Posts by shopaholic

i would like to know was or was he not a "dunked dub" a lot of speculation seems to surround this issue.. name forum, time and place if you know and if he was ever "df or da "after that event.

for those who follow "prince" you might want to post the same..

According to JW doctrine, he will not be resurrected. He was dedicated and baptized witness that walked away from Jehovah. He does not qualify as he never returned. You should correct that person on your facebook page.

They don't even know their own doctrine.

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Michael Jackson - Teenage Superstar Jehovah's Witness!!?...that's what killed him!

by Witness 007 in

imagine being a teenage superstar....and a jehovah's witness???

poor guy must have suffered a worst mind f#ck then any of us.

teenage girls worshiped him, but i doubt he ever had one.

shopaholic

Purplesofa,

I saw the interview with Deepak Chopra. Did you see the one last night with one of MJ's spiritual leader? I think most on this board underestimate how much his JW upbringing impacted him. Imagining know that the thousands of people you are performing for are going to be killed because they don't worship Jehovah. Imagine having knowing this from time you are 5 years old!

He was a very sensitive man. His spiritual leader said Michael felt like a man without a purpose and was always looking for a way to help people and find what his purpose was. Personally I could relate, thats exactly how I felt after finding out abou the JWs and every now and then I slip back into that place.

The difference with Michael is that he's a sincere man. Its like the difference of folks on this board. Some of us were flaky witnesses and others were diehard. Some of us can walk away and easily move on and others walk away and are in emotional turmoil for years.

Please don't compare him to witness celebrities that do everything under the sun and still claim to be JWs.

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WHAT DO JWS THINK OF MICHAEL JACKSON?

by badboy in

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any takers?.

shopaholic

He became taboo in most JW circles after he disassociated himself.

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Michael Jackson is Dead!

by slimboyfat in

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someone else posted on another forum they heard on the radio michael jackson is dead.

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shopaholic

BTS, you said it all. There will never be another Michael.

Michael Jackson 1958 - 2009

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A Few Thoughts on Michael Jackson

by jamiebowers in

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the talking heads on television are busy lamenting michael jackson as a tragic figure regarding his lack of a childhood due to his super stardom.

that all may be true, but mj was destined to somewhat lose out on childhood by virtue of his birth into a jw family.

i'm not a born in, but i've read enough of their posts to know what torture it is to be one.

shopaholic

I clearly remember several special announcements being given at the Service meeting on Thursday nights not to listen to 'Man in the Mirror'. It was acknowledged as an apostate song and a message to the FDS. Not sure if its was just the local elders or a directive from the FDS\GB. I loved that song and it was few years before I allowed myself to listen to it.

One of his spiritual leaders in a great interview on CNN said Michael was purposeless, in the sense that he wanted to do so much to save the world but was overwhelmed by not knowing how he was suppose to help. That is classic ex-jw behavior. Once you find that the JW doctrine is man-made and a lie...thats how you feel...like you are without a purpose. Unfortunately, he didn't have the emotional support he needed and got stuck in a perpetual downward spiral.

Being raised a JW and having a heavy-handed dad that wanted to live his life through is kids is a recipe for disaster.

Michael Jackson 1958 - 2009

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Remember - Awake 1984 Micheal Jackson says "sorry" for making Thriller.

by Witness 007 in

young people ask; music video's?

article {awake 1984 5/22 p.18}...jackson says sorry about making the "thriller" video, that he would never do it again and has ceased reproduction of the video.

have you seen a copy of it lately???

shopaholic

Michael Jackson 1958 - 2009

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Are Witness Children Brighter than most?

by ApagaLaLuz in

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the recent thread about the 5yr old baptized got me to thinking....... i learned to read at an early age.

i was also in all the gifted classes in school.

i remember a great deal of the witness kids were in gifted classes.

shopaholic

No, witness childern are not brighter than most.