Chris Brown gets honorary PhD from private Christian university

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I went to the site of this "university" and half of it is AI. 

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11 hours ago, RenegAde said:

They need to start calling these honorary "doctorate" degrees something else. Its kind of an insult to those who actually had to meet the academic criteria.

I know outside of celebrities, honorary doctorates get awarded to people as a purely symbolic thing and usually its related to getting that individual to give a commencement speech. It doesn't have any actual academic value or give you the right to have the Dr. title.

I guess its cool when a famous person gets one but it isn't as impressive as actually studying for one

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19 minutes ago, Alxjcgn said:

I know outside of celebrities, honorary doctorates get awarded to people as a purely symbolic thing and usually its related to getting that individual to give a commencement speech. It doesn't have any actual academic value or give you the right to have the Dr. title.

I guess its cool when a famous person gets one but it isn't as impressive as actually studying for one

True but these honorary doctorate degrees aren't just awarded to anyone all the time, some people have actually done meaningful work in that field and deserve some recognition. I just think it needs to be called something else so the celebs don't get the privileges of using that title which some of them absolutely do and system allows.

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14 hours ago, Lucas said:

Forgive me (or not) if there are any of this forum but the more I grow up, the more I dislike/hate christians 

I take no offense as a Christian (by practice but I don’t participate in the organized religion part bc of obvious reasons) The things a lot of these ppl do in the name of Jesus are embarrassing but I have a good giggle reading things like this believing one day that justice will be served and they will have to answer for the their idiotic actions and crimes. 

Edited yesterday at 08:03 AM by TheARTPOPball

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in indonesia, we call those who honor him "sakit jiwa"

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9 hours ago, RenegAde said:

True but these honorary doctorate degrees aren't just awarded to anyone all the time, some people have actually done meaningful work in that field and deserve some recognition. I just think it needs to be called something else so the celebs don't get the privileges of using that title which some of them absolutely do and system allows.

Oh absolutely... I can't remember correctly but the legal criteria to receive an honorary doctorate involves a  certain amount of hours dedicated to the field, lasting contributions to field/society, philantropy, etc.

A lot of these celebrities technically hit the hour requirement but everything is still left up to discretion of the university and philanthropy probably helps a lot. I don't think they need to be handing them out to everyone, or people just need to understand its symbolic and has no real meaning or credential to it. It is a little embarrassing seeing someone think they just got the same degree as an actual doctorate.

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The way all of this is a one big sham 

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22 hours ago, ANVEEROY said:

Gurl, I am doing Phd, and such a slap to my face. Should I quit? 

Your education is infinitely more meaningful than a piece of paper that says "PhD"

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9 hours ago, TheARTPOPball said:

I take no offense as a Christian (by practice but I don’t participate in the organized religion part bc of obvious reasons) The things a lot of these ppl do in the name of Jesus are embarrassing but I have a good giggle reading things like this believing one day that justice will be served and they will have to answer for the their idiotic actions and crimes. 

Sometimes I wish god was real 'cause I know Jesus would be standing at the gates ready to drop kick these freaks in the chest before casting them down to eternal damnation