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Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary provides the following meaning to "plagiarize": | Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary provides the following meaning to "plagiarize": | ||
pla•gia•rize \ˈplā-jə-ˌrīz also -jē-ə-\ ''verb'' | :pla•gia•rize \ˈplā-jə-ˌrīz also -jē-ə-\ ''verb'' | ||
-rized; -riz•ing [plagiary] | ::-rized; -riz•ing [plagiary] | ||
*''verb transitive'' 1716: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own: use (another’s production) without crediting the source | ::*''verb transitive'' 1716: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own: use (another’s production) without crediting the source | ||
*''verb intransitive'': to commit literary theft: present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source—pla•gia•riz•er ''noun''<ref>Inc Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. (Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 2003).</ref> | ::*''verb intransitive'': to commit literary theft: present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source—pla•gia•riz•er ::''noun''<ref>Inc Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. (Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 2003).</ref> | ||
Plagiarism is a sin against truth, not property. It’s first and foremost a kind of lying, not a kind of stealing. William Branham violated our trust by speaking in a voice that was not his own, which is why he lost intellectual and moral authority broadly.<ref>Reno, R.R., The Public Square, First Things, Institute on Religion and Public Life, New York, NY, no. 234 (2013): 6.</ref> | |||
If William Branham has simply said "I read this information in Clarence Larkin's book", then he would not have been guilty of plagiarism. But he didn't. Instead he said that he received it by divine revelation. He said that God gave it to him, which was a lie. He got the information directly from Clarence Larkin and others. Below are '''specific examples of plagiarism in William Branham's ministry'''. We have also addressed a few questions about plagiarism in the Bible which can be found by [[Q&A:Plagiarism|clicking here]]. | If William Branham has simply said "I read this information in Clarence Larkin's book", then he would not have been guilty of plagiarism. But he didn't. Instead he said that he received it by divine revelation. He said that God gave it to him, which was a lie. He got the information directly from Clarence Larkin and others. Below are '''specific examples of plagiarism in William Branham's ministry'''. We have also addressed a few questions about plagiarism in the Bible which can be found by [[Q&A:Plagiarism|clicking here]]. | ||
=Examples of William Branham's plagiarism= | =Examples of William Branham's plagiarism= | ||
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==Clarence Larkin== | ==Clarence Larkin== | ||
[[Image:Clarence.jpg|thumb|right|Clarence Larkin]] | [[Image:Clarence.jpg|thumb|right|Clarence Larkin]] | ||
[ | [[Clarence Larkin]] (1850-1924) was American Baptist pastor, Bible teacher and author whose writings on Dispensationalism had a great impact on modern dispensational thinking. While William Branham only mentions Clarence Larkin three times in all his recorded sermons, he drew heavily from him but never gave Larkin the credit for these teachings. | ||
Message preachers point out that William Branham did mention Larkin but the '''first time he mentioned Larkin was over 7 months after preaching the seven church age series''' which were almost totally plagiarized from Larkin. The second time was a few days later. And the third mention of Larkin was well over one year after preaching the seven seals series which again were consistently plagiarized from Larkin and Russell. In each case, he states that he does not agree with Larkin. Here are the ONLY three references to Larkin that William Branham makes in all of his sermons: | |||
:''I've been reading '''Dr. Larkin's''' book, Dr. Smith's book, Dr. Scofield's notes, different commentaries from men everywhere, and '''yet I cannot put theirs together to make it come out right'''.'' (July 30, 1961, Sermon: Gabriel's Instructions to Daniel) | |||
:'' | :''And so, no doubt that down through the age, there has been hundreds times hundreds of people, scholars, abled men, trying to explain what these seventy of weeks were. And I’ve read many of their commentaries on it. And I’m very grateful to Mr. Smith, of the Adventist church, for his views. I’m very grateful to '''Dr. Larkin''', of his views. I’m grateful to all these great scholars, for their views on this. And in reading them, it enlightens me much, that '''I can find places that looks right'''. But to get the views that I—I thought that I would like to explain, I searched through the encyclopedia, of “time,” to find out what “time” meant. (61-0806 - The Seventieth Week Of Daniel, para. 51) | ||
:''And I had read '''Mr. Larkin'''. I had read, oh, so many different ones, of their commentaries on This. But, somehow or other'n, I thought I had a--a little view of it, myself, that might be of places different. ...But then just before it happened, I was given a vision, which is on tape, as you all know, Sirs, What Time Is It? that I should go to Tucson, Arizona. ...There where the Angel of the Lord met us, and the Bible become a new Bible. There It opened up and revealed all the things that the reformers and things had left out. It was the complete revelation of Jesus Christ, altogether new to us, but perfectly exactly with the Scripture. That was the Word which has always been. I was so inspired and directed.'' (July 19, 1964, The Feast of the Trumpets) | :''And I had read '''Mr. Larkin'''. I had read, oh, so many different ones, of their commentaries on This. But, somehow or other'n, I thought I had a--a little view of it, myself, that '''might be of places different'''. ...But then just before it happened, I was given a vision, which is on tape, as you all know, Sirs, What Time Is It? that I should go to Tucson, Arizona. ...There where the Angel of the Lord met us, and the Bible become a new Bible. There It opened up and revealed all the things that the reformers and things had left out. It was the complete revelation of Jesus Christ, '''altogether new to us''', but perfectly exactly with the Scripture. That was the Word which has always been. I was so inspired and directed.'' (July 19, 1964, The Feast of the Trumpets) | ||
In these above quotes, William Branham says that he doesn't agree with Clarence Larkin or other commentaries. This gives the impression that the doctrine he preached was his own original ideas or lessons he received directly from the Angel (and not from anywhere else). '''But did he?''' Let's take a close look and compare what William Branham says to Clarence Larkin's books. | In these above quotes, William Branham says that he doesn't agree with Clarence Larkin or other commentaries. This gives the impression that the doctrine he preached was his own original ideas or lessons he received directly from the Angel (and not from anywhere else). '''But did he?''' Let's take a close look and compare what William Branham says to Clarence Larkin's books. | ||