RE: Ask a Catholic
May 20, 2015 at 6:47 pm
(This post was last modified: May 20, 2015 at 6:50 pm by Jackalope.)
(May 20, 2015 at 6:23 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:(May 20, 2015 at 6:23 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: The problem, Randy, is that you've taken to copy-pasting material from external sources *in place of making arguments in your own words*.
This is a discussion forum, not a place where we have copy-pasta wars with material from elsewhere.
You can certainly post scripture in *support* of a post, but not as the content *of* your post.
It's obvious you're doing a lot of copy-paste from somewhere. That's not in the spirit of what we do here.
Let me ask this for clarification: Suppose that five years ago, someone in another forum asked me a question about...oh, I dunno...the pope kissing the Koran or the problems at the Children's orphanages in Ireland. You know...the kind of stuff that anti-Catholics love to ask about (see the pedophilia posts in this thread ).
Now, if I wrote a detailed answer back then and saved it in Word on my computer for future use, is it a problem if I post it again here?
And please keep in mind that a simple one line question from a non-believer such as, "Can you explain the Trinity?" can REQUIRE a massive amount of effort to answer adequately.
Thanks.
If that was done infrequently, it would probably be OK. Not to the extent that you're doing it.
Remember, this forum is for discussion. It isn't for regurgitating canned answers, no matter who wrote them.
You want to discuss apologetics, great. Discuss it. But what you've been doing is contrary to the purpose of this forum.