Posts by BBOARD

- I am curently, when I have time and it is "clear" I am slowly convincing a 40 year old virgin guy who still lives with mom to get a job, wash his own clothes, and move the f'out - its about time! Once that is done ... I go to "work"

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The NORCO Jehovah's Witness Circut Assembly 2007 Expenses

by BBOARD in

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just wanted to share this with fellow jwd members.

i went to the norco circut assembly and these are the recent $ numbers quoted ... .

as of 4/14/2007 (the first of two circut assemblies) we had $10,260,22 (a surplus) .

BBOARD

Just wanted to share this with fellow JWD members. I went to the NORCO Circut Assembly and these are the recent $ numbers quoted ...

As of 4/14/2007 (The first of two Circut Assemblies) we had $10,260,22 (A SURPLUS)

Cost of the World Wide Work = Roughly $3,000

Amount Left Over = Roughly $7,000

EXPENSES of the December 2007 NORCO Circut Assembly = $16,916.99

Donations Given at the time of the Announcement (2:30 pm) = $8,800

SO THE DEFICIT OF THAT ASSEMBLY IS (According to the announcer) ... Aproximently $8,000 ... please dontate ...

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Circuit Assembly 2007 PROGRAM

by BBOARD in

for cindi_67.

http://www.imagebam.com/image/60d3611436719.

http://www.imagebam.com/image/5191681436720.

BBOARD

For Cindi_67

http://www.imagebam.com/image/60d3611436719

http://www.imagebam.com/image/5191681436720

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Circuit Assembly 2007

by Cindi_67 in

does anybody have the schedule for this year's circuit assembly.

my mom invited and i might go just to make her happy, but i don't want to be there all day.

i know i will be attending sunday.

BBOARD

As I posted in the recent "Higher Education" thread I attended the Crenshaw Congregation Circuit Assembly - the NORCO, California Circuit Assembly - because all my family is in and to not go would = high suspicion unless I was sick.

I will say take as many breaks to the restroom as possible and try to zone out the speaker mentally. Think about stuff like your own entrepenural business plan, where you want to go a year from now, ie make plans but dont write them down! If your family sees you writing stuff down on paper not related to the talk being delivered they may give you hard nudges and glares (I know I used to get this alot until I wised up and learned how to fake listening ... very well)

FYI: I just thought up a great idea for a little small business for myself that I will try to get off the ground! I just thought of it while I was sitting listening to the talk "Give Glory to (Jehovah) God when Doing Everything Else." (This was the guilt trip talk about not doing "bad stuff" when no JW is around to see you). This wasn't a blessing from Jehovah. MY HARD WORK!

At the end of the talk the elder held up a flyer to a dance that some JW teenagers had been caught trying to sneak and go to! He said "See what this says?! It says "Dress to Impress" (More than half the audience gave a big gasp - F'ing hypocrites I was so mad) Yeah ... right like that's sooooooooo bad. He went on and said see here at the bottom it says "On the dance floor you should "Lean Wit It Rock Wit It! ... now that's just weird!" He ended with the usual "JW youth keep on the watch and dont ever be corrupted by worldly thinking or allow yourselves to be slowly corrupted into one of Satan's snare one of which is music."

All throught the ride home my mom and my aunt were talking about just how evil and tricky "The Birdcatcher" was with his "superhuman intellegence. " Most JW's I know are so brainwashed they LITERALLY QUOTE WT phrases in their conversation. They said the Devil was very much into getting JW's to break their faith or leave the WTS. Right ... Satan's real ... and he's only after JW's ... rightttt ....

When I got home the first thing I did was go straight to my iTUNES and blast Dem Franchize Boys "Lean Wit It Rock Wit It" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzTcClp6MIg)

I will post my Circuit Assembly 2007 program slip tonight if no one has done so by then!

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Here's the reason for the 3% jump in publishers for the past year

by sir82 in

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it is immigration that explains the vast majority of the increase.. who is it that immigrates?

the poorest of the poor, the desperate ones that would be dead from starvation or execution by gangs/guerillas within 5 years anyway.

these were not the ones being converted in their home countries - when you have to work 14-18 hours a day, 7 days a week just to feed your family, there is no time to "study", attend meetings, go out in field servce, etc.. so, they go to their new country.

BBOARD

I had a hunch their numbers were either iflated or came from new immigrants.

Those not speaking the language, desperate to quickly try and learn it from somebody, or not knowing too many, if any, people in the new country THESE are people "ripe for the harvest" (JW Term) to convert. They know little if anything about this cult and will think they are truly loved, cared for, and have at last found the true organization Jehovah God is using. Keep in mind many, many immigrants have heard of JW's if by name only and quite a few more are of some denomination of Christianity AKA Christendom. If one of the first people these people meet are JWs and they are the love-bombing kind, and not the cliquish kind, this may be very appealing to me.

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The Watchtower's depiction of "bad people"

by B_Deserter in

i find it absolutely hillarious how "bad people" (i.e.

gang members, prisoners, thieves, etc.

) are depicted on the cover of a watchtower.

BBOARD

WOW, just wow!

When I was a little kid and through middle school/HS I always said these "so-called bad people" they use as a illustration in the mags looked so fake. I'm not alone here ... there are more like me!

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WTS Higher Education Policy

by besty in

a couple of topics recently have made me think about exactly how cynical are the wts when it comes to their higher education policy for the rank and file.. first one was mavie's about her forthcoming jc which prompted me to flick through richard dawkins the god delusion.

dawkins quotes from a study published in mensa magazine 2002; .

"of 43 studies carried out since 1927 on the relationship between religious belief and one's intelligence and/or educational level, all but four found an inverse connection.

BBOARD

As I said I would I went to the 2 Day NORCO JW Assembly.

F'ing sociopaths. They pulled that "do not seek higher education but instead pursue Godly Goals such as the full time pioneer service" not once ... but twice. Actually three times if you include the hint that Brother Kalandros tossed in at the end. They also had the nerve to stongly hint that JW's still in High School should take a fastcourse program to allow them to get out quicker ... to serve the WTS quicker of course.

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JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES RULES, RUINED JA RULE'S CHILDHOOD

by WTNightmare00 in

rap star ja rule blames his familys jehovahs witness roots for ruining his childhood.. .

the im real hitmaker reveals he was never allowed to celebrate birthdays or christmases growing up - and even playing with other children was a problem for his strict grandparents, who helped raise him.. .

as a result, the rapper, real name jeffrey atkins, goes overboard when his children celebrate birthdays and special occasions.. .

BBOARD

I just realized something ...

Both Ja Rule and Michelle Rodriguez were "rasied in the truth" as JW's.

In the music video Always on Time, towards the end Michelle helped Ja escape from the crowd when she tossed him a rope ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSdFvxDXREk&feature=related

Probably just a concidence but still fun to watch.

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Ex-JW - How Many Think About Gangsters

by BBOARD in

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i know this may sound strange to some but lately, virtually every week has gone by with me daydreaming myself as a gangster/gangsta.

during conversations with my non-jw associates it is strikingly clear that i really, really know more about the yakuza, cosa nostra, bloods, crips, etc.

i even think i am one of the few that knows (to the best of my knowladge) about the full story to the foudning of the crips and bloods.

BBOARD

I know this may sound strange to some but lately, virtually every week has gone by with me daydreaming myself as a gangster/gangsta. During conversations with my non-JW associates it is strikingly clear that I really, really know more about the Yakuza, Cosa Nostra, Bloods, Crips, etc. because I do. I even think I am one of the few that knows (to the best of my knowladge) about the full story to the foudning of the Crips and Bloods.

Actually this is nothing new for me or the young men in my congregation. But the trip is if you saw me on the street you'd probablly think nerd or schoolboy esp. with my semi-straight hair combed neatly to the side "JW Style" You all here know I was raised as a JW under tight rules ... well I am not the only one. What you would never know is that Brother Chisim's son, Sister Burell's Son, Sister King's Brother, etc... Hate to say it but almost all of the males rasied in the truth from "youth up" in my congregation (Crenshaw Congregation) that left ended up either not being able to cope and either mentally broke down or sought "real tough male companionship" that they never got (and thus acted like "wussies") until they joined a gang (the most local being the Crenshaw Mafia Bloods).

I guess we were tired of the repression that we all obviously had from years and years of JW induced repression and shyness and that being "down for a set" was the quickest way to release inhibitons and recover. Tyrone van leyen said "The degree of rebellion reflects the degree of repression." I am now a firm beliver in that.

FYI I am one of the few young JW's left (one of only three young men in the hall to be exact) who is both in college full time, striving for a Business BA by 21, and no longer belives in the WTS's BS. Ya'll know ALL OF MY FAMILY is still in. Mind you there are plently of young females ... but young males are scarce.

Am I alone in this fantasy ... I am still young ... I could make it into a reality ...

Just Kidding