When Is Casting Lots Appropriate?
When Is Casting Lots Appropriate?
Question
Is casting lots always correct? And is it from God?
Answer
No. Rather, casting lots is appropriate between two matters that are completely equal, where the mind is unable to distinguish between them. Not only the mind of the one casting lots, but also the minds of all his counselors. Therefore, casting lots resolves the confusion in such equality.
And it is wrong to use casting lots between two matters or two persons when one is righteous and the other is not righteous, otherwise we would be tempting the Lord our God..!!
And we have an example of casting lots in the perplexity of the apostles concerning whom they should choose to be the twelfth instead of Judas Iscariot. And they cast lots between two righteous names: “Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.” And they said: “Show which of these two You have chosen” (Acts 1:23, 24).
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