’m a bit of a carpetbagger for God.
Posted in Global Issue, Local, Worship | 
5 Comments »
July 9th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
That’s inetesting… so what if I was to steal some money or fiddle the books to get some money and give it to you, would you still think there is nothing wrong with taking it and recycling it to do some good in our communities?
July 9th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I was fortunate to celebrate with some of my family and neighbours who won some of the 1.5 million postcode lottery, I think your theory of a poor peoples tax has been hit on the head as the street that by chance won was what I would describe as being one of the more affluent street in Bo’ness.
July 10th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Jackie, which street was it? I heard it was near the Old Kirk – Church St / Panbrae Road? It’ll be in the Journal today, no doubt!
July 10th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Hi monica, it was Dundas street, at the back of the cemetary, they got £150,000 each, not bad eh
July 12th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Jackie and Monica
Thanks for your posts. However I do think it is a fact that people on lower incomes buy more lottery tickets than those on higher incomes. So to that extent it is a kind of tax because very few people actually win. Regarding Monica’s comment no of course not i would be breaking the law if i knowingly took stolen goods.The lottery is a contract that people willingly and knowingly enter into. All i’m saying is when there is money that can be used for doing good should we not take it?