Nathan_Jr

I brought up this point earlier on a different thread, I think. It’s an important question to ask. What is the egalitarian nuclear model? The family? The failure to reinforce this model results in a dissolution of individualistic culture and a rejection of individual responsibility? Huxley? Orwell?

Social media (the internet?) certainly was very helpful to at least one would be dictator in recent years.

Did victor ever rewrite his dissertation for a general audience? I know scholars will occasionally do this. A dissertation is a scholarly book written for a scholarly audience -- it's highly technical and won't fit on a 3x5 card. Has anyone ever read victor's dissertation? I seem to remember James Tabor talking about a book that was essentially an expansion and rewrite of his dissertation, but written for a general audience. (I can't remember which book. It may be his latest Paul's Ascent to Paradise or else The Jesus Dynasty.)

Wrong. Again. It wasn't a PhD. It was a Thd. And it wasn't earned. Not REALLY. It was purchased. The reasons for purchasing this ThD were to manufacture credibility with his tithing dupes and to maintain a competitive edge among a rising tide of newly-credentialed charlatan preacher men. It's the same reason why so many MLB SUPERSTARS took PEDs -- to compete with everyone else jacked on roids.

then, Then, THEN! js

The "ministry" victor paul wierwille built. They aren't REALLY arguments. They are the conclusions of objective investigations. They go to the heart of victor paul wierwille's integrity. If he was misleading about these two facts, what else was he misleading about? Turns out he was misleading about oodles and oodles. l've posted all I know and care on the topic. Let those who want to know find out for themselves.

The huckster knows academic degrees boost credibility. Hucksters only need to be beleeeved for their tricks to work on dupes. The hilarious, twisted irony is victor loved to hate academia... all the while insisting on being called by his academic title.

All? ALL? Is that all without exception or all without distinction?

I have been objectively investigating the movement of religious hucksters for a few years. Religious hucksters have been around for millennia, but a movement emerged out of the evangelical/fundamentalist/Pentecostal tide that was rising in early 20th century America. By mid 20th century, this movement was reaching a crescendo. Every Tom, Dick and Uncle Harry's brother was eager to catch a wave on this storm surge. Unaccredited huckster diploma mills started popping up all over the country to meet a new demand for religious credentials. Most of these "seminaries" offered only correspondent courses. The "course work" was, well, Mickey Mouse. The most important criterion for "earning" a degree was a check that cleared the bank. These huckster degree mills folded as quickly as they ascended. Most do not exist today. It was a cash grab. For everyone. Pikes Peak was one of these short lived huckster diploma mills. Don't take my word for it. Find out for yourself.

What do you think this means?

Just let it interpret itself.

Chin kwalla moo shoo porka

Let the collaterals light your path.

They are affiliated but not the same. PTSem is now revered as one of the top seminaries in the country with one of the largest theological libraries on the planet with an endowment of over $1B. It's selective. It's a serious institution for higher learning. victor said he received a Master of Theology in practical theology. This is broad and must be tailored by the student for focus. One available tract of practical theology is preaching. This may have been victor's focus, as he later went on to purchase a mail order doctorate in homiletics. (A ThM in preaching may also explain how he got off the hook of learning Greek and Hebrew.) I wonder what PTSem was like when he attended. Was it quite as rigorous as it is today? I can't seem to find the dates of his enrollment. Just vague generalities loosely sketching a timeline. Was it during the war? Was this his cop out to avoid the draft? Or were other laws in place then to allow him to skate out of service to country?

Confirmation bias has no place in objective investigation.

There’s your hint, right there where you wrote it. God APPEARS to be limited, because our limited perception will not perceive the Truth. Who is limited? God? or man? Be still. Watch. Find out for yourself.

Ask the music coordinator.

“Superstar”

“rich”

Got to make it FIT!

Yeah, but, HOWEVER, that question mark was moved from an earlier sentence and erroneously placed in this one. In fact, to fix this apparent contradiction, just cross it out. Cross out the entire verse, punctuation and all.

God didn’t write the book of Job. Man did. That’s man’s mythic portrayal of God. Though there are lessons to be learned, it is written from a limited perspective and understanding.

What a pathetic, mythic, little god you have. I would be too embarrassed to define my little god when asked, as well. I see why you can't and won't answer my questions. This is what is "taught" by that slithering little huckster. I picked up on this early in the film class. That strained grimace on victor's face as he pitches one off in the mouth of God is self-evident -- I could discern this within 30 seconds of that "class" that defecates all over God and his people. I rest my case. Again.

Mmmmph

I think you might have inadvertently inverted Shelby’s point. (But I could be the inverted one. After all, I am but a mere glassy eyed something something…)