Spirit of Truth Institute

I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place for religious degree mills (I assume it is, but mods tell me if no!)

"Doctor" Yovanda Brown claims to have a DD from the Spirit of Truth Institute: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-yovanda-brown-b922b7108/

https://www.wrldrels.org/wrr/Culture.groups/SpiritOfTruthInstitute.html No minimum enrollment standards.

This Tripod site, full of the best 1998 had to offer web-design (including a .mid file that automatically downloads and redirects to spam sites), claims accreditation from the "THE AMERICAN ACCREDITING ASSOCIATION OF THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina." and claims that "[t]he A.A.A.T.I. has chosen not to seek endorsement by either the EAES or CHEA."

The Wikipedia for the AATI name-drops Steve Levicoff noting that the operator of the AATI also runs the Christian Bible College, an alleged diploma mill, and AATI as a clear accreditation mill because in 1993 Levicoff obtained accreditation for a flat fee with no other requirements.

The Spirit of Truth Institute also awards honorary DD's upon the payment of a $200 fee.

 

Might well be, but I thought religious degree mills got "Cast into the Everlasting Lake of Fire" or something.... Don't they?

This institute is on 2 or 3 Tripod pages hosted by other orgs. Doesn't seem to have its own website any more. It does have a Facebook page but I can't see it. I'm not an FBer and never will be. I'm beginning to think it no longer exists. Maybe a look at FB can tell you more.

 

The accreditor, AAATI is still around. The site has a directory and lists Spirit of Truth Institute as follows:

Spirit Of Truth Institute
Dr. Paul Richardson – President
2800 Blendwell Road
Richmond, VA 23224

Here: http://aaati.org/member-directory/

Maybe this Institute IS still around - but no website of its own. One of the Tripod sites mentioned "The Spirit of Truth Institute is registered with the Commonwealth of Virginia Council of Higher Education." That's it. All I've got, today.

 

We had a thread in 2002 - here: ttps://www.degreeinfo.com/index.php?threads/spirit-of-truth-institute-honorary-doctorates-for-200-contribution.2392/

 

And here: 2013. A D.D. "grad" from Spirit of Truth Institute sets up a school and claims it's Accredited by Jesus Christ!
https://www.degreeinfo.com/index.php?threads/all-nations-apostolic-seminary-accredited-by-jesus-christ.42891/#post-437222

This is a farce. And I'm not gonna be the farcee. I'm out.

 

https://ppe.schev.edu/list-private-postsecondary-schools

They show up under "Private Schools Exempt from Certification" with a clear "Not Accredited" note.

 

Accredited by God or accredited by Jesus. A pretty bold assumption. Whenever I see that I wonder by the Almighty and Omniscient one seems to accredit only substandard schools. Plus I checked on the US DoE and CHEA sites and these entities are not on the list.

One can only assume the deity they get their accreditation from isn't THE God or THE Jesus but a version the ordered off of Wish. Or Jesus Martinez looked it over and said it was good so feel free to say "Jesus has accredited them".

 

On a bathroom wall at La Bella Pizza in Chula Vista, each line in a different handwriting:

Jesus is the answer!

What's the question?

Who is the third Alou brother?

 

Not funny. Jesus Alou, youngest of three baseball-playing brothers, died at 80, last March. His brothers were Felipe and Matty. All three were natives of the Dominican Republic.

Typical of washroom "journalists" to do something tasteless, as in the quote. I don't think we should try popularizing low-rent washroom hacks by featuring their "work." NY Times has a much more respectful story here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/12/sports/baseball/jesus-alou-dead.html#:

 

It was hilarious in its spontaneity, creativity, and accuracy. Jesus was by far the "third" Alou brother. (He hit .280 and played in 16 seasons, often coming off the bench. That shows how great his two more famous brothers were.)

It took droll graffiti and turned it into a creative insight. Sorry you didn't like it.

 

Not much of a memoriam though, for a recently deceased person. A lame (to me) joke on his name, for someone who was, by all accounts, a decent, hard-working man with a successful career, developing other players in his own post-playing years - a husband and a father of five.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesús_Alou

But... to each his own, I guess.

 

Jesús María Rojas Alou continued his award-winning work in player development almost until his death at age 80. A memorable man.

 

It wasn't meant to be one. It was a joke. The incident in question was almost exactly 40 years ago, not last Tuesday. And he'll ALWAYS be the "third Alou brother." (Because, you know he was the youngest of the three.)

Considering what can only be called an Alou dynasty (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alou_family) that ain't so bad.

 

My first thought was: oh! They could be related to Oceania's Ministry of Truth!!

 

Not sure - but I think they were both accredited by the same outfit!

 

...and writes it on a washroom wall? ...Oh, why not, I guess. Lighten up, Johann!

 

I have it on good authority that the bathroom stall was the Wikipedia of the 1980s.

 

And Tinder. "For a good time call..."

Grindr, too, probably, but that isn't something I know about.