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		sb057 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Polymarket users betting on when Jesus will re... Technically, prediction markets aren't gambling, they're soothsaying, which is a form of witchcraft punishable by death.

Dylan16807 5 months ago [–]

Don't you need to be using magic for it to be soothsaying?

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