Why Christianity?

[Randy Carson]

How's the thread over at CAF going for you, Randy?

... not that it matters, plagiarism is against the rules as it should be. I just find it funny: the people who have replied are too nice to you to say it, but they think your plagiarism is as intellectually dishonest as we do.

Thanks for asking. Not many responses; see for yourself here: http://forums.catholic.com/showpost.php?...ostcount=1

However, the general theme seems to be that despite the good intentions, straight plagiarism is not good; it would be better to find another way to get the person to read the material.

One person wrote:

Read it, say it in your own words. You post a lot here. You are more than capable of expressing yourself very well! [emphasis added]

Be at peace.
God inspires us through many sources.

Aw, shucks.

But yeah, I am respected at CAF because, as surprising as this might be to you, rex, I do know what I'm talking about. Hardly a week goes by when I don't get a "thank you" or "Atta boy!" PM from someone there. Just sayin'.

another wrote:

Put the quoted material in quotation marks in the e-mail so he knows the information comes form somewhere else, but so that he can't see who the word actually come from until he finishes the passage and scrolls down past the view of the passage on the screen. Then, the person will be inspired by the words and realize after he has read it who has spoken them.

May God bless you and grant you inspiration for evangelization!

That's another way of achieving the same thing I wanted to achieve: getting someone to read something that he or she might not be willing to consider objectively otherwise. Getting kids to eat their vegetables is like that.

This one was really direct:

Do not email the plagiarized passage.

Think of the damage it will do to your yourself and especially to your friend when your friend does a search and finds that you are being a phoney and lying to them.

Yep. I have to go with that. I clearly made a mistake by looking for a quick answer to a cookie-cutter question regarding Jesus and the Copycats.

I regret having gotten lazy, and I apologize to you all. You may rest assured that when I post going forward, I will BURY you with references, links and bibliographical information to back up what I'm saying.

Naturally, I will expect no less in return.

You have my word on it. http://forums.catholic.com/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif