James White

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[[Credentialism|"Dr"]] '''James Robert White'''  {{lived|1962|}} is a [[Baptist]] and [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] [[Theology|theologian]] and debater based in Phoenix, [[Fun:Arizona|Arizona]]. White runs Alpha and Omega Ministries, and is a [[Credentialism|Professor]] of Church History and [[Apologetics]] at Grace Bible Theological Seminary.<ref name=aomin>[https://www.aomin.org/aoblog/about/ About Alpha & Omega Ministries]. aomin.org.</ref><ref group=note>[https://gbtseminary.org/ Grace Bible Theological Seminary] is an unaccredited [[Arkansas]]-based seminary that claims affiliation with the [https://artseminaries.org/ Association of Reformed Theological Seminaries], an accreditation mill.</ref> He is famous in Calvinist circles for his debates against [[Islam|Muslims]], [[Mormonism|Mormons]] and [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholics]], and is often derided for his "doctorate" outside of said circles. White is a [[Young Earth creationism|young earth creationist]], which he refers to as "special creation".<ref>[https://www.aomin.org/aoblog/general-apologetics/evidence-for-special-creation-from-scientific-evidence/ Evidence for Special Creation From Scientific Evidence]. aomin.org, 16 June 2002.</ref> White is friend of [[Jason Lisle]],<ref>[https://www.aomin.org/aoblog/general-apologetics/live-with-dr-jason-lisle-from-colorado-springs/ Live with Dr. Jason Lisle from Colorado Springs]. aomin.org, 2 August 2021.</ref> a creationist affiliated with the [[Institute for Creation Research]] and [[Answers in Genesis]].

==Avid debater==
James White is a very avid debater and also known in Calvinist circles  for his debates against basically everybody who doesn't fully subscribe to his view from Muslims and Mormons to [[Atheism|atheists]], Roman Catholics and [[Christianity|Christians]] that don't think the [[Bible]] is infallible. <ref name=aomin />

==Unaccreditated PhD==
White possesses a PhD degree from Columbia Evangelical Seminary, a [[diploma mill]],<ref>[https://www.columbiaseminary.edu/accreditation.html Accreditation]. Columbia Evangelical Seminary. Despite the page's title, the seminary makes no reference to legitimate academic accreditation.</ref> but insists he is a legitimate doctor. White claims the Seminary was "too young" to be accredited, but if that is the case wouldn't an insistence on being called "doctor" damage his own credibility? Calling oneself a doctor without holding a legitimate PhD doesn't help. Apparently at some point White was working on a legitimate PhD at a [[South Africa]]n university.<ref>Dave Armstrong, [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2017/03/james-whites-bogus-doctorate-degree.html James White’s Bogus "Doctorate" Degree]. Patheos, 14 March 2017.</ref><ref>Dave Armstrong, [https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2017/03/james-whites-bogus-doctorate-degree-part-ii.html James White’s Bogus "Doctorate" Degree, Part II]. Patheos, 14 March 2017.</ref>

Catholic apologist Jimmy Akin stated that he "[does] not think that this title should be given to White", noting that a lack of accreditation is a sign that a school "has not met the academic standards needed."<ref>Jimmy Akin, [https://jimmyakin.com/2006/08/not_what_the_do.html The Title “Doctor”]. jimmyakin.com, 22 August 2006.</ref> In July 1998, when Mormon apologist Gary Novak visited the site to take pictures, Columbia Evangelical Seminary was operated out of a small administrative office with no campus.<ref>[http://www.shields-research.org/Novak/CES/ces.htm Columbia Evangelical Seminary: The Photographic Tour]. shields-research.org.</ref><ref>[http://www.shields-research.org/Novak/james.htm Worst of the Anti-Mormon Web Special Edition: Does James White Have a Genuine Doctorate?] shields-research.org, 17 October 1998.</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.aomin.org His ministry website]

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