Comments on Ambassador Watch: Doctor Bob

"Simply regurgitating your own sectarian sources j...

2006-06-05T17:05:00.000+12:00

"Simply regurgitating your own sectarian sources just doesn't cut it."

So how did Joe Tkach, with an unaccredited B.A., obtain his D.Min doctoral degree from Azusa in 2000? His doctorate was awarded three years AFTER he first published his 1997 version of "Transformed by Truth", a substantially similar work to his doctoral thesis. As you previously reported in Ambassador Watch, Ambassador Center at Azusa was established in 1997 when thousands of dollars were transferred by Tkach to Azusa and for scholarships to deserving WCG students when AU was shut down.
As listed on the front page, Mike Feazell was Tkach's doctoral thesis Reader. Fuller's Eddie Gibbs served on Tkach's doctoral committee. Eddie Gibbs gets frequent play in WCG media as a sort of expert on emergent church growth (Gibb's Emerging Churches available at Amazon).

If you would like to see an incredible bibliography, take a look at Tkach's bibliography for his doctoral thesis. Very few outside theological reference works or theological treatises cited at all. Mostly selective quotations from old WCG magazine articles or booklets.

As well as the PhD Bob practices as a doctor of na...

2006-06-05T09:49:00.000+12:00

As well as the PhD Bob practices as a doctor of naturopathy, and has written a book called "Combining Old And New: Naturopathy For The 21st Century" which you can track down on Amazon (and yes, he mentions Herb several times as a health authority!) Fringe medicine and fringe religion seem to go together.

Yes, Bob Thiel does have a PhD, though it's not in...

2006-06-05T06:42:00.000+12:00

Yes, Bob Thiel does have a PhD, though it's not in any branch of history. At his website, he says, "A doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree was earned from the Union Institute and University where I studied various biological sciences and research methodologies."

So, apparently his PhD is in some sort of biological science.

By the way, the Union Institute and University is primarily a correspondence course university. Although it wasn't that way at first, at this time they do have students who live on campus. However, most of their students are doing their degree work through the mail.

Gavin,As I recall, Bob does not have a PhD. He is...

2006-06-05T04:01:00.000+12:00

Gavin,

As I recall, Bob does not have a PhD. He is a dentist, so that means he likely only possesses a DDS. Being a Doctor of Dentistry is a far cry from being a PhD.

((My challenge to Bob is to provide a bibliography...

2006-06-03T15:21:00.000+12:00

((My challenge to Bob is to provide a bibliography for his site. Books he has actually read and consulted. Then we'll all be in a better position to discuss his ideas.))

Well as you know Bob doesn't work that way. He resorts to personal attacks to those who challenge his "works". He is not (and never will) be interested in a serious debate.