BoJo Oddities
But I repeat myself
  • BoJo Glossary - Learn to think and speak like a BoJo!  Above all, remember these rules: Griping will not be tolerated and No doubt the problem lies with you. BoJo apologist.
     

  • lady winks The Dating Parlor - The triumph of hysteria over hormones.
     

  • BoJo Social Life - Triple oxymoron?  BoJo apologist.
     

  • BoJo Bloggers - The canonical list. Prepare for your eyes to glaze over. Typical: "Had a great trip up to Canada last week in Western Ontario, where I was asked to speak at a snow camp. God blessed us with some real times of spiritual refreshment...." Zzzzz. Of course, they're all under strict orders not to say anything embarrassing or offensive about the school, so it's no wonder they're so lame. Here's another bunch of BoJo blogs at Xanga.
     

  • Alvin 1a SteJo! - In 2005 Stephen Jones, son of Bob III, took over as president from his father. (Bob III remains as Chancellor.)    The Washington Post interviewed him and elicited an apparent repudiation of his predecessors' firebrand rhetoric: "there were things said back then that I wouldn't say today."  But no. The key word there is "today." Not even the BoJos use (for example) the N-word any more. At least not in public.  But notice how he sidesteps any regret that those hateful comments were ever said at all. [Bonus: Separated at birth? SteJo || Alvin]
     

  • BoJo v. 4.0 - SteJo's brother is another BoJo -- the fourth of that name. Biographical information about him is distinctly absent from the WWW. Last I heard, he was with World magazine as national editor. Earned a master's degree from (Catholic) Notre Dame University with the apparent blessings of his papist-bashing father. In fact Bob III blithely rationalized this hypocrisy, says this fundamentalist website.
     

  • stonesBombastic Bob - In his role as self-appointed community censor and watchdog, Bob III called Carl Scheer, the developer of Greenville's entertainment complex "a purveyor of indecency" who is "pulling people towards hell." Scheer's offense? He dared to book popular acts such as Janet Jackson and Elton John. Said Bob III of Elton: "I detest everything he is and stands for." 
     

  • Games BoJos Play - So you've survived four years at BoJo and commencement is right around the corner. All that remains is to grab your sheepskin and head for the gate, right? Not so fast, sinner!  BoJo reserves the right to deny you the "privilege" of your degree -- the one you've spent 4 years earning and paying for -- if it deems you "sub-Christian" or "spiritually deficient." Is that Catch-22 vague enough for you? Surely the "sub-est" of the "sub-Christians" is whatever BoJo dreamed up this damnable policy.

  • R.I.P. BoJo Family Value$ - A Mr. Nimmons died and in his will left "all of my personal and household effects of every kind" to BoJo. Just one problem -- the man only had around $5,000.00 worth of possessions when he died.  He did, however,  have a $156,000.00 life insurance policy which named his estate as the beneficiary.  So BoJo went to court with essentially the argument that the life insurance was a "personal and household effect," and that Mr. Nimmons intended to disinherit his children and to give everything -- including the life insurance -- to BoJo.  They lost, and the court awarded the insurance proceeds to the family. The court said bluntly, "We find no indication Nimmons intended to disinherit his children."
     

  • BoJo-Approved Churches - These Greenville-area congregations are BoJo-approved:  No long-haired, wine-sipping, foot-washing, whore-befriending mercy-preaching Jesus allowed!
     

  • menorah Bob Jones & Me - See what the local rabbi thinks. And on my BoJo Hate Fest page, Greenville's Jewish ex-mayor describes being picketed by the BoJos for daring to organize a prayer breakfast!
     

  • If That Was Funny, I'll Bet the Crucifixion Was a Hoot! - Some BoJo students laughed at the September 11th attacks on the WTC and Pentagon, according to the school's own chapel notes!  Within 24 hours after I reported that fact, the BoJos sanitized their website to remove the embarrassing admission.  Click the link to read the paragraph they deleted.
     

  • nukeAfter the Laughter: BoJos Say 9/11 Attack "Was Part of God's Plan"  [dead link] - According to The Collegian (BoJo student newspaper - vol. 15, issue 3, Oct. 11, 2001), the school scrambled a crack team of street preachers to Manhattan just days after the WTC attack. The article states that "this tragedy was part of God's plan."  Part of God's Plan?!  In the words of the inimitable Joe Bob Briggs, "If this is God's idea of a plan, I'd hate to catch him unprepared."
     

  • bulletsAttention Visitors: HIT THE DECK!! - BoJo security guard indicted for "assault of a high and aggravated nature" after reportedly firing his .30 calibre Glock semi-automatic into a moving vehicle.
     

  • target Lock, Stock & Barrel - Students are provided with a list of "What Not to Bring" to BoJo.  No-nos include contemporary music cds, televisions, microwaves, and most video games.  However, feel free to pack your AK-47 or .44 Magnum, which "must be turned in for storage. Trigger locks are required for pistols."
     

  • Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You? - Yikes! BoJos infiltrate local sheriff's department.
     

  • punish Vengeance (and Hypocrisy) Are Mine Saith the BoJo - In this YouTube video, five BoJo dorm rats hoot and dance to a corny gospel song. Four of the five were expelled for this heinous offense. The fifth?  He's a BoJo faculty kid.
     

  • If Thine Right Eye Offend Thee, Use Thy Left - A BoJo dorm student was arrested in a Greenville, SC tanning salon on charges that he spied on a female customer as she disrobed. Byan Scott Bice, Jr., 21, allegedly held a camera phone over the top of the 22 year old woman's tanning booth as she got undressed and snapped "several pictures." In addition to being apparently obvious and clumsy, Bice also appears to be stupid: He allowed the woman to stall him until police arrived.
     

  • The "Organs" of "BJ"? - I wouldn't touch that double entendre with my long, hard, sleek ten-foot pole.
     

  • Hark! The Herald BoJos Sing! - Musical ensemble tours the dark continent (i.e., Europe) preaching and singing solemn dirges (listen for yourself). Although the school bills this as their musical team, the group members finance the tours themselves, each raising about $4,000.00 (per their Winter, 2006 newsletter).
     

  • Calif. Students Learn Perils of BoJo Textbooks -- The California university system has denied enrollment to Christian school students who were taught science and other courses out of BoJo textbooks. The university's review board said, "the publishers themselves acknowledge that the primary goal is to teach religious doctrine rather than the scholarship that is generally accepted...." A BoJo science text states: "If conclusions contradict the word of God, the conclusions are wrong no matter how many scientific facts may appear to back them.A lawsuit is pending.
     

  • Urban Legends - BoJo apologist.
     

  • stripHell's Haberdasher - BoJo's website forbids Abercrombie & Fitch clothing to be "worn, carried, or displayed" on campus, even if concealed. The reason: "an unusual degree of antagonism to the name of Christ and an unusual display of wickedness in their promotions." The BoJos are absolutely right about A&F's advertising. It's lurid and over-sexed. But that part about "antagonism to the name of Christ" just sounds like BoJo bullshit to me. If the retail whores at A&F thought religion would move more rags out the door, they'd dress their models BoJo-style and embroider "Jesus Saves" on every item.
     

  • sadStarbucks: The Devil's Brew [broken link] - BoJo boycotts Starbucks for being gay-friendly. Said the official spokes-BoJo: "They were supportive of homosexual events and causes." Now Barnie's has the campus Christ-centered coffee concession.
     

  • MarinesGay Marine Porn Stars for Jesus!  - Rich Merritt is a Greenville, S.C. native who went to BoJo, got kicked out, became an officer in the Marine Corps, and later acted in gay porn flicks.  Has written a book, Secrets of a Gay Marine Porn Star, which is rated 4.5 stars at Amazon.com.
     

  • Bob Jones at Home in Sullivan County - Very interesting. See also his Words from Bob Jones University page.
     

  • ball and chain The Greenville Gulag - Mike Doughty, a solo recording artist, writes on his blog about his encounter with some BoJos during a gig in Charleston: "...these guys weren't Christians. They were there because their parents made them go there. They told me that if the school's administrators found out they were at my show they'd be kicked out of school. They told me that kids whose parents taught at the school were obliged to go to the school, or else their parents would lose their jobs."
     

  • BJU Protest Lesson in Futility - BoJo apologist reports on a 1998 protest concerning the school's receipt of state scholarship money.  Don't know which is funnier -- the frazzled-looking protesters or this guy's unintentionally ludicrous commentary.
     

  • bullshitThe Music Man - Yes, it's true -- "so called Christian musicians are flaunting themselves around the country!" And with all this righteous flaunting going on, I know the burning question on my mind (as I'm sure on yours) is, "Is it right, or even logical to mix the music of Belial, with the words of Christ?" Fortunately, we have a BoJo maestro to explain it all, here and here.
     

  • Whom Are You Going to Believe - Your Lying Eyes or BoJos's Paid Flack? - Bob Jones III wrote Bush a congratulatory letter after the 2004 election, saying "You owe the liberals nothing. They despise you because they despise your Christ." The Associated Press contacted the school's official spokes-BoJo, Jonathan Pait, for comment. He's quoted as saying that "it would be a misreading of the letter to think that 'everyone who voted for the Democrats is a pagan' or that 'if you voted for John Kerry you are a despiser of Christ.'" So let me get this straight: It would be "a misreading of the letter" to take it as literally meaning what it says (just as the BoJos do with the Bible)? Pait also said, ``Dr. Jones did not intend to paint everyone with that broad a brush.'' No? Then why did he do it?  As with the interracial dating ban, the BoJos pull this kind of crap until it becomes embarrassing for them, and then they get all reasonable-sounding and claim they're just devout people who are misunderstood.
     

  • BoJo Takes Manhattan - Bob III speaks at a Manhattan, Kansas church, and one of his alumni gushes to a reporter, "They are just sweet, normal people." Hmmm...I wonder why she felt it necessary to reassure anyone about that.... To see just how sweet and normal, peruse these quotes.
     

  • stone wall Slow Learners - BoJo "Bible Truths"  textbook for homeschoolers features a bearded man on the cover. Is it Abraham? Moses? Jesus?  Would you believe Stonewall Jackson? Shamed into changing their racist admissions policy and interracial dating ban, you'd think they would learn.  But no. They're BoJos. (More Neo-Confederate  poop on my BoJo & the KKK page.)
     

  • Creative Loafing's "Best of 1999" Newspaper's readers chose BoJo as "Best Monstrosity."
     

  • Creative Loafing's "Best of 2000" Locals voted Bob Jones III as "Person with Biggest Ego."
     

  • Spiritual Probation Leave it to BoJo to link "spiritual" with "probation" as a single concept.  

    Excerpt: "During my sophomore year, when the pope visited South Carolina, my classmates pushed near to him and pointed their fingers, shouting, 'Antichrist! Antichrist!' and they had been given permission by Bob Jones to leave the campus to do it. I had a white female friend who was warned by the dean of women to stop being friends with a black male student. One friend desperately needed help for her bulimia but stayed silent because she knew the school would expel her for it. Another friend, a graduate student, acknowledged that he was gay and was told by the school that he was no longer welcome on campus."  -- Amy K., BoJo graduate
  • WMUU - BoJo radio. Hear net broadcasts of classical and religious music -- or just listen to some catch-hell sermons.
     

  • The Wilds - BoJo camping. How wild could it be?
     

  • Mary Art Gallery [The BoJos are bouncing back traffic from this link. Direct url is http://www.bjumg.org] - BoJo's collection of baroque art has been hailed as one of the finest anywhere by The New York Times, Better Homes & Gardens, and many others. The school's emphasis on fine arts is remarkable -- Shakespearian theatre, opera, religious film production, and more. A rose, as it were, in the crown of thorns. But  then again...

gothic"...my mother and I almost suffocated while there.  The atmosphere of conservatism there was just too palpable. My mother was told she must wear a long skirt and not trousers before entering the museum, whereupon my mother complained that she was not entering the Vatican, only to be admonished that one is not allowed to protest the policies of BJU on university property.  I complained about their mounting of Rembrandt etchings, during which I was informed about their rules about protesting.  And virtually every automobile in their parking lot had a W-04 sticker...I must say it is a very frightening place, but I recommend everyone visit the campus nonetheless.  It is a very educational experience." .-- Comment by a visitor to the BoJo art gallery as posted at Daily Kos

  • The Collegian [The BoJos are bouncing back traffic from this link. Direct url is http://www.bju.edu/collegian] - BoJo campus newspaper. Check out these inspiring editorials for examples of BoJo intellectual prowess at its best:

Tolerance Is a Form of Cowardice - Student editorial

Advice for Aspiring Authors - Faculty editorial

  • Katherine Helmond - Actress whose alma mater is BoJo. Starred in the school's production, Wine of Morning, which won an award at Cannes.  Click the link for a list of her TV and movie credits.  Had a role in Alfred Hitchcock's last film, Family Plot (1976).
     

  • Agnes Moorehead - Academy-award nominated actress probably best known for playing Endora on TV's Bewitched. Left her Ohio estate, Moorehead Manor, to BoJo. Character name "Endora" was derived from the Witch of Endor as mentioned in 1st Samuel. The ultimate irony: During her lifetime, BoJo's regulations prohibited students from viewing any of her dramatic work.

  • megaphone StudentsReview.com  - Read what current and former students have to say about their experiences at BoJo. A few examples (spelling and grammar as found)...

    • "The amount of rage and despisement -- for Catholics, for blacks, for liberals, and basically for most people who didn't agree with the Jones -- came in regular doses at chapel...."
       
    • "The dormitory student leadership system was terrible; students were often able to get ahead simply by 'ratting out' other students or groveling to existing student leaders or administration."
       
    • "It was a horrendous experience in mind control and a very dangerous place to be from a spiritual perspective."
       
    • "If you are victimized by the administration (who trains students well to help them surveil and rat on others), it will take you years to heal."
       
    • "Everyone thought I was a crackwhore, because I wanted a career (Gasp - I don't just want to clean a house and make babies) and I had an opinion."

     

    Also at StudentsReview.com, the Theta Mu Theta society (i.e., sorority) is described as "a group of girls trying to glorify Jesus Christ through ministry, sports, and fun."
     
     
  • An Open Letter to Bob Jones  - A pastor responds to an attack by Bob Jones III. Start with the open letter, then read this blistering Summary of Fundamentalist Mis-Information on Bible Versions if you want more.

    Excerpt: "In my teaching ministry in the Bible conference, I told the truth about the connections between Bob Jones University and those who contributed in any way to The Mind of Man book. Is telling the truth an 'insult?' I do not believe that it is. It seems from past experience that when someone disagrees with you or Bob Jones University, you excoriate them with unfair and untrue epithets such as 'insult.' That has been your 'track record,' so it really doesn’t surprise me."  -- D. A. Waite, Th.D., Ph.D.

  • rant Founder of Pensacola Bible Institute Cuts Loose on Bob Jones III  - A doctrinal dispute punctuated by bitter accusations and revealing anecdotes.

    Excerpt: "There's Bob Jones cutting down a pastor to his members by sending letters to the members, turning them against the pastor, and libeling him. When he's in the town where the guy is, he won't meet and talk with him. And you're going to have a congress on the authority of scripture? You dirty, two-faced, lying, tricky, fork-tongued rascal! And that goes for all your friends and supporters, and some of your relatives."  -- Dr. Peter S. Ruckman, BoJo alumnus

    Another Excerpt: In his book, The Christian Handbook of Biblical Scholarship, Dr. Ruckman has characterized Bob Jones III thusly:"a worse liar than Adolf Hitler" (p. 153).

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"Some people just plain need a lot of rules, they like a lot of structure. I suppose you either found it amusing or mystifying this week that the president of Bob Jones University in South Carolina, finally came out with the groundbreaking resolution that... watch out... interracial dating was Okay.

       And that was a big deal at the fundamentalist, Bob Jones University because the whole logic of their spirituality runs like this. If you compromise morally on this issue, then you open the door for compromise on other issues. You keep compromising, keep compromising and the next thing you know all the Co-eds at Bob Jones University will be streaking, drinking, and a bunch of atheists... just like Brown University. They have to be intolerant, in their mind, in order to be, morally pure. I don't know if you happened to see the editorial in the New York Times by a recent graduate of Bob Jones University but he describes life on campus there. It was so quaint it was almost cute. You can only date under the supervision of a chaperon, in the parlor of the dorms, and then there was the six-inch rule. You have to keep six inches of distance between you and your date at all times... Makes you want to say, 'Gee Willikers...let's go get a malted?'

       This moral casuistry is all about control. Very often, it combines well with anger...Too many leaders of the Religious Right are angry men and their anger drives their religion. They need a liberal enemy or a secular enemy to generate enthusiasm. They have to have something to overcome, something to reform and rescue from the clutches of Evil. Theirs is not a positive spirituality, nor is it a spirituality of bridge building because it is driven by anger. It is always divisive. That is why there is a joke about Baptists in the South. Every time they have a church fight, the losing group leaves, starts a new church and they call it missions. Sadly, there is a lot of truth to that."

"Protestantism was the triumph of Christ over Peter. Fundamentalism
is the triumph of Paul over Christ."  -- Will Durant


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