Ravi Zacharias, sexual predator, The greatest Apologist of his Generation!

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  1. it's just me

    it's just me Well-Known Member

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    You're the one making up hilarious fiction, I'm telling you to stop. The man is dead.
     
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    it's just me Well-Known Member

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    You mean like Bill Clinton? Or Anthony Coumo? Or Jeffrey Epstien?
     
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    I don't care if he's dead, he made up goofy sh** and molested people. he lied a LOT.
     
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    it's just me Well-Known Member

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    You don't know Jack.
     
  5. Ronald Hillman

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    Certainly with Clinton and Epstein, I honestly have no idea who Coumo is so cannot comment.
    Now are you going to answer the question or just keep deflecting?
     
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    i know he molested people while in a position of power. Did you?
     
  7. Ronald Hillman

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    So are you aware that he was not a professor, he never gained a diploma, most of his academic credentials were rubbish. Why do you think his books were truth?

    In an earlier edition of his biography and in some of his books and in about section, Zacharias claimed that he studied at the University of Cambridge and was a visiting professor at the University of Oxford.[48][49] In multiple speaking engagements he said that he had taken class in quantum mechanics under John Polkinghorne and while a visiting scholar at University of Cambridge he had heard Stephen Hawking lecture and saw him struggle between agnosticism and theism.[50][51] Ravi Zacharias often claimed through his books and preaching that he was invited to be a visiting scholar at University of Cambridge, and while at Cambridge he focused his studies on Romantic writers and moralist philosophers.[52]

    The veracity of Zacharias's purported academic positions at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge was questioned.[53] The University of Cambridge denied that Zacharias had ever enrolled or studied at their university, while the University of Oxford denied Zacharias having held any academic positions at their university.

    Ravi Zacharias later established The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics (OCCA), an unaccredited, unrecognised research institute in Oxfordshire, England offering theological degrees.

    In 2017, Christianity Today reported accusations that Zacharias had exaggerated his academic credentials; for instance that he had referred to himself in multiple articles and videos with the title "Doctor" or "Dr.", despite lacking a PhD qualification. In response, Zacharias said he had been "conferred ten honorary doctorates" and said further that "in Ravi's homeland of India … honorific titles are customary and are used frequently out of respect for elders, including by the RZIM India team when addressing Ravi."

    In a statement, RZIM indicated that "[in] earlier years, 'Dr.' did appear before Ravi's name in some of our materials, including on our website, which is an appropriate and acceptable practice with honorary doctorates. However, because this practice can be contentious in certain circles, we no longer use it." Christianity Today reported that Zacharias' online biography was edited following the accusations regarding his credentials.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Zacharias

    So we know that his early books at least and his autobiography contained lies.
     
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    No, "WE" don't know that. This is just a random cut and paste by someone who doesn't know the man.

    Baughman goes on to dissect a variety of Zacharias’ other academic claims and his research is thorough. You can find it fully described on his website (http://www.raviwatch.com/documentation/).

    In reviewing this research and the response from the ministry about it, it is our view Baughman does reveal an unfortunate pattern by Zacharias of exaggerating his academic background. We do not believe this determination undermines the excellent teaching material that RZIM has produced over the years.

    I know how important it is for you to smear dead Christians but, there is no there there.
     
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    Appeal to Authority fallacy :rolleyes:

    agreed
     
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  10. Ronald Hillman

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    Well the good news is that Ravi is not going to be published anymore by honest christians.

    The biggest Christian publisher in the United States will no longer offer resources by the late Ravi Zacharias following the final report of an investigation confirming his years-long pattern of abuse, and is working with at least one prominent author to remove Zacharias from other works.

    https://www.christianitytoday.com/n...s-harper-collins-lee-strobel-rzim-report.html
     
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    Addressing the scientific method, basic science, and critical thinking in school, i.e., as should be required to graduate from high school, goes a long way in preventing people from being conned by these religion based frauds.
     
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    How sad for you.
     

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