[Religion Moderator]

I have had it with all of the personal sniping on this thread!

Numerous posts have been removed, one poster has already been “nuked” and two have received a suspension.

Discuss the issues all you want, but do NOT make it personal!

That is not merely a suggestion. Ignoring the moderator has consequences.

Now, concerning the excerpt at 1286 and the links at 1296 and 1310: that particular original source (Evidence Bible) does not assert a copyright. They encourage their material to be distributed. The second link credited the original source – and the excerpt here at 1286 should have likewise credited the original source.

Whenever a poster quotes a source --- even if it is in the public domain, such as this appears to be --- it is both customary and necessary for the source to be provided.

The standard does not apply to quoting Scriptures and other such broadly available information which has long been in the public domain.

Besides the obvious problems which can arise from using unsourced excerpts – the practice itself is presumed to be plagiarism and therefore reflects on the poster.

Again, that does not apply to quoting Scripture – which would be a desired kind of plagiarism anyway.

[SoldierDad]

My humble appologies to you for my part in this. I allowed others to goad me into making some responses which were wrong. This won't happen in the future.

[Liberal Classic]

Again, that does not apply to quoting Scripture – which would be a desired kind of plagiarism anyway.

'Desired' and 'plagiarism' do not belong in the same sentence.