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Originally Posted by coadie
I can't name one. Can you? An M.D. Degree from a medical school that is honorary.
Some say Sigmund Freud was an MD He finished gymnasium while still a teen and went directly to a faculty job.
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I didn't say they were awarded M.D.'s, I said Medical Doctors/Researchers in their field have been awarded honorary degrees specific to the medical profession. Most schools are starting to distinguish their honorary doctorates from all others by calling them a "Doctor of the University."
Just as an honorary doctorate wouldn't qualify someone to be a brain surgeon, neither would an honorary degree on its own qualify someone to be on the scholastic committee that leads an manuscript translation.
Looks like Pentecost isn't the only group struggling with this issue/phenom. Quite big in Christian Fundie circles too:
http://www.preservedwords.com/doctor.htm