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David Ray Griffin | |
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| Born | August 8, 1939 Wilbur, Washington, U.S. |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Process theology |
| Doctoral students | Thomas Jay Oord |
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David Ray Griffin (born August 8, 1939 in Wilbur, Washington) is a retired American professor of philosophy of religion and theology; and a political writer, publishing numerous books claiming that elements of the US government were involved in the attacks of September 11, 2001.[1][2] Along with John B. Cobb, Jr., he founded the Center for Process Studies in 1973, a research center of Claremont School of Theology that seeks to promote the common good by means of the relational approach found in process thought.[3]
Griffin has been described and criticized as a conspiracy theorist.[4] David Aaronovitch in the London Times in 2008 wrote: "Griffin believes that no plane hit the Pentagon (despite hundreds of people seeing it) and that the World Trade Centre was brought down by a controlled demolition. There isn't a single point of alleged fact upon which Griffin's barking theory hasn't itself been demolished."[5] Griffin and others have disputed both points of this criticism. On the Pentagon, Griffin has claimed a consensus among 9/11 researchers that "regardless of what hit the Pentagon, the Pentagon was not struck by AA 77 under the control of al-Qaeda."[6] On the World Trade Center, AIA architect Richard Gage, after listening to a radio interview with Griffin in 2006, established Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, which now has over 3,000 professional architects and engineers disputing the claim that the WTC buildings were brought down by fires resulting from airplane attacks.[7][8] Griffin's view is further supported by a recent study at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, whose authors wrote: "The principal conclusion of our study is that fire did not cause the collapse of WTC 7 on 9/11, contrary to the conclusions of NIST and private engineering firms that studied the collapse."[9]
- ^ John R Shook, ed. (2016). The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of philosophers in America : from 1600 to the present. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781472570543. OCLC 951784733.
- ^ Powell, Michael (September 8, 2006). "The Disbelievers – 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists Are Building Their Case Against the Government From Ground Zero". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ "About the Center". The Center for Process Studies. Archived from the original on January 11, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ Sources which describe David Ray Griffin as a "conspiracy theorist", "conspiracist", "conspiracy nut", or otherwise associate him with 9/11 conspiracy theories include:
- Gilan, Audrey (September 9, 2006). "Full house as leading 9/11 conspiracy theorist has his say". The Guardian. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- Staff Blogger (September 24, 2009). "The 50 people who matter today: 41-50". New Statesman. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
- Swaine, Jon (January 25, 2011). "UN human rights official claims 9/11 was US plot". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
- Epstein, Rafael (September 11, 2006). "The World Today: Former spy raises 9/11 conspiracy theory". ABC. Australia. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
one of the world's most popular 9/11 conspiracy theorists
- "Debunking Conspiracy Theories In Voodoo Histories". NPR. January 30, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
- Cockburn, Alexander (September 7, 2006). "The 9/11 Conspiracy Nuts". The Nation. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
- Byford, Jovan (2011). Conspiracy Theories: A Critical Introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 165. ISBN 9780230349216.
- Stahl, Jeremy (September 7, 2011). "The Theory vs. the Facts". Slate. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ Aaronovitch, David (April 15, 2008). "UN expert? No, a conspiracy crank". The Times. London. Retrieved June 13, 2020. (subscription required)
- ^ Griffin, David Ray (2011). "Chapter 7: The Pentagon: A Consensus Approach". 9/11 Ten Years Later: When State Crimes Against Democracy Succeed. Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press. ISBN 978-1-56656-868-5.
- ^ Rudin, Mike (July 4, 2008). "The evolution of a conspiracy theory". BBC. Archived from the original on September 18, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- ^ Walter, Ted (March 25, 2020). "University Report on 9/11 Building Collapse Contradicts Official Conclusions". PR Newswire. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Hulsey, J.L.; Z. Quan; F. Xiao (March 2020). A Structural Reevaluation of the Collapse of World Trade Center 7 – Final Report. College of Engineering and Mines, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK.