Minister-turned-atheist Teresa MacBain loses Harvard job after inflating resume

[rug]

Kimberly Winston | Sep 27, 2013

AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) A former United Methodist minister-turned-atheist was dismissed from her high-profile position at Harvard University on Thursday after it was revealed she falsified her resume.

Teresa MacBain, one of the most high-profile nonbelievers in the country after profiles by NPR, The New York Times and Religion News Service, was fired from her newly created position with the Humanist Community at Harvard.

MacBain, who started her job at the beginning of September, had planned to travel the country starting humanist communities at schools and organizations nationwide.

In a statement posted on Facebook Thursday (Sept. 26), MacBain acknowledged she had misrepresented her education to Harvard, to the broader atheist community and to reporters.

http://www.religionnews.com/2013/09/27/minister-turned-atheist-teresa-macbain-loses-harvard-job-inflating-resume/

[dimbear]

1. Anyone else see the irony in her claiming to have a divinity degree she doesn't actually have?

Anathema be upon her.

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2. The irony is she made the false claim to secure a job as a Humanist chaplain.

[dimbear]

3. Either way she is a shanda to the atheists. n/t

[longship]

6. Learn a new word a day.

Shanda (Yiddish) - A shame, a scandal. The expression "a shanda fur die goy" means to do something embarrassing to Jews where non-Jews can observe it.

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7. I admit it. I had to look up too.

If you run into me at Wikipedia, let's just furtively raise our eyebrows and walk on by.

[longship]

8. I ended up finding it in an online Yiddish dictionary.

But if I see you within Wiki, I may give you a nudge or two.

[xfundy]

4. I'd bet there are plenty, PLENTY more pastors who have lost faith in faith.

But, the money's just so goooooood.

[cbayer]

5. Wow, xfundy. The average salary for clergy in this country is $44,000.

For a job that often requires 60 or more hours a week and being on-call 24/7, I would suggest that money is not the reason they stay.

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes212011.htm

http://www.ncbuy.com/careers/blsj/job250_con.html

Where do you get these ideas?

[dimbear]

9. An old thread kicks this around.........

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1218&pid=94987



Don't go down to post #10, tho.

I have to admit, right-wing sites are mauling this woman. They had best quit that, or I'll switch over to defending her.

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10. I wouldn't have picked you for having the gift of prophecy.

[cbayer]

12. OMG, dimbear!! I remember reading that at the time and was not sure

what to make of it.

I'm impressed.

[cbayer]

11. This is really unfortunate and I wonder why she felt the need to do this.

Makes one wonder if she were a scammer during her earlier career and has just continued along the same vein.