Would Religious Members Cheat On MyLot?
By M.-L.
@MALUSE (69373)
Germany
October 18, 2017 1:09pm CST
I don't know what has caused it - maybe a change in the weather? - but today the site seems to contain more religious posts than usual. Not only Christians, who tend to be the busiest missionaries, but also Muslims want to save the souls of unbelievers or believers in the wrong God(s).
I don't know what has caused me to check two of such edifying posts - maybe a change in the weather? - to see if they were genuine or copied. Isn't that a heretical deed? Shouldn't believers, no matter what religion they believe in, be exemplary, honest, upright, reliable, law-abiding, etc., etc. people - role models for the unsaved masses?
Yes, they should, because if they are not, they will go to hell.
The result of my research is: the gap between the religions isn't so deep after all. One can find goodies and baddies here and there.
Both posts contain plagiarised content.
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23 responses
@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Oct 17
When I see religion discussions, I skip that one, when I see bashing of politics, I skip that one.
Why? Because only that person`s view is the correct view and I do not have time for such closed minded people. Now do not get me wrong I am religious but I feel like this, to each his own.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
18 Oct 17
Yikes! You made me nervous with this post. (No I am not blaming you. Just typing unedited version of my thoughts. ) Yesterday I posted a discussion which did discuss a practice followed by a religion. I posted that very tentatively and tried not to come out as preaching. I am not fond of preaching either. I am also allergic to religious supremacy competitions! I am sorry if it offends anyone but I don't believe there is a perfect or a supreme religion. I am a religious person myself so my previous statement also includes the religion I practice.
I will much prefer if instead of preaching or asserting their supremacy, they would rather promote virtues that gives humanity a good direction. For example: Go help the needy. Be a volunteer. Feed the poor. Do any type of selfless service.
P. S. Even though I did write my post myself, I still ran it through the plagiarism checker. You never know because some phrases and sentence structure are so common that they get caught in the plagiarism checker. I should know since I write articles as a freelancer. It's irritating when it happens!
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@topffer (42156)
• France
19 Oct 17
It was the post about the Gurdwara ? I found it interesting and consider it more like a post about a touristic monument than a post about religion. Nobody needs to be a believer to visit a religious building. I have a friend who is an atheist and wrote her thesis about the architecture of Roman churches.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
18 Oct 17
Yes, there are.....unfortunately!
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
19 Oct 17
@celticeagle Since only God and Jesus are perfect we are all hypocrites but we try to follow His example the best we can....
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@Genipher (5405)
• United States
24 Oct 17
@LovingMyBabies
And repent when we don't.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
19 Oct 17
I am Jewish and we are not missionaries. People come to our religion because they found something they did not find anywhere else. I wonder when someone wants to convert to Judaism and why they want to do it. I did not try to convert someone to my religion. I am proud of my heritage.
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
19 Oct 17
The jewish thing is a bit different in my humble opinion.
That's because I think being a jew can be a religious thing, a racial thing or a combination of both.
I think the correct word is ethnoreligious?
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
19 Oct 17
I guess they want to share what they know and what they believe in.
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@Chantiele (433)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
19 Oct 17
I tend to stay away from Religious posts, political posts and posts about racist content. A few years ago I wrote on another site and I noticed that posts about that would litterally start a massive argument. The writers of those posts got their contacts to dislike other writers posts who did not agree with what they had to say.
I think everyone is entitled to their own opinion and should not be told that they need to believe something that someone else believes about a situation.
We are not all the same, whiche means that we won't have the same point of view.
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@LeaPea2417 (37337)
• Toccoa, Georgia
19 Oct 17
Since there are many different religious people here on myLot, I started wondering how many atheists are here on myLot?
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
21 Oct 17
I am afraid I avoid religious posts. If I want to read about religion I will read my bible. If I want to bake a cake I will pick up a cooking book! I prefer to read interesting stories and object to being preached at however well meaning the person may be. I have met some awful so called Christian people who should practice what they preach as opposed to ramming it down others necks!
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
21 Oct 17
I like religious discussions, sometimes, but do not agree with the Muslim way of thinking cause I am Catholic and as for plagiarists, I think there is a special kind of hell for them.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
19 Oct 17
Church is for sinners....ideally we'd like to think they would refrain from sinning, but human nature being what it is......
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
19 Oct 17
It depends on what you mean by plagiarised.
If you mean people copying verses from the bible...that won't be seen as plagiarism.
If you mean people copying something along the lines of a discussion point from somewhere else that contains a bible verse then that would be considered plagairism as it is a copied point of view.
I know I'm not explaining very well but I know what I mean
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