(August 21, 2015 at 12:08 am)Jenny A Wrote:(August 20, 2015 at 10:15 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:
As a Christian, I'm interested in helping as many people see the truth as possible, right? I'm not getting paid for this, I'll never be famous for anything I post, I have nothing to gain from anything I say here, agreed? So, when some dolt asks about Osiris or Horus or God-knows-what kind of nonsense, do I really need to spend two hours crafting an original responses when two clicks and 30 seconds later I can put solid Christian answers into the minds of those who are dying for lack of truth? I mean, be serious.
If I post William Lane Craig, they go crazy. If I mention Habermas & Licona, they turn off their minds. And even if I cite Bart Ehrman, they discount everything that I post. How do you handle such "anti-EVERYTHING-remotely-supportive-of-Christianity-prejudice"??????
So, I posted an article WITHOUT referencing the original author. Big whoop. People who would not have read the post otherwise DID, in fact, read it because they did not have the NAME of the actual author as a presuppositional roadblock to prevent them from doing so.
"Just a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down"...as the old song goes, Jenny. If I helped someone get past their own biases to hear what Licona had to say by posting it without mentioning his name, GOOD FOR THEM.
Sorry, but no. It's still plagiarism. No matter how hard it is to make your argument or be heard without it, it's wrong. Basically, you are saying I'm not winning, so it's alright to cheat. Whether you will become famous, or make money by winning matters not.
Winning? This is not a zero-sum game, Jenny.
And if someone reads something I post, and their eternal destiny is changed for the better, who is the loser?
