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#444579
Tom S. Fox
No, it would NOT be a real degree!
You can call yourself an electrician, but that wouldn't change the fact that you know dicks about electronics!
3/26/2008 6:23:43 AM
#444583
Viva
Yes it does matter. A fake is still a fake, no matter what you call it.
3/26/2008 6:50:11 AM
#444587
super dooper dooper man
Ok, here's a really easy test. First aquire one of these electronics degrees and then try and fix or build something electronic. If it works, then yes. If you fail miserably, then it's not.
off you go.
3/26/2008 7:05:14 AM
#444601
Freboy
Why bother with the degree at all? You're a fundie! You're supposed to be ignorant.
3/26/2008 8:23:34 AM
#444602
Mr Blur
Look at it this way - if you should ever need a heart-bypass operation, where would you prefer the surgeon to have obtained his qualifications?
3/26/2008 8:24:24 AM
#444682
Canadiest
How about you use the Voodoo man as your Doctor then. Or Aunt Matilda, sure she knows as much as a REAL Doctor.
Isn't using the Title Doctor illegal when you don't have a real Doctorate? How do Hovind and Dr. Phil get around that?
3/26/2008 12:05:14 PM
#444685
GigaGuess
No as a matter of fact, it wouldn't...and most likely, you'd be theguy trying to fix a toaster while it's plugged in to make sure it works.
3/26/2008 12:11:35 PM
#444715
El Guapo
I just established a non-accredited college in my garage that I call "Harverd University" and granted myself a PhD in nuclear physics. It should be pretty easy to land a sweet tenured position with those credentials.
I'm kind of curious, though...from which non-accredited college did you get your degree in electronics, and has this helped you in your search for gainful employment?
3/26/2008 12:29:13 PM
#444754
GigaGuess
Ooops.
3/26/2008 1:25:59 PM
#444756
Heather
I don't know about the USA but in the UK only having a BA doesn't entitle you to call yourself Doctor. You have to have a PhD (or be qualified in medicine, obviously)
3/26/2008 1:28:05 PM
#1004336
It does indeed. We want to make sure that you are not going to destroy our appliances.
8/11/2009 6:32:41 AM
#1289668
Renon
No, that would not be a degree.
5/16/2011 5:37:47 PM
#1289673
Gore
@Heather
It's true in the US too, this guy is just an idiot.
5/16/2011 5:44:41 PM
#1289721
anti-nonsense
no it wouldn't be a real degree.
5/16/2011 7:49:42 PM
#1289740
GigaGuess
what if I were to have a BA. degree from a non accredited college in electronics??? Would that be a real degree or not???
No. No it would not. I could write "I can has degree, plz?" on a piece of paper, and it would have the exact validity of your "degree."
5/16/2011 10:24:46 PM
#1289878
Anon-e-moose
A Professor of Theology would pay his taxes. As does the Atheist biologist, lecturer, author and broacaster
Professor Richard Dawkins
FRS, FRSL.
And Kent Hovind
didn't. Ergo his ten-stretch for Not Rendering Unto Caesar. QED.
So just deal with it.
...as far as he & his cellmate Bubba are concerned, ol' Kentypoos isn't. >:D
5/17/2011 8:07:51 AM
#1289900
DevilHunter
Where did Hovind get his doctorate anyways? I read the introduction once, funny stuff.
5/17/2011 9:53:51 AM
#1289926
JDC1
There are plenty of places online where someone
can send away for a college degree for a price.
You don't have to read a book or take a test.
Just tell them what sort of degree you want,
give them some money and they award you a college degree.
Or,
I could print you a college degree right here on my computer. I could but I won't.
You can do that yourself.
With this in mind, it DOES matter where someone gets a degree.
5/17/2011 10:40:29 AM
#1289928
JohnTheAtheist
I have a doctorate in cunnilingus.
5/17/2011 10:42:22 AM
#1289956
Gore
@Devil Hunter
A littl ole place called "Patriot (Bible) University" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_bible_university
(In short, a double-wide in the middle of BF Colorado) A PhD from this "esteemed" institution will cost ya around $2200. No professors, just counselors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hGoNJ2B34c
To me it's just tragic how some people don't seem to appreciate what a degree means (a certificate of competence, which has legal connotations) but that's what happens when you never move beyond hom skool.
5/17/2011 11:58:15 AM
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5/17/2011 1:15:05 PM
#1290270
Anon-e-moose
@Gore
Ah yes, Kent Hovind's alma mater, Patriot Bible University:
Such hallowed halls of academia, to rival the frankly insignificant institutions that are Yale, Harvard, MIT; France's Sorbonne; Japan's Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and Keio & Waseda.
To say nothing of the UK's Oxford and Cambridge.
"what if I were to have a BA. degree from a non accredited college in electronics???"
Well, for a start, here in the UK you'd be breaking the law.
To say nothing of if you tried to install/repair a gas cooker/fire/heating system etc without being a registered CORGI engineer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_for_Registered_Gas_Installers
Any and all training establishments here in the UK - whether for gas, plumbing (water/gas) and especially
electrical have to be registered & licenced by the government's Department of Trade and Industry.
5/18/2011 9:19:59 AM
#1290337
Gore
@Anon-e-moose
Yep, that's where it was before it moved to its new scenic location in the middle of nowhere.
5/18/2011 12:16:12 PM
#1406491
Crimson Lizard
Seeing as everyone else has torn this idiot to well-deserved shreds, I'll complain about one of my pet peeves: This arrogant "just deal with it" routine. Even having to read that makes me want to choke this person while telling them, "Just deal with it!"
5/24/2012 10:49:16 AM
#1406493
Filin De Blanc
I have more of a claim to be a doctor than Kent Hovind. At least I'm at a real university, even if I haven't completed my bachelor's yet.
5/24/2012 10:59:22 AM
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