{"id":532,"date":"2005-03-20T13:21:57","date_gmt":"2005-03-20T18:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/2005\/03\/20\/jehovahs-witness-michael-jackson\/"},"modified":"2009-06-28T19:26:43","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T23:26:43","slug":"jehovahs-witness-michael-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/2005\/03\/jehovahs-witness-michael-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Jehovah’s Witness Michael Jackson?"},"content":{"rendered":"

See my previous blog entry for a reading of Michael Jackson’s psychology from the perspective of a former Jehovah’s Witness<\/a>.<\/p>\n

mj conflict jw<\/a><\/p>\n

Interesting article from Silent Lambs. In 1987, it was publicly announced that Michael Jackson was no longer a Jehovah’s Witness. However, the recent news articles say that he is. <\/p>\n

Jesse Jackson is saying that although Michael Jackson is a Jehovah’s Witness, they pray together (a “nondenominational prayer”). That is SO not allowed! I’ve been in contact with a grandmother who was barred from seeing her grandchild simply because she brought him to a site where they were planning to build a church. Any other JW would be disfellowshipped for praying with an outsider. <\/p>\n

As the article points out, the PR wing of the Watchtower Society has neither confirmed nor denied Michael Jackson’s status as a Jehovah’s witness. That’s interesting especially in light of the multiple child abuse scandals and the Society’s ludicrous policies concerning same. They even went out of their way to disfellowship any questioners or whistleblowers. Family members were urged to shun previous members, and made to choose between their loyalty to the organization and their love for family members. One wonders if he was in the JW database of thousands of molesters not reported to authorities.<\/p>\n

The media has not yet delved into some of the background of Michael Jackson’s involvement with Jehovah’s Witnesses – and what effect this group may have had on him. On the other side, Jehovah’s Witnesses are not questioning his role in the organization. When one of the so-called “elect” – Firpo Carr – even functioned as Michael Jackson’s spokesperson<\/a> in 2003, there wasn’t a peep about his working for a disfellowshipped JW – again, something strictly prohibited. So either special rules applied to Michael Jackson, or else he was a member in good standing. What seems incontrovertible is that if Michael Jackson is a current Jehovah’s Witness in good standing, he certainly has a special status strenuously denied the rank and file. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

See my previous blog entry for a reading of Michael Jackson’s psychology from the perspective of a former Jehovah’s Witness. mj conflict jw Interesting article from Silent Lambs. In 1987, it was publicly announced that Michael Jackson was no longer a Jehovah’s Witness. However, the recent news articles say that he is. Jesse Jackson is saying that although Michael Jackson is a Jehovah’s Witness, they pray together (a “nondenominational prayer”). That is SO not allowed! I’ve been in contact with…<\/p>\n

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