Here’s the full TV Guide interview that has revealing sections about his children, Lisa Marie, relationship with Joe. Michael’s answers are in blue
It’s long, but worth a read…
“The Once and Future King”
TV Guide Interview – December 1999
The legend is almost too large to comprehend but never fails to fascinate. How to make sense of Michael Jackson, a man whose immeasurable talent is often overshadowed by tabloid headlines? The former Jackson 5 lead vocalist rocketed to solo fame with his 1982 album, Thriller (the video of the same name has been declared the greatest ever by TV Guide and MTV). Then, in 1993, claims of child molestation brought against him by a 13-year-old boy – charges that were settled out of court for an undisclosed sum which the singer has vehemently denied – heavily tarnished his platinum image. Still, Jackson presses on. Seated in a New York City hotel suite,. The notoriously shy pop star is charismatic and bubbly – a regular guy, even – as he discusses future projects, including an as-yet-untitled CD he describes as “happy, dance music, relationship stuff”, and a reunion album with his brothers. And then there is “The Nightmare of Edgar Allen Poe”, in which he will star as the 19th-century writer. Scheduled to shoot next year, Jackson says he’s doing the film because Poe’s “life is very interesting”, adding, without irony, “I love an artist who doesn’t play it safe.”
TV Guide: “Thriller” changed music videos forever. Where did you get the idea? Michael: My brother Jackie came to my house and said, “Are you watching this show that’s on TV? All they do is play music. It’s MTV.” I put it on and thought the concept was very interesting. What I didn’t like were the videos that were a collage of images; I thought that if I were to do one, I would do something with a little entertainment value. My dream was to make something with a beginning, a middle, and an ending, like a short film.
TV Guide: Did you ever imagine that Thriller and the videos from the album would catapult your career into the stratosphere? Michael: I didn’t really think about how the album would do; I just wanted to create what I would enjoy seeing. And my main goal for [the video] “Thriller” was to do something that would be scary, fun and exciting.
TV Guide: How do you look back on that era now? Michael: I see it as a happy time and a sad time. Because it made a lot of my dreams come true. The notoriety was wonderful.
TV Guide: You also said it was a sad time. Michael: Yeah. If I don’t get exactly what I’m looking for, I get very depressed.
TV Guide: You mean the album still didn’t live up to what you had envisioned? Michael: Not completely.
TV Guide: Which songs disappointed you? Michael: “Wanna Be Startin’ Something.” Songwriting is a very frustrating art form. You have to get on tape exactly what’s playing inside your head. When I hear it up here [points to his head], it’s wonderful. I have to transcribe that onto tape. “The Girl Is Mine” [his duet with Paul McCartney] wasn’t completely what I wanted, but it’s very nice. But “Billie Jean” is there. I worked so hard on that. I worked for three weeks on the bass lick alone.
TV Guide: The glove, the white socks, the red leather jacket – who came up with those things? Michael: The glove was just – I thought one was cooler than two. I love to accent movement. The eye goes to where the white is – you know, the glove. And the feet, if you’re dancing, you can put an exclamation point on your movement if it has a bit of light on it. So I wore the white socks. And for the design of the jacket, I would sit with the people who made the clothes and tell them where I wanted a button or a buckle or a design. But I don’t wear that look anymore. It’s sad to get caught up in the past. That’s why I don’t put awards in my house. No gold records, no Grammys. They’re in storage. I don’t like to be puffed up with pride, ’cause I’d feel like I don’t have any more things to reach for. And that’s not true.
TV Guide: Do you feel like your most recent creative period is yet to come? Michael: I think the best work is coming, but I’d like to go into other areas, not keep doing pop album after pop album.
TV Guide: Are there artists that are doing interesting things musically? Michael: There’s some wonderful creative ideas, but I don’t think anybody’s being innovative. They’re mostly grabbing the old and trying to integrate it with the new.
TV Guide: Is there anybody that you’d like to work with? Michael: There are a lot of artists I admire, but no.
TV Guide: What is your favorite music? Michael: You’d be shocked. This morning I was singing Rogers and Hammerstein. That’s the stuff I sing around the house – “My Favorite Things” from “The Sound Of Music”, and “Absent Minded Me”, that Streisand song. I’m also a fan of the great old MGM musicals. I love show tunes, I’m a big fan of melody.
TV Guide: What’s your favorite song to perform? Michael: “Billie Jean”, but only when I don’t have to do it the same way. The audience wants a certain thing. I have to do the moonwalk in that spot. [Laughs] I’d like to do a different version.
TV Guide: Who’s your audience today? Michael: I don’t know. I just try to write wonderful music; and if they love it, they love it. I don’t think about any demographic. [The record company] tries to get me to think that way, but I just do what I would enjoy hearing.
TV Guide: Is there a new Michael for the millennium? Michael: Yeah, I have a couple of things planned. I think it’s going to be totally different than what I did before. There’s a song on the new album called “I Have This Dream”. It’s a millennium song about the world and the environment that I cowrote with Carol Bayer Sager and David Foster.
TV Guide: Do you think you will tour again? Michael: I don’t think so. It takes a lot out of me.
TV Guide: You rarely travel in public without a disguise. Why? Michael: I don’t see any other way. I’ve tried everything. [Laughs] Fat suits. Nuns.Clowns. Trick or treat is the best for me. And Mardi Gras.
TV Guide: Do you think you’ll ever be able to walk around freely just as yourself? Michael: I do disguises for different reasons. I like to study people – be like the fly on the wall. Even if it’s two old ladies sitting on a bench or some kids on a swing. Because I don’t know what it’s like to fit in an everyday situation. One time I was in a record store, completely disguised, and these girls were pulling out my album talking all about me. I was literally next to them. It was wonderful. I loved it. But if I go out as myself, I can’t have fun. People always say, “Why don’t we just go to a party?” Soon as I step in, the party’s over – for me. It’s a party for them, but they’re all putting their cards in my face, saying, “Remember me? I met you four years ago at” And I say “I don’t remember.” So I can’t enjoy the experience. They play all my songs. I didn’t come to hear my music. And everybody starts chanting, “Dance!” “Well, I want to see you dance for a change.”
TV Guide: Do you think, given all the negative press that you’ve had, that people will judge you solely on your music” Michael: I don’t think so. ‘Cause [the press] has made me out to be this monster, this crazy person who’s bizarre and weird. I’m nothing like that.
TV Guide: Is there anything you can do to change that impression? Michael: Well, all I can do is be myself and create from my soul. But they take that and manipulate it.
TV Guide: But what will make you seem OK to people who think, “He’s weird; he has exotic animals in his house, ” or - Michael: God created animals. And they’re loving; they’re beautiful. I feel the way [anthropologist] Jane Goodall does or any of those naturalists. I don’t find my interest in animals weird or strange at all.
TV Guide: What about the plastic surgery? Michael: All of Hollywood has plastic surgery! I don’t know why they point me out. The press exaggerated it. It’s just my nose, you know. They want it to be everything. Just the nose isn’t enough. Elvis had his nose done – Lisa Marie [Presley, to whom Jackson was married from May 1994 to January 1996] told me. They don’t talk about that. They single me out. It’s not fair.
TV Guide: OK, well, now that you bring up Lisa Marie, I read that you said she regrets not having had your son and that she may still want to have a child with you. Is that true? Michael: Well, I remember that’s how she felt at the time. [Laughs] No matter what I say, I’m in trouble with this question – the next issue [of TV Guide] will probably say, “Well, Lisa said she doesn’t ever want to see him again!”
TV Guide: Are you two friends now? Michael: Lisa’s sweet. I like her very much, and we are friends. And who knows what tomorrow brings? I have no idea how she feels today. I’ll just say that. She comes to my house and sees the children [from Jackson's second marriage, to Debbie Rowe, whom he wed in November 1996 and who filed for divorce in October 1999], and we talk on the phone, that sort of thing.
TV Guide: Do you think you’ll marry again? Michael: That would be nice.
TV Guide: What would make the third time the charm? Michael: It just has to hit me. You have to see that person and go, “This is it. This is the one.”
TV Guide: Did you feel that way with both of your marriages? Michael: Yeah. Of course.
TV Guide: Do you wish you were still married? Michael: Yeah, I do. But you have to do what’s best. What happens happens. You have to respect that.
TV Guide: Who are your closest friends? Michael: Elizabeth [Taylor], for sure. We go to the movies every Thursday.
TV Guide: You go to a regular theater? Michael: I want to go to the Warner Bros. Studio, and she refuses. She says, “No, I’mgetting you out.” So we go right into this area – which I can’t say – and walk right in. And it’s usually empty, because [most] people are working at the time. [The theater employees] go, “Wow, come on in,” and we never really pay. And we’re the ones who can afford it. [Laughs]
TV Guide: Lets talk about your kids [Prince Michael, 2, and Paris Katherine, 1]. I have to ask you about this business in the papers recently about you and Debbie not being the biological parents of your children, about her being implanted with another women’s egg and then impregnated by artificial insemination. Michael: That’s total garbage. It’s just trash and not true.
TV Guide: Do the kids live with you at Neverland? Michael: They were at Neverland two weeks ago. I think they realized for the first time that it’s their home. They used to always think it was some hotel resort. We stay in hotels everywhere. They didn’t realize that the train and the train station is for them, and those rides are for them. Now they go, “We want to go to Neverland!”
TV Guide: What are their personalities like? Michael: Prince tells me all day that he has to make movies. So I bought him this video camera. I say, “What are we doing this time?” He goes, “Star Wars.” So we put some figures on the table, make them move. And Paris is just now starting to talk and walk. She’s very sweet. And I’m surprised she loves dolls. My sister Janet didn’t like that sort of thing. She was a tomboy. I thought [Paris] was going to be like that, but she isn’t.
TV Guide: And you’re changing their diapers and feeding them? Michael: Yeah, I love it. It’s a lot of work. I thought I was prepared ’cause I read everything about child rearing, but it’s so much more exciting than I ever imagined it would be. The only regret I have is that I wish I had done it sooner.
TV Guide: Do you sing and dance for them? Michael: That’s how I keep them quiet if they’re crying. If I just start dancing, they shut down.
TV Guide: Do you want to have more kids? Michael: Definitely. I told my father [Joe] I’m going to match his record. He had 10.
TV Guide: What is your relationship with your father like now? You were estranged from him for a while. Michael: I have the best relationship with him now that I’ve ever had with him. I think with age and time he’s really mellowed out to become a nice person. He’ll simply say to me, “How are you doing? Are you eating? That’s all I wanted to know.” Not, “Did you signthat contract”. He just wants to know if I’m OK. I think that’s really nice. And my mother [Katherine] is like the perfect angel.
TV Guide: At 41, are you happy? Michael: Well, I usually am happy. I don’t let anything get me down, no matter what. I like to hear the sound of water, and birds chirping and laughter, you know. I love all the real, natural, innocent things. I would never go to a party or a club. I did that when I was a kid, and I don’t care to do that anymore.
TV Guide: I found it jarring to read a recent quote in which you said that if it weren’t for your desire to help the children of the world, you’d throw in the towel and kill yourself. Do you really feel that way? Michael: I always have. ‘Cause I would feel I have nothing to live for.
TV Guide: Not even for yourself and your own creativity? Michael: I wouldn’t care. Everything I create is inspired by that kind of innocence. And nature, it’s everything. It has to be. I mean, that’s it.
Received some beautiful pictures from Buenos Aires, Argentina-
A MJ fan and admirer – @VivanaMJfan collected love notes for Michael and place them all together in this heart warming display.
We do so appreciate being included in this tribute filled with love and admiration for a man who changed the world, by spreading love, where ever he travelled, leading with his heart filled with compassion and empathy.
More pictures of the Argentina tribute are viewable on this facebook link.
Viviana told us that this Argentinian tribute was inspired by a Munich Memorial
So we thought it be even more lovely to share the Munich Memorial too.
Please see a full range of pictures of the tribute by Munich fans on this facebook LINK .
Loving Tributes to Michael from around the world are so heart warming and connects the MJGlobal family -
If anyone has similar pictures they’d like to add to this post please do send them to mjjjusticeproject@gmail.com or twitpic to our Twitter @MJJJusticeprjct
Originally posted August 22, 2010 on MJTP and Worth Re-reading.
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Thank you Aretha for such a soul stirring rendition of “Mary Don’t You Weep” Based upon what the the beliefs of G. Craige Lewis, Aretha Franklin would be someone for us to be ashamed of. Why? Aretha was a gospel singer who went secular. However, when Aretha returned to the church a multitude of people followed her and many lives were changed. Despite what G. Craige Lewis would have you believe, you can return to the church. God forbid that the doors to the church should be padlocked! Following is part of a review that was done for this incredible album. This album was bought by every culture, religion, saved and secular. It made a powerful impact. Here is a portion of a review.
Aretha Franklin’s Gospel Greats 1999 album are songs that were originally released as a double LP in 1972, Amazing Grace cracked the Billboard Top Ten upon its release, making it one of the bestselling gospel records of all time. Grace was recorded in a large Baptist church with aultraenthusiastic, loving audience in the pews and a full, funky, band as well as the Southern California Community Choir under the direction of her mentor Rev. James Cleveland. Her voice is melismatic and intensely emotional, yet pure and controlled–as if she were directly channeling the Holy Ghost. Aretha’s father, the brilliant preacher Rev. C.L. Franklin, makes a brief, proud appearance, remarking how “she has never left the church!” Highlights include the beautiful “Wholy Holy,” an 11-minute, heart-stopping “Amazing Grace,” and Inez Andrews’s stirring song “Mary, Don’t You Weep.” Way more than a return-to-the-roots record, the set is an inspired gospel-soul workout that arguably showcases Aretha’s strongest singing ever.Extracted from a review by Mike McGonigal.
Truly, if things were left to G Craige Lewis, there would be very little music in this world. I think about how Michael Jackson was with the Bloods and the Crips. He did not condemn them. He put them in videos, showed them another path, helped them uncover all the talent that would have been preached out of them by someone like G. Craige Lewis. Lewis could very easily create a group that spreads a message that he believes is worthy. Instead he has denounced almost everyone.
G Craige Lewis denounces gospel artists who use hip-hop elements in their performance, employ secular producers or even stand on the same stage as mainstream acts. He directs his most vicious attacks at gospel’s biggest stars: Kirk Franklin and Yolanda Adams, two of the most revered names in black gospel, are sellouts.
“Yolanda Adams is on tour with Gerald LeVert, one of the most sexually explicit artists in the business,” Lewis says. “She’s gone from being a churched-out singer to a sold-out singer to, ‘Well, I’m not really a gospel artist, now I’m an inspirational artist.’”
He continues: Hezekiah Walker is a “fag.” And Bobby Jones, who hosts a gospel show on BET and whose gestures Lewis had mocked, he’s gay, too.
“The church, they want everything to be politically correct, they don’t want to offend anybody. But I’m not worried about being politically correct, because I just say what God tells me to say.”
In his willingness to name names, which he does with a lusty abandon, Lewis has made a name for himself. But he has also made enemies. They range from the rich and famous (celebrity pastor T.D. Jakes) to the obscure (underground Christian rappers) to some people, Lewis insists gravely, who want him dead
The Dallas Observer 12/08/2005
Let’s move on. In part’s 1 and 2 of this series we have conveyed a tremulousness amount of information. So far, we have discussed The testimony of G. Craige Lewis, out of body experiences, astro-travel, the names of God, and we have shone that Satanic influence is usually much more subtle than Hip Hop. We have talked about Christian Ethics,the effect of Kirk Franklin on a congregation of 20,000 people, God’s immense love for us, Kirk Franklin’s testimony on the Oprah show and G. Craige Lewis’ response. We have discussed the great amouny=t of hopelessness that Lewis’ message brings and we have even prayed the prayer of Salvation. Finally, we defined what cults are, and gave five examples of cults. That is a lot, so let’s connect these matters before we go any further. All of this is leading up to a clearer picture of G. Craig Lewis, whom we want to reveal completely. Therefore, we do not want to leave any cover for him…..
Let’s begin with cults. As you have seen, most cults are derived from a person’s visionary experience. They do not rely on the Bible. The Bible is spoken of just enough for the recipient to believe they are listening to a Christian teaching. Usually, cults have an altered version of the Bible in addition to their own literature. In every case the founder is able to tell everything they saw, but they are not able to say who showed that information. Regarding G. Craige Lewis, you may well say that his ministry is a burgeoning cult. It has all of the makings. Let’s look at and discuss the videos in question.
One of the first things we hear from Lewis is that we loved Michael because he put a Satanic spell on us. He phrases it differently, but I am sure you will agree with me as to the meaning of what he is saying. I can only decipher that Lewis does not know that God is love. Nobody can make you love them. Consider this …Michael was/is loved globally. That is God and God alone. Most of us can count the ones who love us on one hand. Lewis has actually put an ancient satanic god above our Lord. The bible says regarding love;
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Psalm 146:8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
Proverbs 15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Zeph 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Eph 2:4-7 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us
Did you see that?! God who is rich in mercy…for His great love WHEREWITH HE LOVED US. So, the Reverend Lewis has not yet come to understand, that God is love… and God loves us. God loved Michael Jackson, moreover, Michael loved God. Michael said on many occasions that he wanted to be more like Jesus. Exactly! That is what we should be doing. The point is, Michael loved God and God loved Michael. In addition, Michael loved us just as much as he loved himself. Michael was following the great commandment. Michael had no need for Aleister Crowley, whom we will discuss in whole shortly.
Michael had the living God in his life. We cannot say that it was not so because of Michael being a Jehovah’s Witness, because Michael left them. Now this is the thing. The entire New Covenant is a love story between God and his people. If you are listening to anyone preach the word and they do not have an understanding of God’s love, get up and run out of there as fast as you can! By the way, Lewis has not yet said the name of Jesus. This video opens with him disrespecting the sanctuary by telling people they can moonwalk to Jesus. He has begun to create haters already. There is no prayer for this service. So he has not yet spoken of The Lord, let alone to The Lord! Run as fast as you can!
Most of us do not choose to seek those things which are from below. We are all given the option of seeking the Lord, or seeking sin. All Christians know that Christ died for our sins, for that reason Nefelin has no part in our lives. If you look at the description by Wikipedia, you will have to confess that you have to be out actively seeking this evilness. Please note that Lewis calls him a god. He calls Nefelin an ancient god, thus he believes in more than one god. This is the definition given to us:
Nefelín je tektonosilikát sodíku a draslíku ze skupiny foidů. Poprvé byl popsán v roce 1801 (Haüy), chemický vzorec (NaK)AlSiO4. Název pochází z řeckého “nephele”, “nephos” = mrak podle jeho chování v silné kyselině. Synonymum elaeolit. Hexagonální soustava, oddělení hexagonálně pyramidální. Klasifikace podle Strunze VIII/J.02-10.
Did you get that? I didn’t think so. Neither did I. As I said, you have to really want to know these objects of evil to translate their messages and seek them out.. I think the love of God supersedes everything. This is what the Bible says……
Isaiah 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. ( Isaiah 55:6-9)
Next, in this video he is teaching lessons from Alister Crowley. But for Lewis, the saints would not be focused on Alister Crowley, they would be in church to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.… Let’s take a look at who Crowley was. (Oh, Lewis has not mentioned Jesus yet.)
***Please know that this is a full documentary on Aleister Crowley. This video is not meant to scare you or lure you into anything ungodly. The only reason for this video is for us have an idea of who this man was, as Lewis refers to him on more than one occasion. It is interesting that Lewis who is so appalled by homosexuality is able to focus so greatly on Crowley, who was a bisexual sex addict given to drug addiction as well.
(Wikipedia) Aleister Crowley (/ˈkroʊli/kroh-lee; 12 October 1875–1 December 1947), born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other fields, including mountaineering, chess and poetry. In his role as the founder of the Thelemite philosophy, he came to see himself as the prophet who was entrusted with informing humanity that it was entering the new Aeon of Horus in the early twentieth century.
Born into a wealthy upper class family, as a young man he became an influential member of the esoteric Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn after befriending the order’s leader, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers. Subsequently believing that he was being contacted by his Holy Guardian Angel, an entity known as Aiwass, while staying in Egypt in 1904, he “received” a text known as The Book of the Law from what he believed was a divine source, and around which he would come to develop his new philosophy of Thelema. He would go on to found his own occult society, the A∴A∴ and eventually rose to become a leader of Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), before founding a religious commune in Cefalù known as the Abbey of Thelema, which he led from 1920 through till 1923. After Mussolini evicted Crowley from Cefalù, Crowley returned to Britain, where he continued to promote Thelema until his death.
Crowley was also bisexual, a recreational drug experimenter and a social critic. In many of these roles he “was in revolt against the moral and religious values of his time”, espousing a form of libertinism based upon the rule of “Do What Thou Wilt”.[1] Because of this, he gained widespread notoriety during his lifetime, and was denounced in the popular press of the day as “the wickedest man in the world.”
Do you even wonder a little what sort of person is so involved in those things which are not of God? The book of Revelations show a chilling picture of not only the Beast, whom Crowley proudly claimed to be…but also those who followed and worshiped him, That is who G Craige Lewis sadly seeming to be. He does not see the glory of God. He could well be the voice which shouted ” Who is like unto the Beast?” These are the scriptures Im talking from;
REV 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. REV 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. REV 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. REV 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? REV 13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. REV 13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. REV 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Gregory Dickow did this service 4 days before Michael made his transition. We prayed for Michael, and have no malice toward him. We know that Michael was under the blood of Jesus. Michael loved the Lord. Michael loved God and it showed in all that he did . Pastor Dickow, like most of us saw the love in Michael. This is the Michael we saw… this is the Michael that Pastor Dickow is speaking too.
In Lewis’s sermon about Michael Jackson he says that Michael bought the Beatles catalog to channel Crowley through them. This article cannot hold the amount of music in Michael Jackson’s catalog. It was said that Michael owns all of the music. If you are riding in an elevator listening to easy music….the music more than likely belongs to Michael. The point is, albeit the public made a big deal out of it, The Beatles were just more songs to add to Michael Jackson’s catalog. No need for witchcraft or channeling. This was simply good business. As far as channeling goes, we are all channeling someone. G. Craige Lewis is perhaps channeling a combination of his dad and the anger that has become so popular with people who have a Hip Hop spirit. I assure you, he has been in the mirror holding a fake microphone like everyone else. He has practiced the facial expressions he will use, and the rhythm he will use to make what he says effective. He has practiced that sermonad maximum. The one thing that I would question is, has he been channeling Crowley? It is possible. I would hope that like any other stage personality he is using Method Acting. I have described Method Acting below.
Method acting is any of a family of techniques used by actors to create in themselves the thoughts and emotions of their characters, so as to develop lifelike performances. It can be contrasted with more classical forms of acting, in which actors simulate the thoughts and emotions of their characters through external means, such as vocal intonation or facial expression. Though not all Method actors use the same approach, the “method” in Method acting usually refers to the practice, pioneered by Constantin Stanislavski and advocated by Lee Strasberg, by which actors draw upon their own emotions and memories in their portrayals, aided by a set of exercises and practices including sense memory and affective memory. Wikipedia)
Also, in his sermon, Lewis tells us about how many people pray to Crowley to get a number one hit. He then asks the unthinkable “What does it take to become The King of Pop?” Lewis is actually under the impression that in order to be successful you must submit to Satanic practices. Martin Luther King III and his sister, are able to answer that question. I hope that G Craige Lewis is paying attention. God’s grace is sufficient for us.Michael went to Jesus on his knees for Coretta King everyday.
Lewis is delirius. Either that or he has slipped away and does not realize it yet. Perhaps he never will… (He has not mentioned Jesus yet). However, Cybele and the Corybantes are part of Greek Myth. This man is preaching mythology…not Jesus. Corybantes in no was are descriptive of Michael. They worshiped Cybele, but none of what he said is applicable to Michael. In fact, what he said is not applicable to the Corybantes. Too, he should have told his congrgation that instead of reading the Bible, he was reading “any old encyclopedia”… he did not send anyone to search the word, he sent his people to Wikipedia. He is a false prophet people.
Corybantes, sons of Apollo and the Muse Thalia, mythical attendants of the ancient Oriental and Greco-Roman deity the Great Mother of the Gods. They were often identified or confused with the Cretan Curetes (who protected the infant Zeus from detection by his father, Cronus) and were distinguished only by their Asiatic origin and by the more erotic nature of their rites. Accounts of the origin of the Corybantes vary, and their names and number differ from one authority to another. They apparently had a mystic cult, and a prominent feature of their ritual was a wild dance, which was claimed to have powers of healing mental disorder. It is possible that they originally were priests or medicine men of ancient times, later thought of as superhuman. They were credited with the invention of the drum.
The Corybantes (English pronunciation: /ˌkɒr.ɪˈbænt.iːz/, Ancient Greek: Κορύβαντες) were the armed and crested dancers who worshipped the Phrygian goddessCybele with drumming and dancing. They are also called the Kurbantes in Phrygia, and Corybants in an older English transcription. The Kuretes were the nine dancers who venerate Rhea, the Cretan counterpart of Cybele, Mother of the Gods.
These male dancers in armor, kept time to a drum and the rhythmic stamping of their feet. Dance, according to Greek thought, was one of the civilizing activities, like wine-making or music. The dance in armor (the “Pyrrhic dance” orPyrriche [Πυρρίχη]) was a male coming-of-age initiation ritual linked to a warrior victory celebration. Both Jane Ellen Harrison and the French classicist Henri Jeanmaire[3] have shown that both the Kouretes (Κουρῆτες) and Cretan Zeus (called “the greatest kouros (κοῦρος)” in the Cretan hymn found in an inscription at Palaikastro)[4] were intimately connected with the transition of young men into manhood in Cretan cities.
Once again, there is nothing in the description of Corybantes that even comes close to what he said. These were court dancers, that is all. It is not important that they stamped their feet to a drum…everybody does that, and it does not require an ancient God. Again, this man is preaching Greek mythology solely as a ploy to sell his videos. He is a false prophet. He has not yet mentioned Jesus. Jesus has taken a back seat to a Greek myth. That is not enough drama for him. On his website, when you go to main page then click about, he opens with “Do you want to know the anti-Christ?” Jesus is secondary once again.
main.html( Pay close attention to the music and images Lewis flashes at you, also note that Cybele…the mother of gods is who he now wants to fill your mind with. She is a Greek mythological character that Lewis wants to bring to life)
G. Craige Lewis goes so far as to say that they (who is this they?) are trying to make us think Michael was the Arch Angel. He refers to Michael on the cover of Ebony. At this point I can hear the sound of jealousy. to the Reverend I say…Michael was absolutely beautiful. There is no surgery that can make you or anyone look angelic. Michael was God’s glow. He lost the melanin in his skin, and he rolled with it. He simply made sure that if he was going to turn white, then he would just be white. He had a horrible accident with his hair, he rolled with it and found a way for his hair to be an outstanding part of his appearance. He began to get spots on his hand…so he began wearing one glove. Michael took whatever life threw t him and used it to glorify God. The angelic look that Michael had was God given. No man or makeup will do that.
Lewis also spoke about how Michael did not look male or female. I would gather that would mean that he believes in a man looking manly. However, he does not meet the standards of what is manly. Lewis looks like a man, but he does not look manly. He does not look manly let alone angelic. Michael was Beautiful and he was sexy. What on earth is wrong with that? After all this time, Lewis mentions Jesus. He only speaks about a line in “We Are The World” about God turning stones to bread, and proceeds to talk about how ungodly that was. What he did not say is God blessed that song and their effort to help others. What Lewis does not mention is the following;
(Wikipedia) Four months after the release of “We Are the World”, USA for Africa had taken in almost $10.8 million.[60][61] The majority of the money came from record sales within the US.[60][61] Members of the public also donated money—almost $1.3 million within the same time period. In May 1985, USA for Africa officials estimated that they had sold between $45 million and $47 million worth of official merchandise around the world. Organizer Ken Kragen announced that they would not be distributing all of the money at once. Instead, he revealed that the foundation would be looking into finding a long-term solution for Africa’s problems.[60] ”We could go out and spend it all in one shot. Maybe we’d save some lives in the short term but it would be like putting a Band-Aid over a serious wound.”[60] Kragen noted that experts had predicted that it would take at least 10 to 20 years to make a slight difference to Africa’s long-term problems.[60]
In June 1985, the first USA for Africa cargo jet carrying food, medicine and clothing departed for Ethiopia and the Sudan. It stopped en route in New York, where 15,000 T-shirts were added to the cargo. Included in the supplies were high-protein biscuits, high-protein vitamins, medicine, tents, blankets and refrigeration equipment.[62] Harry Belafonte, representing the USA for Africa musicians, visited Sudan in the same month. The trip was his last stop on a four nation tour of Africa. Tanzanian Prime Minister Salim Ahmed Salim greeted and praised Belafonte, telling him, “I personally and the people of Tanzania are moved by this tremendous example of human solidarity.”[63]
One year after the release of “We Are the World”, organizers noted that $44.5 million had been raised for USA for Africa’s humanitarian fund. They stated that they were confident that they would reach an initial set target of $50 million.[64] By October 1986, it was revealed that their $50 million target had been met and exceeded; CBS Records gave USA for Africa a check for $2.5 million, drawing the total amount of money to $51.2 million.[65] USA for Africa’s Hands Across America event had also raised a significant amount of money—approximately $24.5 million for the hungry in the US.[65]
Since its release, “We Are the World” has raised over $63 million for humanitarian causes.[66] Ninety percent of the money was pledged to African relief, both long and short term.[65][67] The long term initiative included efforts in birth control and food production.[67] The remaining 10 percent of funds was earmarked for domestic hunger and homeless programs in the US.[65][67] From the African fund, over 70 recovery and development projects were launched in seven African nations. Such projects included aid in agriculture, fishing, water management, manufacturing and reforestation. Training programs were also developed in the African countries of Mozambique, Senegal, Chad, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Mali.
First, I see nothing wrong with having a tree to climb in your own yard. Many of us would have done anything to be able to do that as kids! Michael said he had to compensate for that part of him that never got to run a race or simply climb a tree. This had nothing ti do with the tree of life… This was “The Giving Tree”. Michael named it after a well know childhood story. After all, he lived in Neverland. There is no ancient God here, just a fairytale.
The Giving Tree is a tale about a relationship between a young boy and a tree. The tree always provides the boy with what he wants: branches on which to swing, shade in which to sit and apples to eat. As the boy grows older, he requires more and more of the tree. The tree loves the boy very much and gives him anything he asks for. In an ultimate act of self-sacrifice, the tree lets the boy cut it down so the boy can build a boat in which he can sail. The boy leaves the tree, now a stump. Many years later, the boy, now an old man, returns, and the tree sadly says: “I’m sorry, boy… but I have nothing left to give you.” But the boy replies: “I do not need much now, just a quiet place to sit and rest.” The tree then says, “Well, an old tree stump is a good place for sitting and resting. Come, boy, sit down and rest.” The boy obliges and the tree was very happy.
Next, this man sends you once again to A. Crowley. This time it is a matter of Michael communicating with Liberace in a mirrored room with moving walls. Although Lewis desperately seeks Satan, he will not find him here. Michael has a mirrored room like any other dancer or professional in the performing arts. We have all seen dance studios, and mirrors are an absolute. As far as moving walls go, we have probably all been to a ballroom with moving walls. It allows you to enlarge the room if you want. Michael of his own accord would not have needed a huge room simply for himself. However, if he wanted to invite his back up dancers he would need to open up the room…hence the moving mirrored walls.
Moreover, regarding Liberace, Michael watched the greats. He studied them, remembered what made them outstanding, then adjusted the idea and incorporated it into his act. I promise you, Liberace was very talented. People did not see him walk on stage and say “Look at that homosexual!” Albeit Lewis would like us to think so…. Liberace was exciting. He was a blingomaniac, he was pompous in the way he say at his piano, and even how he touched the keys. Certainly, we can never forget the candelabra. Liberace himself had mirrors on two of his pianos. Not for channeling, simply because they were beautiful
Liberace died 2/4/87. By 2/14/87 people were interviewing Michael about it. Michael had been researching “Lee”, studying his flamboyance….and how he glittered. The media moved in on Michael in 10 days! Ultimately, when good friends or special people in our lives die, we may sit and think of them. We may dream of them and even openly speak to them. People still shout “Michael we love you!” We still speak to him. Does this mean we are evil? No. It only means we miss him.
Finally, Michael Jackson has told the world over and again how to write a song. At no time has he worshiped the Mythological god Morpheus or Hypnos to get a song in his sleep. Michael was very much in tune with the sounds of life. He could hear music in the crushing of a dried leaf. Michael was talented, and disciplined. He was singing at 5 years old, his father believed that practice makes perfect. Michael and his brothers rarely got any sleep. They worked hard for every song they sang. One of the reasons Michael tried to take meds that would let him sleep is he was a non-stop living, breathing machine of creativity. He had the music in his head from all the sounds he had heard in the day. Michael wanted to sleep to stop the music, not to make more. G. Craige Lewis knows this. What he does not know is whether Michael Jackson sleeps for 2-3 days at a time, nor does he know what Michael dreams. Actually,Michael did not like to dream. Sadly, that was the reason for propofol. Listen as Michael tells you how he write a song.
I would also like to show that Michael Jackson did not write all of his songs, he had some very good help. Look at this short list of songs, and authors.
2 BAD Writer: Dallas Austin, Michael Jackson, Ivan Moore, Swedien Bruce Publisher: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co./Mijac Music
ALL NIGHT DANCIN’ Writer: Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, Sigmund Jackson, Steven Jackson, Tito Jackson Publisher: Peacock Music Publishing Co.
ALRIGHT NOW Writer: John Barnes, Michael Jackson Publisher: Mijac Music
BE NOT ALWAYS Writer: Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson Publisher: Vabritmar Music/Mijac Music
BEAT IT Writer: Michael Jackson Publisher: Mijac Music
BLACK OR WHITE Writer: Michael Jackson Publisher: Mijac Music
BLESS HIS SOUL Writer: Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, Sigmund Jackson, Steven Jackson, Tito Jackson Publisher: Peacock Music Publishing Co.
BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR Writer: Teddy Riley, Michael Jackson Publisher: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co./Mijac Music
BLUES AWAY Writer: Michael Jackson Publisher: Peacock Music Publishing Co.
BREAK OF DAWN Writer: Dr. Freeze, Michael Jackson Publisher: Sony-ATV Songs LLC/Mijac Music
CAN YOU FEEL IT Writer: Jackie Jackson, Michael Jackson
”What one wishes is to be touched by truth and to be able to interpret that truth so that one may use what one is feeling and experiencing, be it despair or joy, in a way that will add meaning to one’s life and will hopefully touch others as well. This is art in its highest form. Those moments of enlightenment are what I continue to live for.” Michael Jackson
We are posting the information regarding Jennifer Jones, aka mjsunflowerjj, owner of Applehead House for the sole purpose of forewarning the MJGlobal family of nefarious schemes perpetuated in the name of Michael Jackson. We can’t force anyone to believe it or read it as it’s up to each individual to protect themselves from being used and abused.
Every time she responds to our post she gives us a little more information to prove her a great actress and manipulator of facts.
Dispelling some erroneous assertions:
JJ claims in her twitlonger dated Jan 18th-
#1 “You have tried to make people believe I was selling things to purchase Neverland – NEVER ONCE HAPPENED. You have tried to make people believe I am operating a scam – NOT TRUE!”
If she wasn’t able to lure anyone into the ill thought out Wholesave2sale gimmick it’s not our fault but she did indeed PROMOTE the scheme of selling things to purchase Neverland. See our wordpress “Neverland Buy Back” scheme – Asking for donations to buy Neverland when it was not for sale and proposing selling “yellow bricks” is a SCAM and she sent out a 2011 Brochure complete with pics of the the Giving Tree and others.
#2 “You have spread around a LIE that I was co-embezzling with William Wagner. I have NEVER met William Wagner. “
In our wordpress we never mentioned William Wagener being in league with Jennifer Jones, not even once. All mention of William Wagener was made in Bonnie Cox’s blog – Bonnie Cox was also threatened with a “slander” lawsuit if she did not immediately remove her posts. We are more than happy to share Bonnie’s posts since there are still viewable on her blog.
“My business that is my living has NOTHING to do with our project. And, the people that are on payroll do not even KNOW I am in the MJ Community. It is NOT a pyramid AT ALL. We have a team structure of base paid workers whether in accounting, HR, management or whatever.”
The Female500 is a “new business plan” very much like the Neverland Project and is ALSO a pyramid scheme. Curiously enough the unbelievable $375,000 4month compensation of the Female 500 is amazingly similar to the unbelievable $325,000 compensation that had been projected for the Neverland Project. Imagine that.
Additionally JJ adds:
“As far as our group – we are not working on the Neverland project. We have NOT worked on this project for a very long time. We are working outside of this community AND NOT EVEN mentioning Michael’s name – to eliminate hunger as our country as 1 in 3 children who go to bed hungry every night.”
On Feb. 4th 2012, Mary Brookins posted a comment directly to Jennifer Jones on our post entitled, Peace At What Cost? Pls read this bit of it:
“You tried to scam me a long time ago but I didn’t fall for it. You asked me to open up a bank account in my name for your business and deposit my own money into the account. You then asked me to turn the account over to you and I would be reimbursed. Once you found out that I was on disability you tried to scam me by trying to get me to believe that I could earn a lot of money every month and Cadeflaw could be helped, financially.”
Let’s just imagine the amount of unabashed gall it takes even ask somebody else to open a bank account with their SS#, and all pertinent private information and then hand it over! To make it even more egregious, JJ goes after Mary’s limited disablity income. Is there no depth she will not sink?
Furthermore, Mary Brookins IS part of the MJ community in fact a very prominent part of it and well respected. How can Jennifer lay claim that “we are working outside of this community” but all the while soliciting Mary Brookins, Rev.Catherine Gross and others to work in it? Dangling this pie in the sky -$375,000 financial gain in monthy ‘bonus” checks. Confirmation of this comes in the form emails.
JJ email to Mary dated September 28th 2011
Please read this letter above again.. notice all the emotional tugs she uses to pull on Mary’s heartstrings and then puts the “urgent” pressure.
“Can you help me out with something that is urgent by accepting this business proposal or part of it? No money will goes to me at all You take care of this with credit card and then I pay you back but pay you bonus checks as well.” (Details attached)
Reality check – “YOU take care of this with a credit card” and then I leave you holding the bag when I don’t pay you back and you end up paying interest on the credit card balance.
JJ used a different approach on Rev. Catherine in Sept. 17th 2011 email as she tells Catherine she wants to help her.
But again the sense of urgency is there: “If you take care of today- then I will offer you something extra. I am raising my funds for the Female500 kickoff right now. I am doing as business loans paid back in 60-days with earning a bonus check for next 4-months. I am attaching this information for you as it is something I would REALLY like to do for you.”
Now let’s examine this email to Catherine a little closer. It’s dated September 17th 2011 and JJ says she’s raising funds for the Female 500 “kick off” so this means this NEW plan just getting underway.
But hold on just a second – in Mary’s email just a mere 11 days later.. JJ says “You know how long I’ve been working on my project and I have my entire team put together with Directors trained and training this weekend for the Crew.”
Surely JJ can’t be speaking of the Female500 as the “project I’ve been working” for so “long.” 11 days is not “long” Notice that the term she uses is project… and the only project JJ had been working on for a long time was the Neverland Project. These two emails prove that up to at least mid September 2011 the Neverland Project was in full swing. (perhaps still is)
Now to confirm this we have yet another email dated 8/7/2011 from JJ that has two attachments “LA Trip” and “Neverland Project”
So Aug 7th, 2011 JJ was sending out Neverland Project with the LA Trip Schedule and yet another job offer with a request to keep it all hush hush.
“With that said, I want to request of you that you keep this information completely confidential not emailing or copying or sharing with another. This is very important to what we are doing in the initial stages to be successful. “
She targets the love that the fans have by saying she is “guided from beyond” Please note while attempting to sweeten the pot by bringing in one of Michael’s closest friends, JJ making a major blunder here - “Like Elizabeth Taylor, tweeted just the other day, he is a Modern Day Prophet” Ms. Taylor died in March so how would she have tweeted “just the other day”? The manipulation of the emotions, it seems, never ceases.
We have other emails dated as late as October 2011 that also speak of Neverland Project and we know from the 2011 Brochure that the ‘Global Dance’ was scheduled for late November 2011. The dates don’t lie.
Jennifer Jone’s website for the Female 500 is very slick but talks in very broad terms about how women are gonna change the world. It’s a feel good website filled with all the warm and fuzzy buzz words and then it baits the reader to “register” for more information. But, WAIT, to access this wealth of information and the cure for all the ills of the world is a $25 fee that must be paid. How convenient, a toll of sorts before the Promised Land. It is a sure way to make some easy bucks prior to allowing any interested party to actually see the “business plan” and decide whether or not they want a position in this scheme. It’s a glossy scheme but a scheme none the less, a pyramid scheme.
We would be less inclined to continue to post an expose on Jennifer Jones every week if she would just merely have the decency to apologize to all the people she’s lied to, return any ill-gotten gain, through either the LA Trip debacles, the Neverland Project, the Female 500 and the ever secret, “Sunflower Fields” and actually begin to work for the good of Michael Jackson’s legacy.
Thank you Kirk Franklin for a song of worship. Personally, I am positive that many people were blessed by Kirk Franklin, because he is singing at my church, and I was there. I promise you, it was not demonic. This was our Christmas Glory celebration and Kirk Franklin was our guest of honor that year. I am pleased to say that no one left the church with an evil heart, simply because Kirk Franklin was the minstrel. Perhaps Lewis forgot what salvation is about. G. Craige Lewis will not forgive Franklin for his past sins. He has degraded him, torn down his name and forgotten that Christ came for sinners… I found a delight ful sight that I do believe is share worthy. God does not like sin, but he he loves the sinner. He died for sinners so that they would be save from the ultimate condemnation.
God Loves Sinners
by David J. Stewart
I am saddened by the hatred that some professed “Christians” have for the unsaved. It is tragic. Yes, God hates sin and the wrath of God abides upon Christ-rejecters (John 3:36); but let us never stray from the great Biblical doctrine of God’s wondrous love for mankind, which allowed Christ to be nailed to the cross for our sins. John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Notice the words, “God so loved THE WORLD.”
Romans 5:8, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” God in His foreknowledge knew how sinful and rotten mankind would be, but He looked beyond our faults and saw our need for redemption. Jesus Christ died, was buried and rose again from the grave to TAKE AWAY our sins. Jesus did this by the shedding of His own physical blood. 1st Peter 1:18,19, “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold… But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.” Christ died for all men, because God loves all mankind, even the vilest of sinful men.
I have received dozens of letters from professed “Christians” who are upset with me for my article God Loves People. One woman sent several internet links to me, linking to articles which teach that God doesn’t love sinners. Oh, listen my friend, God loves mankind more than we could love Him in return. Luke 19:10 reads, ”For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” 1st John 3:16a, “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down his life for us.” Notice the words,“the love of God.” God loves humanity, which is why He sent His Son to pay the debt for our sins. How could anyone say that God hates sinners? God DOES hate sin, and God IS angry with the wicked every day; but God equally loves each and every person and desires for them to repent and get saved. 2nd peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”God is “not willing that any should perish.”
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Kirk Franklin was courageous enough to give his testimony on the Oprah show. It was a very humbling thing for him to do…I still remember the shock on Oprah’s face when he made his confession. However, someone was blessed by his testimony, I am sure of that. Someone had the same problem and Kirk gave that person enough strength to believe and hope in overcoming his problem. Nevertheless, G Craige Lewis will not accept him as a brother in Christ. He will not forgive Kirk, and blogs that Kirk Franklin is an apostate.
I believe that Kirk Franklin is in Christ. “Kirk says he has worked hard to overcome his addiction. People in his church community, he says, helped him find fulfillment in his music and faith. “They sat down and showed me, ‘This is why you sing about what you sing about. It’s not about your money; it’s not about your car—it’s about your heart. It’s about your character.’ Then I started seeing myself the way that God saw me.”
Darian Aaron said, “ It was sad to see this message posted, when I read it I wondered how many people just gave up? ~ “His message in a nutshell: We’re all going to hell. Hip Hop is of the devil, homosexuals are evil and deplorable, mega-churches and pastors are not of God, christian artists who associate with secular artists are a disgrace to the church,(uh oh Yolanda Adams and Kirk Franklin) and we all need to repent and live holy lives like him. Did I forget to mention that you can learn how to live a holy life according to G. Craige Lewis by purchasing his 6 dvd box set for $75.00 ?
When I listen to this man’s message and see the reaction from his cult like followers, I can’t help but think about Rev. Fred Phelps of Kansas and his cruel and heartless behavior at the funerals of deceased soldiers and Matthew Shepard. This hate speech disguised as religion is the exact opposite of what God stood for. I find it deplorable that this man can stand in pulpits all over the country and spread his own personal prejudice and throw a few bible verses in his sermon and call it the word of God and people accept it! When did having a belief in God mean that you have to throw common sense out of the window?”
ROM 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. ROM 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. ROM 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Because we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God. Neither our conscience, nor anyone else can ever accuse us again. Judgment now decides for us, not against him. We look back upon past sins, with deep sorrow for the sin, but we are not afraid of any penalty to come; for Christ has paid the debt of His people to the last jot and tittle, and received the divine receipt; and unless God can be so unjust as to demand double payment for one debt, no soul for whom Jesus died as a substitute can ever be cast into hell. It is finished, and no demon in hell can change that. G. Craige Lewis is out of his league… This is the prayer that Lewis is supposed to be teaching, it is not a prayer of hate…
I want to make a point right here. Some people have stopped reading, and some are in total disagreement. However, many people prayed that prayer….I will never be able to say whom. No one can. That is why it is so futile to claim that Michael Jackson died unsaved. I will say it again. No one has the right to say who has been saved and who has not.
Lets talk about cults, what they are and what they are not. Usually a cult is built around a persons vision or experience that they believe supersedes the Bible.
CULTS
This video is funny… but what they are saying is true.
A cult may be illustrated in a number of ways. We can characterize a cult from a sociological perspective. In this example it is a small sized group, in pursuit of supernatural knowledge, deficient in governmental configuration, and the authority of a charismatic person in charge. In several cases cults can be devastating, They hypnotize, condition and obliterate the members power to make coherent judgments.. Another way to describe a cult is from a theological angle.. These are called pseudo-Christians. Cults maintain the backing of Christ or the Bible, but they twist the essential meaning of Christianity. They, as a rule, convey an added revelation by supplanting a primary tenet of the faith with a minor issue
To be clear, a cult is any religious group which deviated radically in one or more concepts as to the belief or practice from how those religious groups which are regarded as the normative expressions of religion in our total culture. In addition, cults maybe defined as a group of people gathered about a specific person or that person’s misinterpretation of the Bible. They are really not following Jesus Christ.
We have another matter to consider as well. It is the issue of being cultic. In other words, it is cult-like. In the case of cultic religions they are more difficult to discern religions that are cultic. Unlike cults, movements are multifaceted and diverse in their beliefs, teachings and practice’s Certain groups within the Faith movement could be described as cults, the entire movement is cultic. Following are a few well known cults. They will be followed by examples of what is cultic.
1 Westboro Baptist Church
The following is WBC description of itself;
Established in 1955 by Pastor Fred Phelps, the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) of Topeka, Kansas still exists today as an Old School (or, Primitive) Baptist Church. We adhere to the teachings of the Bible, preach against all form of sin (e.g., fornication, adultery [including divorce and remarriage], sodomy), and insist that the sovereignty of God and the doctrines of grace be taught and expounded publicly to all men. These doctrines of grace were well summed up by John Calvin in his 5 points of Calvinism: Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, and Perseverance of the Saints. Although these doctrines are almost universally hated today, they were once loved and believed, as you can see in many confessions of faith.. Even though the Arminian lies that “God loves everyone” and “Jesus died for everyone” are being taught from nearly every pulpit in this generation, this hasn’t always been the case. If you are in a church that supposedly believes the Bible, and you are hearing these lies, then your church doesn’t teach what the Bible teaches. If you care about your never-dying soul, you will carefully read every word of this web site, along with the entire Bible.
WBC engages in daily peaceful sidewalk demonstrations opposing the homosexual lifestyle of soul-damning, nation-destroying filth. We display large, colorful signs containing Bible words and sentiments, including: GOD HATES FAGS, FAGS HATE GOD, AIDS CURES FAGS, THANK GOD FOR AIDS, FAGS BURN IN HELL, GOD IS NOT MOCKED, FAGS ARE NATURE FREAKS, GOD GAVE FAGS UP, NO SPECIAL LAWS FOR FAGS, FAGS DOOM NATIONS, THANK GOD FOR DEAD SOLDIERS, FAG TROOPS, GOD BLEW UP THE TROOPS, GOD HATES AMERICA, AMERICA IS DOOMED, THE WORLD IS DOOMED, etc.
It can be difficult to pinpoint what premise these religions have been built on. This religion is controversial not only because of its practices, but also because of its name. John the Baptist never preached anything other than Jesus. When he saw Jesus from afar, he knew it was Jesus. In no way does the Bible present John the Baptist as a hater.
All four canonical gospels relate John’s preaching and baptism in the River Jordan. Most notably he is the one who recognizes Jesus as the Messiah and baptizes him. The baptism marks the beginning of Jesus’s ministry. The Gospels of Mark, Matthew and (most clearly) Luke relate that Jesus came from Galilee to John in Judea and was baptized by him, whereupon the Spirit descended upon Jesus and a voice from Heaven told him he was God’s Son. The Gospel of John does not record John’s baptizing Jesus, but John introduces Jesus to his disciples as the “Lamb of God” (John 1:29-36[27]).
Considered by Christians to be without sin, Jesus nevertheless received John’s baptism, which was for the repentance of sins (Mark 1:4[28]). This is addressed in the Gospel of Matthew’s account, which portrays John’s refusal to baptize Jesus, saying, “I need to be baptized by you.” Jesus persuades John to baptize him nonetheless (Matthew 3:13-15[29]).
2 MORMON
The Mormons have gained a tremendous amount of attention since Mitt Romney has begun to run for president. Romney holds a high position in the Mormon Church, and has the power to baptize the dead. (This next video may go into other videos, if so please simply stop any additional videos so that we may proceed). This religion has quite a lot to share! The following link is one that I found interesting.
Incredibly, the cult which said it “restored” Christianity, because Christianity had completely apostasized with the deaths of the Apostles; the cult which said Christian churches were “hatched in hell,” and totally devoid of truth; this cult now wants to be considered as a Christian Church. Look how the cult of “latter-day saints” has trashed Christianity:
“Brother Taylor has just said that the religions of the day were hatched in hell. The eggs were laid in hell, hatched on its borders, and then kicked on to the earth.” -Journal of Discourses 6:176 – the polygamous and despot, Brigham Young
This same genius also said:
“The Christian world, so-called, are heathens as to the knowledge of the salvation of God” – Journal of Discourses 8:171
“When the light came to me I saw that all the so-called Christian world was grovelling in darkness.” – Journal of Discourses 5:73
“With a regard to true theology, a more ignorant people never lived than the present so-called Christian world.” – Journal of Discourses 8:199
Joseph Smith started the whole smear campaign (after his brother’s funeral was preached by a Presbyterian minister who claimed that Alvin was probably in hell, never having had a true faith or received baptism). This womanizer, pedophile and sexual stalker, now held up by the Mormon cult to be the true Savior of men, and possibly mankind’s true “god,” claimed that “two personages” (who never identified themselves, by the way) told him that all Christian creeds were an abomination and all Christian “professors” were corrupt. He claimed he was the instrument for restoring Christianity, even though he was deeply involved in the occult and obviously didn’t have a clue about Christian doctrine. Anyone who falls for his claims needs a reality check.
One wonders who these “two personages” actually were – these “personages” who condemned Christ’s Church? I think – if Smith even had a real encounter at all, which I highly doubt – the guy was the epitome of a liar – that the two personages very well could have been Satan and one of his chief demonic sidekicks! Did Smith ever attempt to shake hands with these guys? (That’s how this theological genius said you could distinguish a satanic spirit from a true spirit). If there was an appearance at all, it was most blatantly Satanic! Who can doubt that? These two “personages” attacked the Body of Christ – the Father and Son would never have done so, for they promised to be with the Body of Christ until the end of the earth, and to guide her into all truth. The Bride of Christ did not suddenly become the Whore of Babylon, and those bringing that lying gospel are accursed.
So, now in these “latter-days,” the Mormons, whose prophet said Christianity was hatched in hell and kicked to the earth, want us all to accept their cult as being Christian. “Well, we’re just like you,” is the new lie the missionaries tell as they tramp door to door with the false gospel of Smithism. “We just have a little extra.” Oh, you’re not kidding: another God, another Jesus, another spirit, not to mention “another gospel.” But, none of this is mentioned to the “golden contact,” the target victim. Have the pious missionaries (kids looking to upgrade their resumes) mentioned that Christianity, according to their cult, is totally apostate? I doubt it. The ones around here certainly don’t – and after I saw the one punk missionary kid put a rosary around his neck in a collectibles store and parade it up and down in front of his laughing chohorts, it became quite obvious that these guys have no respect for other faiths (as they claim to). Sure, Mormons are Christians, just like Muslims are Christians!
These are the quotes from their “prophets” who can never lead Mormons astray, that I want the missionaries to share with those who they are proselytizing:
“What! Are Christians ignorant? Yes, as ignorant of the things of God as the brute best.” – Prophet John Taylor, Journal of Discourses 13:225
“What does the Christian world know about God? Nothing… Why so far as the things of God are concerned, they are the veriest fools; they know neither God nor the things of God.” – John Taylor, Journal of Discourses 13:225
“Where shall we look for the true order or authority of God? It cannot be found in any nation of Christendom.” – Prophet John Taylor, Journal of Discourses, 10:127
When Mormon missionaries come to the door of literally thousands of potential converts they will assure the unsuspecting that they represent “Jesus Christ” and are preaching His Gospel. However, that is not the case on many accounts.
Despite constant denial, Mormonism is a racist religion. “But let them apostatize, and they will become gray-haired, wrinkled, and black, just like the Devil” (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 5, p. 332
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) cannot escape their racist past. For nearly 150 years, the Mormon Church had taught that ALL blacks were cursed. Hence, a black Mormon male could not hold the highly regarded LDS Priesthood1 because of his dark skin. And since he could not hold this Priesthood, he could not enter the Mormon Temple. This doctrine in no way, shape, or form can be substantiated in Scripture.
Only in the LDS scriptures does this racist doctrine exist.
To determine official LDS doctrine from unofficial speculation let us read the statements that were made by the General Authorities of the LDS Church as well as citations from the LDS “standard works.” So then, official LDS teaching cannot be evaded or denied as many Mormons (especially uninformed missionaries) often do.
Example 1: 2 Nephi 5: 21- ‘And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people, the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.’
Example 2: Alma 3: 6- ‘And the skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark which was set upon their fathers, which was a curse upon them because of their transgression and their rebellion against their brethren, who consisted of Nephi, Jacob and Joseph, and Sam, who were just and holy men.’
According to the Mormons, Lamanites are the native American Indians who they erroneously claim, are descendants of Hebrews (who ‘strayed’ and became ‘cursed’ with dark skin) even though it has been established by DNA evidence that the native American Indian is related to tribes in Asia which crossed a land-bridge tens of thousands of years ago.
Mormonism, also called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), is not considered to be Christian by Christians. In fact, Mormonism teaches the following non Christian, non biblical doctrines. (Note that all the documentation is taken from Mormon writers and Mormon scriptures.)
God used to be a man on another planet, (Mormon Doctrine, p. 321; Joseph Smith, Times and Seasons, vol. 5, p. 613-614; Orson Pratt, Journal of Discourses, vol. 2, p. 345; Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p. 333).
God resides near a star called Kolob, (Pearl of Great Price, p. 34-35; Mormon Doctrine, p. 428).
“The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s…” (Doctrines and Covenants 130:22).
God is in the form of a man, (Joseph Smith, Journal of Discourses, vol. 6, p. 3).
“God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens!!! . . . We have imagined that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea and take away the veil, so that you may see,” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 345).
After you become a good Mormon, you have the potential of becoming a god, (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 345-347, 354.)
There is a mother god, (Articles of Faith, by James Talmage, p. 443).
God is married to his goddess wife and has spirit children, (Mormon Doctrine, p. 516).
The trinity is three separate Gods: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. “That these three are separate individuals, physically distinct from each other, is demonstrated by the accepted records of divine dealings with man,” (Articles of Faith, by James Talmage, p. 35.).
In contrast to these teachings, Christianity the Bible teaches that God has always been God and was never a man (Psalm 90:2). The Bible nowhere says he lives near another star or that the Father has a body of flesh and bones — which Christ contradicted in John 4:24 and Luke 24:39. We do not have the potential of becoming gods because there are no gods formed (Isaiah 43:10; 44:6,8; 45:5). The Trinity is one God (Deut. 6:4), not three.
3 SWEDENBORGIASM~
It is also called The New Church, the Church of New Jerusalem. Little is known about this religion, but it is practiced world wide by devout followers. There are only books on this religion. Swedenborg developed an entire doctrine, followers have created churches from it. This is a cult with no question.
Founder: Emanuel Swedenborg, born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1688. Died in 1772. Of course, members of this group deny that Emanuel Swedenborg is the author of the religion, but will admit that it draws it primary theology from his writings.
Doctrines: Denies the Vicarious Atonement, the Trinity, and deity of the Holy Spirit. It holds to Christ as divine. All religions lead to God, though all are not equally enlightened. One of its goals is to bring the world together under a new religious understanding. It teaches a need for Christianity to undergo a rebirth — according to Swedenborgian interpretations. The Bible is the inspired word of God with two levels: the historical and the deeper spiritual one. Regarding the Trinity, a Swedenborg pastor said, “The Christian trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are aspects of God just as soul, body, and activities are aspects of each one of us.”
There is no personal devil. Instead, the devil is the personification of human evil. Hell is corrupted human society. The Scriptures are best interpreted through the writings of Swedenborg. Angels go through cycles of purity of character where they are sometimes closer and at other it times further from God. Swedenborg stated that the Acts and Epistles were not inspired as are the four Gospels and the Book of Revelation. There is no physical resurrection. After death, a person becomes an angel or an evil spirit. Angels are not supernatural creations of God. Position in the afterlife is based on “the kind of life we have chosen while here on earth.”
At a person’s death, his mind falls asleep for three days in a place called the world of the spirits. Afterwards, he awakens and encounters spirits who’ve died before hand who help him adjust to the afterlife.
There is marriage in heaven.
Origins: Emanuel Swedenborg was born on January 29, 1688 (died 1772) in Stockholm. His father was a Lutheran minister. Emanuel was very bright and had an inquisitive mind. He was particularly interested in science and religion. In the former, he was recognized as an expert in geology and he also studied astronomy, cosmology, and physics. In 1744 he was stricken with a severe delirium which seems to have affected his mind for the rest of his life since many trance states were attributed to him as his life progressed.
In 1745 he had a vision where loathsome creatures seemed to crawl on the walls of his room. Then a man appeared who claimed to be God. This apparition said that Emanuel was to be the one who would communicate the teachings of the unseen realm to the people of the world. He would be the means by which God would further reveal Himself to the world.
Publications: Arcana Coelestia: The Earths in the Universe. The 35 volumes of writings by Swedenborg.
Comments: This is a dangerous mystical non-Christian religion. Its denial of the Trinity and the Holy Spirit, the vicarious atonement, and rejection of Acts and the Pauline epistles clearly set it outside of Christian orthodoxy.
4 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Of all the biblically-based cults in America today, Christian Science is one of the most interesting. Not only does it deny the essential doctrines of Christianity, but it has completely reinterpreted the Bible. It drastically redefines the Bible’s culture and terminology and rips thousands of scriptures out of their historical and biblical contexts. The result is a non-Christian mixture of metaphysical and philosophical thoughts. Christian Science is so foreign to the Bible that, if it didn’t use words like Jesus, Trinity, Love, Grace, Sin, etc., you’d never suspect it had anything to do with the Bible at all. Additionally, the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which is the Christian Scientist’s mainstay of spiritual knowledge, reads with a rhythm of pseudo-logical statements that has the tendency to dull the senses when read long enough. Is Christian Science Christian? Definitely not.
Mary Baker Eddy was born in New England on a farm in Bow, New Hampshire. Her childhood and much of her adult life, before 1862, was spent in ill health. Although raised with Puritan values, daily Bible reading, and even the talk of God’s healing power, she spent many years looking for healing in the many remedial methods available in her time.
She became a patient of the New England healer Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, whose “medicine-free” healing techniques undoubtedly influenced her greatly. When she first visited Dr. Quimby in 1862 she was a virtual invalid, and with the good doctor’s help her health quickly improved. The change was instantaneous. Her pain and weakness disappeared. A sense of comfort and well-being stepped into their place. Within a week she says that without help she climbed the one hundred eighty-two steps to the dome of the City Hall. And in this whole experience she furnished a clear illustration of the words Jesus spoke to the woman healed after twelve years’ illness, “Thy faith hath made thee whole.”
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures is the primary interpretive source of the Bible and source guide of Christian Science. It interprets the Bible in a radically different way. It is so different, in fact, that it absolutely rejects the substitutionary atonement of Jesus and states that it had no efficacious value (S&H, 25:6). It denies that Jesus is God, second person of the Trinity (S&H, 361:12-13). It says that sin is a false interpretation of Divine Mind and is nonexistent (S&H, 335:7-15). And it says that the Holy Spirit is Divine Science which is best represented by Christian Science (S & H, 331:31). The list can go on and, unfortunately, it does.
To the Christian Scientist, God (the Father-Mother) is a Principle known as the Divine Mind. It has no personhood and no personality. A catch phrase used in their literature is that God is “All in All.” In other words, God is all that exists and what we perceive as matter is an interpretation of divine mind. Since God is love, it means that sin and sickness are only errors of interpreting the Divine Mind and have no true reality (S & H, 330:25-274; 470:9-14).
To the Christian Scientist, Jesus is a Way-shower. He is someone who epitomized the true principle of the Christ Consciousness which indwells us all. Therefore, Jesus did not really die on the cross. He was not God in flesh. He made no atonement in shedding His blood (S&H, 25:6).
Christian Science teaches that man does not have a sinful nature and is a reflection of Divine Mind. To achieve “salvation,” he needs only to find the true reality of understanding, as revealed in Christian Science teachings. Unfortunately, these teachings are from Mary Baker Eddy a woman who founded the religion in the 1870′s and are not from God.
The Christian Scientists consider their philosophy to be consistent with the original teachings of Jesus. They consider truth a matter of higher understanding and learning. But the reality is that Christian Science has only produced unbiblical and false doctrines. Eternal destruction is the only thing that will result from its false teaching. The fires of hell will be a bitter reality for those who have been taught that they don’t exist.
5 JEHOVAH”S WITNESSES~
It was an extraordinary day for me. Perhaps I had stronger coffee than a body ought as I was vigorous and could not stop thinking about the horrible things that had been written about Michael. As I walked through the mall, a Jehovah’s Witness came to me with a track. Sadly, for her I was feeling quite rambunctious. She looked frightened when I said to her “Who do you say Jesus Christ is?!!” He’s the son of God she said pleadingly. I had not come down, glared at her and demanded that she prove it. She said my sister is here! Let me get her…she will help us! I sort of jacked up her sister and demanded, no commanded that she get some literature proving who they believed Jesus Christ was.
I will at this point advise the readers not to drink four shots of espresso and talk to anyone…I am sure I frightened them by being so aggressive. The sister panicked and said she had a book in the car that would help. I do confess that I was out of control…she wanted to take her sister with her, but I told her “No! She stays with me!” It must have been awful for them (I have since surrendered Starbucks). In any event, the sister came back with a book called The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived.
Actually, I knew this was my last chance to question them. Usually, people don’t even answer the door for them. However, I was so concerned about what had happened to Michael that I drug the poor things in my house weekly and interviewed them. They ceased to come to my door. When the Witnesses won’t come to your door…its bad! (I digress)
They proudly showed me in the book that Jesus was the son of God. Nevertheless, the book reads” By accepting the provision of His ransom sacrifice the burden of sin and death inherited from Adam can be removed from us, and Jesus can become our Eternal Father. All who would gain everlasting life must take in knowledge not only of God but of his son, Jesus Christ” It appears that they accept Jesus in accordance with Romans 10:9-10,
ROM 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
ROM 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Albeit they seem comply with the scripture, the true problem is they are accepting the Jesus from their bible, not from the holy Bible,which is like not accepting Jesus at all. This is what the Witnesses believe, in a nutshell.
There has been quite a lot of talk regarding Michael Jackson and his being a Jehovah Witness. However, I want to take this minute to say again that we are not at liberty to say who is saved in our churches. No one knows who has been saved except that person and The Almighty God Himself. Following are testimonies from ex-Witnesses. Shall we say that they are going to hell?! Of course not! If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” Like many cults, the witnesses are programmed for separation anxiety if they leave. So, oftentimes the need counseling and or support. You may remember a video where Michael said he cried after celebrating Christmas with Liz Taylor, because he thought he had done something wrong. Cults often work with mind control. The following stories are from ex-Witnesses.
”What one wishes is to be touched by truth and to be able to interpret that truth so that one may use what one is feeling and experiencing, be it despair or joy, in a way that will add meaning to one’s life and will hopefully touch others as well. This is art in its highest form. Those moments of enlightenment are what I continue to live for~ Michael Jackson
