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'''Plagiarism''' is the act of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. The Bible records what the Lord thinks of prophets who plagiarize from each other, and say it is a word from the Lord. | '''Plagiarism''' is the act of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. So is it really wrong? | ||
=Plagiarism is a Biblical '''Sin'''= | |||
The Bible records what the Lord thinks of prophets who plagiarize from each other, and say it is a word from the Lord. | |||
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It is clear that God is against plagiarism when a person says they received their inspiration from God, when in fact they received it from another person. | It is clear that God is against plagiarism when a person says they received their inspiration from God, when in fact they received it from another person. | ||
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]]. | =Plagiarism is ethically wrong= | ||
The Merriam-Webster online dictionary provides the following meaning to "plagiarize": | |||
*to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own | |||
*to use (another's production) without crediting the source | |||
*to commit literary theft | |||
*to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source | |||
In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and pawning it off as if you came up with it. | |||
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]]. | |||