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'''Plagiarism''' is the act of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. It is all about not telling people where you got your ideas from, particularly if you copy someone word for word. It is not necessarily about copyright violation although that could be part of it. | '''Plagiarism''' is the act of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. It is all about not telling people where you got your ideas from, particularly if you copy someone word for word. It is not necessarily about copyright violation although that could be part of it. | ||
Some Message followers try to argue that William Branham was not plagiarizing because he also used some of his own ideas. However, according to the "Harvard Guide to Using Sources," even if you "write down your own ideas in your own words and place them around text that you've drawn directly from an uncited source," you are guilty of verbatim plagiarism. If you copy bits and pieces from a source (or several sources), changing a few words here and there without either adequately paraphrasing or quoting directly, the result is mosaic plagiarism.<ref>https://usingsources.fas.harvard.edu/what-constitutes-plagiarism-0</ref> | |||
William Branham told his audience in his sermon on the Seventy Weeks of Daniel (see below) that he “didn’t know it yet” (but was going to preach on it that morning), that he’d studied Larkin’s writings BUT DIDN’T AGREE WITH THEM and that what they were going to hear was going to come from a revelation that William Branham was trusting GOD to give him. This is how William Branham lifted himself up to become the “messenger of God” of our age. | William Branham told his audience in his sermon on the Seventy Weeks of Daniel (see below) that he “didn’t know it yet” (but was going to preach on it that morning), that he’d studied Larkin’s writings BUT DIDN’T AGREE WITH THEM and that what they were going to hear was going to come from a revelation that William Branham was trusting GOD to give him. This is how William Branham lifted himself up to become the “messenger of God” of our age. | ||
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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: | 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: | ||