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Yes.... _____________________ He was a Doctor in the same slipshod and shady manner that he was a Minister. As Simon has mentioned, he completed his course work and earned his degree according to the standards set forth by Pikes Peak....that makes it a doctorate. What that doctorate means is the gray area. Technically, it wasn't a phony degree. Technically, he was Doctor VP. Technically, those who still refer to this long dead man as DR. are not in error.....perhaps they just haven't thought it through, don't care, or have decided it is legitimate enough for them to still use the title when mentioning him. Who knows what people are thinking...unless they tell you. :) I am assuming, because VP himself ordained others....that he had retained his title as a Reverend. Please correct me if I am wrong on this. I don't remember anyone ever calling him Rev VP. except in the memoirs. At some point and time....he did qualify to be ordained...at least according to standards set forth by his denomination. Breaking it down we can now see that his title as a minister was about as meaningful as his doctorate. To be fair....I don't know what was running through his heart and mind at the time he was ordained, but later in life....his actions boldly declared his intent and it was not in line with what the scriptures or his denomination reveal a minister should be. He may not have been a brilliant academic, but he was not a stupid man. He was smart enough to know how to assume as much authority as possible. This includes his doctorate, his title as minster....and he was able to convince most of us that he had direct authority given to him by God almighty. The man managed to axe Christ from Christianity for the most part.....no easy feat there. At least he convinced most of us...... He was very good at what he did.....it ensnared many of us for years......but, despite johniam's protestations.....while he was good at what he did......what he did was very very bad. Evil can be insidious......VP's particular brand of evil was no exception.