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lagiarism is like stealing. When individuals plagiarize, they are attempting to take credit for the work that someone else has done. People dedicate time and effort into completing their work, and it unfair for someone else to try to come along and claim the victory for it. It is entirely disrespectful, in my opinion, and rude to try and pass someone’s work for your own. Plagiarism is for lazy people. Cheating on something so simple as the work needed to complete a course to obtain a degree will be a demonstration of the type of employee you will become.

The Holy Bible teaches us not to steal as well as not to lie. Those happen to be a part of God’s commandments. Christianity teaches us the importance of telling the truth and being honest. “The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.” (Proverbs 12:22) Plagiarism is a form of cheating, which shows your character. God wants us to be honest individuals of good character at all times. We can’t expect to receive his continued blessings if we are not loyal and trustworthy servants.

Recently, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was accused of plagiarism in concerns to certain parts of his climate platform that was published earlier this week. It was announced by the campaign that some of the citations had been left out of the document accidentally. The material has since been corrected according to FOX news and a representative of his campaign. Even if the citations were left out unintentionally, there should be someone on his campaign playing closer attention to avoid these possible types of allegations. In 2014, a London news editor Marie- Louise Gumuchian was relieved of her duties from CNN after it was proven that she committed several acts of plagiarism. The news network stated there were 50 stories published by Marie, that were plagiarized. It is a discredit to the network, and it lowers their integrity. Many people rely on networks like CNN to obtain information daily.

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There are numerous reasons why I think plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is wrong because you are depriving yourself out of valuable knowledge. You are not learning anything from getting another person’s paper and copying and pasting from it. Another reason why plagiarism is wrong is that it’s a form of stealing. Therefore, if someone copies someone else’s work, it is considered thievery. Subsequently, it is not right to plagiarize, because the person who steals the information will profit from someone else’s work. As a student, by doing your own work, you gain the necessary skills to be able to function in your future career. However, many schools are now using websites such as Turnitin.com to detect if a student is plagiarizing.

Per the Bible, plagiarism is considered a sin. The Bible states Jeremiah 23:30, “Therefore,” says the Lord, “I am against these prophets who steal messages from each other and claim they are from me” (Jeremiah 23:30, New Living Translation).The Lord plainly states in the Bible that he is against people using someone else’s word for their personal gain. An example of plagiarism in the news is when First Lady Melania Trump plagiarized former First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech. In 2016, First Lady Melania Trump made her speech during her husband’s campaign, and people noticed that her speech was very similar to the speech Michelle Obama made back in 2008. Melania’s team of speechwriters included several paragraphs from Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech. As a result, First Lady Melania Trump was horribly scrutinized in the media, because of the similarities in her speech.

References:

Jeremiah 23, New Living Translation (NLT) | The Bible App. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.bible.com/bible/116/JER.23.NLT

Staff, C. (2016, July 19). Melania Trump accused of plagiarizing 2008 Michelle Obama speech for her RNC debut. Retrieved from https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/19/melania-trump-accu…

 
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