I'm not planning to register at any, either. I looked up some of these religious splinter-group Universities, as I call them. The Pythagorean School of Krotona sounded interesting. However, it had nothing to do with Croton in Southern Italy, a Greek colony, where Pythagoras taught around 520 BCE. The Pythagorean School of Krotona was founded in the 20th C. by an Englishman, who made use of Pythagoras' name. The founder was a Bishop of one of these churches Messdiener mentioned.
The Krotona degrees are awarded through Western Orthodox University. That school is a Florida-based outfit, operating under religious exemption. No US accreditation. From its web-page:
"The University is not accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation."
My opinion: these degrees will not be worth anything, outside their religious denom. Strictly wall-hangers, for most of us. Interestingly enough, there is a place called Krotona in the Hollywood Hills. You can Google it. It was a hotbed of mystical societies and schools - A few remain. I wondered if this school (Pythagoras) had any connection but they say it's Krotona in Magna Graecia (mainland Greece) which - if it exists - is NOT the place where Pythagoras taught.
That school was in Croton, a Greek colony in Southern Italy. There's a town there today - Crotone - founded 710 BCE. Excellent cheese from there - "Crotonese." I can (and do) buy it locally, here in Canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotone
Messdiener - WHERE do you even get schools like this?? I don't know what would be more appropriate for this one: an exorcism or a standard de-bunking? Sacra Vacca! (Holy Cow!)
The Krotona degrees are awarded through Western Orthodox University. That school is a Florida-based outfit, operating under religious exemption. No US accreditation. From its web-page:
"The University is not accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation."
My opinion: these degrees will not be worth anything, outside their religious denom. Strictly wall-hangers, for most of us. Interestingly enough, there is a place called Krotona in the Hollywood Hills. You can Google it. It was a hotbed of mystical societies and schools - A few remain. I wondered if this school (Pythagoras) had any connection but they say it's Krotona in Magna Graecia (mainland Greece) which - if it exists - is NOT the place where Pythagoras taught.
That school was in Croton, a Greek colony in Southern Italy. There's a town there today - Crotone - founded 710 BCE. Excellent cheese from there - "Crotonese." I can (and do) buy it locally, here in Canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotone
Messdiener - WHERE do you even get schools like this?? I don't know what would be more appropriate for this one: an exorcism or a standard de-bunking? Sacra Vacca! (Holy Cow!)
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