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Paul McCain is a plagiarist. His blog is not honest. Sometimes he gives a citation before his copy and paste job. Usually he gives very little credit (hard to find) or none. In this case, there is no credit given at the time I am reading it. That could change, but McCain the CPH "editor" seems disinclined to repent. Plagiarism is against the law, and it is a heinous sin in publishing.
McCain likes to call me a "fake Lutheran" on the anonymous blog of Tim Glende, another plagiarist. They are both hysterical proponents of UOJ. Thus -
"Fake scholar"
"Fake pastor"
"Fake professor"
But, I'd add to your list:
"FAKE LUTHERAN"
"Fake pastor"
"Fake professor"
But, I'd add to your list:
"FAKE LUTHERAN"
I suggest reading this post on plagiarism from Rich Techlin. It shows how the attorney from Tim Glende's WELS church (St. Peter Cares, Freedom, Wisconsin) met with Glende and WELS officials about the pastors plagiarizing Groeschel. WELS District President Doug Engelbrecht solemnly declared that plagiarism was fine when the source gave permission. Techlin correctly responded that selling homework to a dishonest student (or giving it away) does not make the crime of plagiarism go away. It is still fraud to claim another's words as one's own. Groeschel gives permission to his disciples to copy all of his sermons and graphics and videos. I tested that by joining (free) and received the same permission. However, I have found nothing worth quoting, let alone stealing.
Much of Luther is in the public domain, but it still remains a responsibility of the person copying to show the source and the original words.
McCain is in the bosom of SP Harrison, and Glende is in the bosom of Engelbrecht. Both are indicators of how sick their synods are, how poor the leadership is.
Today's Crime of Plagiarism - From Paul McCain.
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| This graphic is found in many places on the Net. The prayer is found on the Aardvark Alley blog. Original to AA or do they share the same source? |
http://cyberbrethren.com/2012/06/11/festival-of-st-barnabas-apostle/
Barnabas (originally Joseph), styled an Apostle in Holy Scripture, and, like St. Paul, ranked by the Church with the Twelve, though not one of them; b. of Jewish parents in the Island of Cyprus about the beginning of the Christian Era. A Levite, he naturally spent much time in Jerusalem, probably even before the Crucifixion of Our Lord, and appears also to have settled there (where his relatives, the family of Mark the Evangelist, likewise had their homes — Acts 12:12) and to have owned land in its vicinity (4:36-37).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02300a.htm - Catholic Encyclopedia
Barnabas (originally Joseph), styled an Apostle in Holy Scripture, and, like St. Paul, ranked by the Church with the Twelve, though not one of them; b. of Jewish parents in the Island of Cyprus about the beginning of the Christian Era. A Levite, he naturally spent much time in Jerusalem, probably even before the Crucifixion of Our Lord, and appears also to have settled there (where his relatives, the family of Mark the Evangelist, likewise had their homes — Acts 12:12) and to have owned land in its vicinity (4:36-37). A rather late tradition recorded by Clement of Alexandria (Stromata II.20) and Eusebius (Church History II.1) says that he was one of the seventy Disciples; but Acts (4:36-37).
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GJ - Above is the easy to read copy from Catholic Encyclopedia. I copied it into WordPad to remove all the HTML code. Below is a copy and paste that includes all the links, a dead giveaway to the source, because the links are Catholic Encyclopedia sources.
Original code, with the annoying white background removed manually:
Barnabas (originally Joseph), styled an Apostle in Holy Scripture, and, like St. Paul, ranked by theChurch with the Twelve, though not one of them; b. of Jewish parents in the Island of Cyprus about the beginning of the Christian Era. A Levite, he naturally spent much time in Jerusalem, probably even before the Crucifixion of Our Lord, and appears also to have settled there (where his relatives, thefamily of Mark the Evangelist, likewise had their homes — Acts 12:12) and to have owned land in its vicinity (4:36-37). A rather late tradition recorded by Clement of Alexandria (Stromata II.20) and Eusebius (Church History II.1) says that he was one of the seventy Disciples; but Acts (4:36-37).
The problems with a straight copy and paste are obvious. They shriek "Plagiarism!" at the reader. The font is different (coded verdana in this case) and the links are obvious. Hover over the links with the mouse and you will see that the links are "new advent," which is the Roman Catholic site for the Catholic Encyclopedia and many other goodies.
Many blogs have default fonts, so the change from one font to another would be striking. I even had a student copy so quickly that she left the entire blob as a text-box, which is how it appeared in her paper, where she gave no credit to the author or mark the section as a quotation. Like most plagiarists, she was apoplectic at getting caught.
The graphic of Barnabas can be found all over the Net. Notice that there is no attribution for the portrait. The way to find a source is to open Google Images and drag the picture (mouse, left click) into the Images toolbar. That will show other places where the same or a similar image can be found.
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More plagiarism from McCain:
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2012/04/more-plagiarism-from-paul-mccain-mdiv.html
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None dare call it plagiarism:
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2012/05/none-dare-call-it-plagiarism-paul.html
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"Source" means a Roman Catholic website:
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2012/06/in-paul-mccains-copying-work-source.html
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LaughQuest hypocrisy about McCain's plagiarism:
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2012/04/laughquest-hypocrisy-about-mccains.html
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Cyber-Aardvark:
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2012/05/shop-and-compare-which-blog-is-original.html
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Venerable Bede:
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2012/05/venerable-plagiarism-poor-bede.html
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McCain's copying a typo:
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2012/05/pope-paul-unlearned-plagiarizes-typo.html
WELS endorsement of plagiarism:
http://vdma.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/dp-engelbrecht-on-plagiarism/
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WELS Bethany in Appleton caught plagiarizing Swindoll:
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2010/08/bethany-appleton-wels-caught.html
