The last few weeks we have been visited by someone who is claiming to be a “Dr.”, David Tee. It was pretty obvious from his poor argumentation that he has had very little to no training in any sort of academic process, but he kept claiming that he has, and that his degrees are ‘personal’ information (as if anyone who has gone to University in NA keeps that sort of information as “personal”). (here)
Well, right around that time, he started visiting my blog. I do my best to allow everyone free reign to comment – unless they are vulgar – but this guy is running out my patience.
thanks, Scott… and so help me, if I ever get my hands near your neck…
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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Going to the personal attack since you cannot refute one thing I have said. Of course, you got my statement out of context and wrong but that is par for the course.
In this world of attacking everything personal about someone you disagree with, there is no way I am going to be putting any personal information on the internet.
You want that information so you can dismiss any words I say and that isn’t what discussionis all about. You can’t refute the truth so you attack and dismiss, that is the SOP for all those who follow alternatives to the biblical record.
Both you and scott need to learn that God is not limited to using only those who have ‘accepted’ education and degrees. Just look at the disciples and you will see the evidence for that statement. Your blindness leads you away from the truth and the reality.
You and scott are both wrong repent.
Um, the Apostles were uneducated pretenders, Dave – Paul was educated in Roman Rhetoric as was the author of Hebrews who knew his Plato more than he should have.
You are a liar and a self-bloviating buffoon
Yet they all weren’t.
p.s. after 3 years of schooling with Jesus, they weren’t that uneducated were they?
Who said it was three years? You are putting things into Scripture not there – You are a liberal.
That makes no sense.
Sure it does. matthew was a tax collector, he was educated but I should say we can’t say how educated they were, we do not have any inkling of how much schooling they actually had.
But spending the time, and maybe I should have said approx. but why split hairs over unimportant things, with Jesus woul dhave educated them far beyond what you teach your children and students.
First, Jesus was an ignorant handy-man, I mean if you take Scripture seriously.
Second, John and James was part of a family who not only fished but could pay others to do so.
Third, John and James supposedly were related to the High Priest.
Fourth, unlike today where we count literacy as the basic ability to read and write, ancient literacy was much more advanced. Jewish children would receive education through the local religious community, generally through oral training. Added to this was the training on how to interpret Scripture. Given Paul’s half-Roman side, he was most likely educated with Roman rhetoric. If Mark’s tradition holds even half-way true, he was the son of a wealthy diaspora family from Libya who owned homes in both places and afforded their son all the education he can muster. Considering that the Apostles lived a long time, they were no doubt of the upper classes, given that the lower classes rarely if ever made it out of their 30′s.
To be a tax collector, one does have to the be educated.
So, try again.
I wrote that post after a few weeks of “Dr.” David… oh wait, let me use his full academic title, David… was posting on my site the same sort of idiotic comments he posted above. He has been trying at West’s site also, but I think Jim probably doesn’t allow any of his comments. It’s probably a lot more likely that he found your site from Jim’s than mine.
We’re FB friends. I’m an ex pro hockey player. You’ve seen my pictures. I’m pretty sure you don’t want to find your hands anywhere near my neck… might not work out too well for you! ;P
hahahhahahah yeah…. but you are canadian, so…
you should read some of the other comments he has left, even suggested I commit suicide because i teach my children to read Scripture.
Ahh the twisting of words how appropriate. You can’t refute so you attack. Scott couldn’t handle the truth either but all I have to do is tell you what it is and my job is done.
You have yet to tell the truth. At all.
So funny…another false accusation from someone who doesn’t know the truth. By the way, the scripture I used in another thread was correct. What is it like stopping up your ears like you do?
You haven’t used Scripture. You threw a verse out there, abusing it as you would the handicap.
Hey, can I start calling myself “Dr.,” too?
I call myself dr. Love