Sinful Roots In The Heart
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To argue that we all plagiarize by our discussions since we have all learned from others is just lowering the bar in an attempt to make direct act of plagiarism seem less wrong.
Perhaps in a perfect world we would all go through our memory banks, notes, books and give recognition to those from whom we have learned but that does not mean we lower the bar on a message that is copied word for word, lengthy and not sourced.
Why are Christians trying to blur the lines here between right and wrong very concerning.
Perhaps in a perfect world we would all go through our memory banks, notes, books and give recognition to those from whom we have learned but that does not mean we lower the bar on a message that is copied word for word, lengthy and not sourced.
Why are Christians trying to blur the lines here between right and wrong very concerning.
If people are using the Word of God and Christianity to try and make a buck, they need to get another line of work. So-called "plagiarism" is a lie made up by the world to keep people enslaved. I don't believe it has any place in Christian circles. No one is making money here by claiming the source articles are their own, and those who feel strongly enough about it posted the sources. So no harm done.
Plagiarism is the opposite of stealing, it is sharing. If people don't want their work to be shared, they shouldn't publish it. If they want to charge for it, they should butt out of Christianity and try a worldly business. We cannot serve both God and Mammon.
Plagiarism is the opposite of stealing, it is sharing. If people don't want their work to be shared, they shouldn't publish it. If they want to charge for it, they should butt out of Christianity and try a worldly business. We cannot serve both God and Mammon.
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If you took the card without paying for it, that would be stealing. If you make your own card, that is not. The key point is that the OP didn't take the words down from anyone's website. The words still exist at the source, so nothing was stolen.
We would all do well to remember there is nothing in the bible about "plagiarism" - this is a worldly rule. However, there is scripture against bearing false witness.
We would all do well to remember there is nothing in the bible about "plagiarism" - this is a worldly rule. However, there is scripture against bearing false witness.
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If the card was a digital card but in order to access and share that digital card a person needed to pay $5.00 but the person was very tech savvy and found away to download/pirate the card and then shared it free of charge, the card still exists at the source but the card was also stolen.
In this case while there was no fee, ethics and integrity would demand that one would give credit where credit is due and source the material.
There is such a thing as intellectual property for a reason.
In this case while there was no fee, ethics and integrity would demand that one would give credit where credit is due and source the material.
There is such a thing as intellectual property for a reason.
Stealing is depriving someone else of his property. Downloading it, copying it, duplicating it or otherwise "pirating" it is not stealing, irrespective of what the world states. The original owner is not deprived of his property, so it's not stealing.
(Think about it realistically. If we applied this to everything, there'd only be a few guys driving around in cars because no one else would be allowed to "steal" their ancestor's invention of the wheel. There'd be a handful using computers, phones, paper etc. "Plagiarism" is just a term invented by those who see themselves as rulers to keep everyone else poor and enslaved).
(Think about it realistically. If we applied this to everything, there'd only be a few guys driving around in cars because no one else would be allowed to "steal" their ancestor's invention of the wheel. There'd be a handful using computers, phones, paper etc. "Plagiarism" is just a term invented by those who see themselves as rulers to keep everyone else poor and enslaved).
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These can be strong emotions. however, we as children of GOD, we control them, we control our feeling, they don't control us, we control our minds, body's and emotions, 2 peter 1=5 fruitful growth in faith, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, virtue to knowledge, knowledge to self-control to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness love, for if these things are yours and abound, you will nether be barren nor un-fruitful in the knowledge of our lord Jesus Christ. GOD loves you.
This is a most ridiculous statement.
Do you know anything about how innovation works, patent laws and the ability to use other's innovations?
Every word has a semantic range like the word "stealing" and taking something that is not yours without permission and not giving the recompense due is stealing.
People's time, contributions, investment and effort deserves to be protected.