Jehovah saved Michael Jackson!?

by Gill 20 Replies latest social current

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  Gill

  So, there I was quietly dropping off to sleep while listening to the news at 10 on the BBC last night. Suddenly, Michael Jackson had been found Not Guilty of everything, and fair enough, I'm no judge or jury so it's not up to me to say yay or nay.

  Then my eldest son rushes into the bedroom on the phone to his JW Full Time Pioneer Girl Friend.

  Her father had just told her that Michael Jackson had given credit to Jehovah, that if he should be found Not Guilty of these charges his great God Jehovah is the one that saved him and the girls Elder father was saying what a wonderful witness this is, letting everyone in the world hear Jehovah's name.

  The best I could mumble at the time was 'Go away you bunch of freaks!'

  However, the ludicrousness of this has finally dawned on me this morning!

  Hey! All publicity is good, doesn't matter what shape or form it takes.

  Has every one gone mad or is it just me!
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  EvilForce

  Well if that's the way Jah rewards people.....um....more power to him.
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  Gill

  I forgot to mention that the Elder also said that MJ had been reinstated as a JW. Does anyone know anything about this?

  I ask, because wasn't he wearing his Nation of Islam arm band when he went to court yesterday and had his N of I bodyguards with him?
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  zagor

  right, could it be that jury had sympathy for him knowing that he grew up as a JW hence never really had chance to enjoy his childhood properly, which reflected later in life on his behavior?

  BTW, had it swung other way then they’d said “that’s what happens when you leave Jehovah”
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  tijkmo

  well i guess thats it then....mj was obviously worthy of jahs protection and mercy and forgiveness and saving power

  and none of us were
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  Gill

  Doesn't money 'talk' with the WTBTS, though!

  It probably works the same way with justice, you get the best lawyer etc, but I don't know about the rest of you, I would feel uncomfortable whichever way the verdict went, Guilty or Not Guilty. Something's just not sitting right somewhere, it's very strange!
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  diamondblue1974

  Jehovah saved Michael Jackson....my arse...
  

  His lawyers saved him...
  

  It probably works the same way with justice, you get the best lawyer etc, but I don't know about the rest of you, I would feel uncomfortable whichever way the verdict went, Guilty or Not Guilty. Something's just not sitting right somewhere, it's very strange!

  I totally agree with you here Gill...although on balance I didnt think he would be convicted on the evidence...still makes you feel very uncomfortable doesnt it?

  DB74
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  greendawn

  If MJ's bad childhood justifies what he did (or rather what we believe he did)then this applies to lots more people.
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  PaulJ

  I feel sick. What a horrible thought. Thats stooping low- even for the Witnesses.....
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  Gill

  It makes me wonder whether some JWs, especially elders who may be 'up' with what the covering up for paedophilia accusations are about, but they may feel that MJ being found Not Guilty is a representative of what the WTBTS is facing. They may feel that the WTBTS is being falsely accussed of covering for paedophiles and that just as MJ was 'falsely accussed' then so is the WTBTS.

  They expect their ultimate vindication from accusations.