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I am disinclined to give him the benefit of the doubt when he's seems to be picking an argument Isaac Send a noteboard - 07/02/2013 11:46:02 AM
And frankly I still haven't got a clue why he even responded to the first post, but no I do not see how his comment was clear, possibly because I have absolutely no idea what he is driving at. Other than that he's being fairly rude while going about it, or seemed so to me. There's a surprising amount of activity in what should be a very short thread about a very simple question.

Anyway, yeah quite a few protestant ministers attend years of post-graduate and get doctorates, I admit that Doctor of Divinity, D.D. has a somewhat humorous ring to it but it is one of the oldest doctorates around, as Divinitatis Doctor, but that isn't the degree most get, usually it is a Th.D., Doctor of Theology, or just a Ph.D., usually the latter I believe. In the US anyway. IIRC MLK has a Ph.D. in systematic theology and his undergrad was in sociology, my net's loading slow this morning so I can't wiki that to be sure. It's not too uncommon though, quite a few of the ministers and pastors I know have Dr. at the front of their title and since it was originally meant principally for clergy I suspect they'd not be cheerful about foregoing it.
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Proper forms of address (US President) imlad - 05/02/2013 04:22:05 PM 723 Views
Why Madam? Is that used here commonly? A Deathwatch Guard - 05/02/2013 05:33:45 PM 426 Views
Madam would used random thoughts - 06/02/2013 05:48:10 PM 419 Views
Re: Proper forms of address (US President) Gher - 05/02/2013 07:14:03 PM 605 Views
Woodrow Wilson had a Ph.D. and Garfield was a minister Isaac - 05/02/2013 08:20:50 PM 557 Views
Dr. is the appropriate title for an M.D. only. Every other jackass these days has a useless Ph.D. Tom - 06/02/2013 03:55:46 PM 432 Views
i've heard PhD's referred to as "doctor, but not the kind who helps people" moondog - 06/02/2013 05:43:56 PM 417 Views
I think it's excessive Tom - 06/02/2013 06:57:10 PM 378 Views
Re: I think it's excessive Stephen - 08/02/2013 03:41:06 PM 403 Views
Every other doctorate but medicine is useless? Isaac - 06/02/2013 10:20:40 PM 378 Views
I never said that. I said every other jackass had a useless Ph.D. Tom - 06/02/2013 10:59:34 PM 397 Views
You're phrasing is rather ambigous then Isaac - 07/02/2013 12:26:46 AM 386 Views
"Your" and "ambiguous". Tom - 07/02/2013 03:39:01 AM 386 Views
You're being petty and you're avoiding the topic *NM* Isaac - 07/02/2013 05:03:27 AM 258 Views
I don't see how his phrasing is ambiguous. Legolas - 07/02/2013 09:07:45 AM 479 Views
I am disinclined to give him the benefit of the doubt when he's seems to be picking an argument Isaac - 07/02/2013 11:46:02 AM 892 Views
Ford had a J.D.?! Joel - 08/02/2013 07:10:59 PM 417 Views
When it happens, language will have "progressed" so far... jh - 06/02/2013 06:24:00 AM 428 Views
President trumps other honorifics- for a man, it's always "Mr. President" beetnemesis - 06/02/2013 02:58:27 PM 412 Views
Thank you everyone for the input imlad - 12/02/2013 08:51:05 PM 466 Views
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