Kent Hovind #fundie

Kent Hovind #fundie noanswersingenesis.org.au

Some have ridiculed the size of the school [Patriot Bible University]. If Harvard offers a Ph.D. degree program with only 3 or 4 students (this happens at many schools- sometimes with only 1 student), does the small number automatically mean they are not "earning their degree" or that they are attending a "diploma mill" school? Of course not! Nearly all schools offer classes by correspondence.

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old comment by Horsefeathers

"Some have ridiculed the size of the school [Patriot Bible University]."

To paraphrase an adage, it's not the size that counts but what kind of curriculum you have.

"If Harvard offers a Ph.D. degree program with only 3 or 4 students (this happens at many schools- sometimes with only 1 student), does the small number automatically mean they are not "earning their degree" or that they are attending a "diploma mill" school?"

No. It means it's either a tough course, tough school to get into, extremely expensive to attend or a very small field to begin with. Likely more than one of those in fact.

Harvard can get away with it because Harvard has a reputation of turning out knowledgeable, thoughtful and well schooled graduates. Not to mention that their curriculum is cutting edge. Patriot Bible University doesn't even deserve to be able to use the title "University," has a curriculum (if you can call it that) that no university in their right mind would want and, probably worst of all, performs no actual research to enhance the fields it teaches.

"Of course not! Nearly all schools offer classes by correspondence."

True. None of them let you go from freshman to Ph.D. candidate entirely through correspondence though. Certainly none of them would accept the dissertation you gave.

old comment by Swede

He actually compares evolution of species with houses and roads?

"So, whitin a few years, the population [of rabbits] would have a little heavier fur than the earlier population. These small minor pupulation shifts brought about by environment are refered to as micro-evolution."
No, that is refered to as evolution, plain and simple.

"Where in the world did the idea come from that things left to themselve can improve with time?"
You tell me, I don't know. And no, there is no "upward", "improve" or "bettering", just changing to adapt to the changing evironment.

"A house left to itself will become a wreck."
Yes, and that is a good thing for NATURE. Left to herself, she will erradicate every "unnatural" building we humans have forced upon her.

Is he for real?

old comment by Anon-e-moose

"Some have ridiculed the size of the school [Patriot Bible University]."

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Wow. Certainly an impressive building. Oh, how can the hallowed halls of academia of the likes of UCLA, Yale & MIT in the US, The Sorbonne in France, Kyoto, Osaka, Keio & Waseda in Japan, or even Oxford & Cambridge in the UK, possibly compare with Patriot Bible University? [/sarcasm]

Frankly, PBU's premises would barely cover the main security gate's building of any of the above, accredited, universities.

Every student, lecturer, and professor of all other universities laughs in the face of that diploma mill.

@Justanotheratheist

"For most schools, correspondence course doesn't mean send $10 in a self-addressed envelope and find a diploma in your post box a few days later."

True. To get your diploma from PBU, you have to pay first, before you do the actual paperork involved. Specifically being showed into the toilet cubicle, where there's a roll of said Christian Education diplomas (such as the one Kent Hovind worked so hard for), with a sign above saying 'Christian Education Degrees, please take one.'

Kent Hovind #fundie noanswersingenesis.org.au

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