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To: wendy1946

Who’s the dude with the horns standing in front of the triceratops?


54 posted on 07/08/2010 4:26:49 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic; wendy1946
Who’s the dude with the horns standing in front of the triceratops?

Why, that's "Dr." Don Patton! He runs with such luminaries as Carl Baugh, he of the Paluxy Tracks nonsense and the infamously hilarious fossilized cowboy boot that even the most strident young-earther, save Ted Holden, errr, Wendy1946, has disavowed.

"Dr?" you ask. Good question. Because like far too many creationists to count, Don Patton has lied and lied again about his credentials.

Or at least at one time (from one of many sites that actually cares to check these guys out):

Since early 1989, Don Patton, a close associate of Carl Baugh ... has claimed a Ph.D. (or "Ph.D. candidacy") in geology from Queensland Christian University in Australia. However, QCU is another unaccredited school ... When questioned about this at a recent MIOS meeting, Patton indicated that he was aware of some problems relating to QCU, and was withdrawing his Ph.D. candidacy.

However, the printed abstracts of the 1989 Bible-Science conference in Dayton, Tennessee (where Patton gave two talks) stated that he was a Ph.D. candidacy in geology, and implied that he has at least four degrees from three separate schools. When I asked Patton for clarification on this during the conference, he stated that he had no degrees, but was about to receive a Ph.D. degree in geology, pending accreditation of QCU, which he assured me was "three days away." Many days have since passed, and Patton still has no valid degree in geology. Nor is the accreditation of QCU imminent. Australian researcher Ian Plimer reported, "PCI, QPU, PCT, and PCGS have no formal curriculum, no classes, no research facilities, no calendar, no campus, and no academic staff....Any Ph.D. or Ph.D. candidacy at QPU by Patton is fraudulent."

Four years, Florida College, Temple Terrace, FL (Bible)
Two years, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN (Geology)
Two years, Indiana Univ./Purdue Univ., Indianapolis, IN (Geology)
Two years, Pacific School of Graduate Studies, Melbourne, Australia (Education)
Ph.D. in Education granted 12/10/1993

Hm. Curious. His Ph.D. in Education was granted in 1993. Have you ever in your life seen someone's resume or CV list such a thing and forget to tell us WHERE the degree is from?! And what does it even mean that he went somewhere for "2 years?" This stuff is so ridiculous.

I wish I could check out this claim: "Member of Geological Society of America, and was a speaker at their ‘97 annual convention in Salt Lake City." But my version of Adobe doesn't give me the full pdf. So maybe someone else can check: Here's the full run-down of the 1997 conference.
60 posted on 07/08/2010 2:10:10 PM PDT by whattajoke (Let's keep Conservatism real.)
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