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'''David Ray Griffin''' (born 1939) is a retired professor of philosophy of religion and theology. Along with John B. Cobb, Jr., he founded the Center for Process Studies in 1973, a research center of Claremont School of Theology which seeks to promote the common good by means of the relational approach found in process thought.<ref>[http://www.ctr4process.org/about/general.shtml About the Center - The Center for Process Studies]</ref>
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'''David Ray Griffin''' was a professor of philosophy of religion and theology. Along with [[John B. Cobb, Jr.]], he founded the [[Center for Process Studies]] in [[1973]], a research center of [[Claremont School of Theology]] which seeks to promote the common good by means of the relational approach found in process thought.<ref>[http://www.ctr4process.org/about/general.shtml About the Center - The Center for Process Studies]</ref> He was an energetic [[9-11 dissident]] who wrote several books on the [[September 11 attacks]].
  
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More recently, Griffin has published a number of books on the subject of the September 11 attacks. They present a compelling case for the attacks being to outcome of a conspiracy by elements of the United States government.
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==9/11==
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Griffin published a number of books on the subject of the [[September 11 attacks]], challenging the "[[19 hijackers]]" theory and exposing the involvement of the [[US deep state]]. [[Richard Gage]] heard an interview which David Ray Griffin gave [[Bonnie Faulkner]] on [[Guns And Butter]], that inspired him to question the events of September 11, 2001, and later go on to found [[AE911 Truth]].
  
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An article in the Washington Post on 7 September 2006 which focuses on Dr Griffin and his work, is among the more thoghtful examples of how the [[MSM]] began to deal with what has become known as '''"The 911 Truth Movement"''' once it began to gain real traction.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/07/AR2006090701669.html The Disbelievers – 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists Are Building Their Case Against the Government From Ground Zero] - Washington Post 8 September 2006</ref>
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An article in the ''[[Washington Post]]'' on 7 September 2006 which focuses on Dr Griffin and his work, is among the more thoughtful examples of how the {{ccm}} began to deal with the the [[911 Truth Movement]] once it began to gain real traction.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/07/AR2006090701669.html The Disbelievers – 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists Are Building Their Case Against the Government From Ground Zero] - ''Washington Post'' 8 September 2006</ref>
  
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==911 Controversy==
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===Analysis===
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{{QB|'''The Behavior of the Secret Service with the President'''<p>"I will conclude with the Commission’s treatment of the behavior of the Secret Service agents with President Bush. The president was in a classroom in Sarasota when the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center, clear evidence that terrorists were using hijacked airliners to attack high-value targets. There was no higher-value target than the president, and his location had been widely publicized. Secret Service protocol called for the agents to rush the president to a predetermined safe location. And yet they allowed him to remain at the school another half hour and even to address the nation on television, thereby letting any terrorists know he was still there. The 9/11 Commission’s only comment about this remarkable incident was to report that ‘[t]he Secret Service told us they . . . did not think it imperative for [the President] to run out the door.’ The apparent implication of the Secret Service agents’ behavior—that they knew that the president was not a target—went unmentioned by the Commission, like all the other evidence pointing to official complicity in the attacks."<ref>https://911truth.org/commission-report-significant-pattern-omissions-distortions/</ref>}}
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In a web-only article entitled "On Debunking 9/11 Debunking, Examining Dr. David Ray Griffin’s Latest Criticism of the NIST World Trade Center Investigation" Ryan Mackey claims that:
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==Criticism by Daniel Hopsicker==
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<blockquote>Upon reading Debunking 9/11 Debunking, the author was surprised to learn that nowhere in this book - and, to the best of the author’s knowledge, nowhere in Dr. Griffin’s previous books - does Dr. Griffin articulate his own hypothesis. His entire position can be summarized in two sentences, "9/11 was an inside job" (understood to mean that Dr. Griffin believes that the United States Government was responsible) and "The World Trade Center buildings were destroyed in a controlled demolition."<br> <br>
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|text=a retired professor of theology at a conservative bible college in California who had nothing to say, but said it anyway, in book after book after book... But that of course, was the point. They accomplished nothing. But they made the half-baked “[[official story]]” of the [[9/11]] attack sound almost reasonable.
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Dr. Griffin has also clarified<ref>David Ray Griffin, Debunking 9/11 Debunking, Chapter 3 Note 16, page 351</ref> that he does not know whether explosives or incendiaries, a combination of the two, or what particular types were used.<br><br>
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Despite Dr. Griffin’s rumination over this theory for nearly five years, personal contact with numerous like-minded thinkers, and an assemblage of facts and arguments that, in his mind, are sufficient to refute the whole of the NIST investigation, there is no additional detail. This hypothesis falls well short of the basic standard of journalism - the six questions of "who, what, where, when, why, and how" - and as such is not a viable alternative to any complete hypothesis, let alone one as meticulously researched as that put forth by NIST.<br><br>
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... The author therefore repeats his challenge to Dr. Griffin to propose a coherent hypothesis. The wait, however, may be a long one, as Dr. Griffin has recently stated in an interview with the Ventura County Reporter that he actually discourages those who would define a working hypothesis:<br><br>
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[Interviewer] Do you have a personal theory of what really happened on Sept. 11?<br><br>
 
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[Dr. Griffin] No, and I made a big point of not developing such a theory, and even encouraging members of the movement not to do this, because insofar as there are antagonisms and disputes within the movement, they're related primarily to those things, where people say, well, here's what hit the Pentagon, and others say that's not true. [...] There is a sketch of a theory, that it was an inside job, that explosives were used in the buildings. But what kind of explosives exactly? When they were they put in there? How many were there? All those things some people want to get into. Or the critics say, you've got to have a theory. No, you don't have to have a theory. When you develop a theory, that's what the debunkers love, they want to say, that's nonsense and take attention away from all the evidence we have marshaled to show the official story is false.<ref>[http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/conspiracy_theologian/5834/ "Conspiracy Theologian: David Ray Griffin on the 9/11 Truth Movement and Bush-Cheney’s ‘Stupid’ Imperialism,"] Ventura County Reporter, 27 March 2008.</ref></blockquote>
 
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On the basis of this comment alone, Ryan Mackey believes he can confirm that Dr. Griffin is deliberately and willingly avoiding the Scientific Method, and that he does so because he fears being discredited.<ref>[http://sites.google.com/site/wtc7lies/Mackey_drg_nist_review_2_1.doc On Debunking 9/11 Debunking] Examining Dr. David Ray Griffin’s Latest Criticism of the NIST World Trade Center Investigation, Ryan Mackey, last update Version 2.1, 24 May 2008.</ref>
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
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*[[Document:Cognitive Infiltration|Cognitive Infiltration]] - A review of Dr Griffins book of the same name.
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*[[Document:Cognitive Infiltration|Cognitive Infiltration]] - A review of Dr Griffin's book of the same name
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*[http://davidraygriffin.org/ David Ray Griffin web site] - Run and maintained by Edward Rynearson
 
*[http://davidraygriffin.org/ David Ray Griffin web site] - Run and maintained by Edward Rynearson
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*[https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/1D/1D070EA544FE7928BEEF09659C079ACC_David_Ray_Griffin_-_The_New_Pearl_Harbour.pdf THE NEW PEARL HARBOR] - Book by David Ray Griffin
 
*[http://www.stj911.com/ Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice] - Web Site
 
*[http://www.stj911.com/ Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice] - Web Site
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Latest revision as of 16:06, 29 November 2022

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(academic, researcher, author)
David Ray Griffin.jpg
BornAugust 8, 1939
Wilbur, Washington, U.S.
DiedNovember 2022 (Age 83)
Founder of9/11 Consensus Panel
Interests9/11
An energetic 9-11 dissident who wrote several books on the September 11 attacks.

David Ray Griffin was a professor of philosophy of religion and theology. Along with John B. Cobb, Jr., he founded the Center for Process Studies in 1973, a research center of Claremont School of Theology which seeks to promote the common good by means of the relational approach found in process thought.[1] He was an energetic 9-11 dissident who wrote several books on the September 11 attacks.

9/11

Full article: Rated 4/5 9-11

Griffin published a number of books on the subject of the September 11 attacks, challenging the "19 hijackers" theory and exposing the involvement of the US deep state. Richard Gage heard an interview which David Ray Griffin gave Bonnie Faulkner on Guns And Butter, that inspired him to question the events of September 11, 2001, and later go on to found AE911 Truth.

An article in the Washington Post on 7 September 2006 which focuses on Dr Griffin and his work, is among the more thoughtful examples of how the commercially-controlled media began to deal with the the 911 Truth Movement once it began to gain real traction.[2]

Analysis

The Behavior of the Secret Service with the President

"I will conclude with the Commission’s treatment of the behavior of the Secret Service agents with President Bush. The president was in a classroom in Sarasota when the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center, clear evidence that terrorists were using hijacked airliners to attack high-value targets. There was no higher-value target than the president, and his location had been widely publicized. Secret Service protocol called for the agents to rush the president to a predetermined safe location. And yet they allowed him to remain at the school another half hour and even to address the nation on television, thereby letting any terrorists know he was still there. The 9/11 Commission’s only comment about this remarkable incident was to report that ‘[t]he Secret Service told us they . . . did not think it imperative for [the President] to run out the door.’ The apparent implication of the Secret Service agents’ behavior—that they knew that the president was not a target—went unmentioned by the Commission, like all the other evidence pointing to official complicity in the attacks."[3]

Professor David Ray Griffin 911 Miracles 2011

Criticism by Daniel Hopsicker

Daniel Hopsicker has described David Ray Griffin as “a retired professor of theology at a conservative bible college in California who had nothing to say, but said it anyway, in book after book after book... But that of course, was the point. They accomplished nothing. But they made the half-baked “official story” of the 9/11 attack sound almost reasonable.” [4]

See Also

 

Documents by David Ray Griffin

TitleDocument typePublication dateSubject(s)Description
Document:Left-leaning Despisers of the 9-11 Truth Movementopen letter6 July 20109-11/WTC7
9-11/Truth movement
File:9 11 Commission Report's Significant Pattern of Omissions & Distortions.pdfarticle27 September 20059-11/CommissionAnalysis of some major discrepancies in 911 Comission report.
File:The 911 Commission Report A 571-Page Lie.pdfarticle22 May 20059-11/CommissionList of discrepancies and not addressed points in the 911 Comission report.
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References

  1. ↑ About the Center - The Center for Process Studies
  2. ↑ The Disbelievers – 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists Are Building Their Case Against the Government From Ground Zero - Washington Post 8 September 2006
  3. ↑ https://911truth.org/commission-report-significant-pattern-omissions-distortions/
  4. ↑ http://www.madcowprod.com/2015/02/04/a-muckraking-life-interrupted-2more-9705/ Mad Cow News
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