Old Andersonville Thread had Me Laughing

"just about anyone who isn't Black" is what I meant. I know I should be more careful. Sorry.

 

Nice comparison. Keith has an honorary Doctorate from the University of Kent at Canterbury. Probably can't swing that but perhaps the DI leadership could petition Andersonville for a Doctorate in Something or other honoris causa. If you don't mind sharing the name of a notorious Confederate States of America Prison camp (which I imagine you might). Johann, Doctor of Thinkology (hc) for contributions to education forums.

 

I didn't stipulate in my post that my professor was a DTS graduate. So, he did a stinkin' dissertatioon.

 

They share Dispensationalism I assume (although I understand that DTS is moving away from that). But beyond that a VAST and impenetrable gap exists between DTS and Andersonville. ATS doctorates aren't academically fit to tie your Professor's shoes or clean the Whiteboard.

I find it an odd thought that there are generations of these Andersonville doctorates (young and little old lady's and gentlemen) who truly believe that they are "Theologians". Some even whipped out more than one doctorate because they are just that good. Probably wandering through life blissfully unaware of their ignorance and lack of preparation believing rote memorization of Bible verses turned them into scholars.

 

Well, yeah. Of course I'm not fond of the name Andersonville, as you suggest. If DI can squeeze me in somewhere else, an honorary Thinkology Doc. would be great. Or perhaps an honorary Doctorate in Atheism - I've some background in that...

I am more than thankful for your kind remarks.

 

I'm open to having a formal moderated debate streamed live on the interwebs on the legitimacy of Andersonville. I doubt, however, there will be many takers.

 

Wow. I thought the last one of those was issued in 1939 when the guy moved back to Kansas.

 

"At the end of The Wizard of Oz, the Scarecrow receives a diploma and then immediately says, “The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side.”

Did he really move back to Kansas? Dorothy got there, of course, but I can't find that... and I saw the movie in 1948 or so, in England. I was about 5.

Wiki says "Before he leaves Oz in a balloon, the Wizard appoints the Scarecrow to rule the Emerald City in his absence. He accompanies Dorothy and the others to the palace of the Good Witch of the South Glinda, and she uses the Golden Cap to summon the Winged Monkeys, who take the Scarecrow back to the Emerald City."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarecrow_(Oz)#

 

Can't find anything re: Scarecrow or Wizard going back to Kansas. Wizard was supposed to take Dorothy there but didn't?

Oh yeah -- "The Wizard reveals that he, like Dorothy, is a Kansas man and accidentally arrived in Oz in a hot air balloon. He then offers to take Dorothy back to Kansas with him aboard his balloon."

Then the balloon takes off without Dorothy and Glenda helps her get back with the magic slippers. I'm assuming the Wizard made it back. OK. Sorry for bothering you, Rich.

 

I doubt it. Your interaction and the resulting Freudian Defense Mechanisms seems to indicate that they know that their program is substandard and attack the messenger. But there might be some who believe they could take on anyone with their Andersonville doctorate.

I recall the Dr. Bill Grover (an older gentleman who used to post and earned his accredited DTheol later in life) used to enjoy running into pastors with degree mill doctorates. He would then slyly began asking them questions a theologian would know and often with hilarious results.

I get why people do it (occasional ignorance and a lot of ego and laziness/self doubt about their ability to complete a genuine program). But coming from Christian leaders it seems a whole other level of slimy. How is someone all about pointing out others shortcomings and yet running around puffed up with a fake doctorate?

I certainly don't think all unaccredited institutions are degree mills. I think there are some valid reasons some institutions don't pursue accreditation and you can make a reasonable assessment by looking at requirements for degrees and faculty (do they have accredited degrees), etc.

 

In the movie, yes. But in the book he was from Omaha. I have first-hand experience that Omaha is not in Kansas.

 

Right. Nebraska. Maybe the author meant Olathe. That's in Kansas. I think a fella named Les Snell lived there at one time. Remember him? Monticello University, Juris Diplomates, etc.? Yep. A real "wizard."