{"id":2094,"date":"2009-09-22T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/09\/willie-dye\/"},"modified":"2009-09-22T11:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T11:33:00","slug":"willie-dye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/09\/willie-dye.html","title":{"rendered":"Willie Dye"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/indychristian.com\/2008\/09\/dr-willie-dye-tonight-at-creation.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">young-earth creationist<\/a> speaker is coming to Butler\u2019s campus this Wednesday. His name is Willie Dye. I hope that students will take the time not merely to glance at his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nciba.us\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">web site<\/a> but to take a <em>close<\/em> look at his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nciba.us\/Dye_Bio.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CV<\/a>. He lists multiple PhDs, <a href=\"http:\/\/illegitimatedegrees.wordpress.com\/diploma-mill-list\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">all<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_Graduate_School_of_Theology\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">unaccredited<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_unaccredited_institutions_of_higher_learning\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">institutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Getting your information from someone who seeks to give the <a href=\"http:\/\/northstatescience.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/debris-clearing-at-pool-of-siloam.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">impression of expertise<\/a> by purchasing letters after his or her name, rather than doing actual academic research at an accredited institution, is a bad idea. I don\u2019t think anyone would be comfortable going to a \u201cdoctor\u201d with a \u201cdegree\u201d from an institution of this sort.<\/p>\n<p>But it is particularly bad in my opinion when an allegedly Christian perspective is offered by someone whose motivation for buying so many so-called PhDs can only be self-aggrandizement. Having to do with these sorts of pseudo-experts can be risky for your physical, mental and spiritual health.<\/p>\n<p>I always wonder what the best course of action is in such circumstances, but presumably not attending and then talking to students beforehand or afterwards, individually or in a more formal presentation, is the appropriate way to go about it. Otherwise we risk giving the impression that people with phony credentials are worthy of serious engagement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-3250534819059538389?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young-earth creationist speaker is coming to Butler\u2019s campus this Wednesday. His name is Willie Dye. I hope that students will take the time not merely to glance at his web site but to take a close look at his CV. He lists multiple PhDs, all from unaccredited institutions. 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