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	<title>Comments on: A Christian Response to Michael Jackson&#8217;s Death</title>
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		<title>By: gina uccelatore</title>
		<link>http://matt-summers.com/2009/06/26/a-christian-response-to-michael-jacksons-death/#comment-610</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[all right I take it back, you are not ALL sick
it&#039;s reassuring there are sensible people around too
in some internet sites, you even have charlatans (calling themselves christians) who claimed they had visions of Michaël in hell (with a lot of horryfying details)
probably to make themselves sound interesting

I would rather trust that little 12 year old girl who painted visions of Heaven and apologized for not using the right colours because there are colours there we don&#039;t even have here and I think that&#039;s where Michaël is
he left us messages of love, not hatred
of course he was not perfect (who is? certainly not me)
come on it&#039;s Michaël, not Jesus ! but I think they&#039;re close friends]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>all right I take it back, you are not ALL sick<br />
it&#8217;s reassuring there are sensible people around too<br />
in some internet sites, you even have charlatans (calling themselves christians) who claimed they had visions of Michaël in hell (with a lot of horryfying details)<br />
probably to make themselves sound interesting</p>
<p>I would rather trust that little 12 year old girl who painted visions of Heaven and apologized for not using the right colours because there are colours there we don&#8217;t even have here and I think that&#8217;s where Michaël is<br />
he left us messages of love, not hatred<br />
of course he was not perfect (who is? certainly not me)<br />
come on it&#8217;s Michaël, not Jesus ! but I think they&#8217;re close friends</p>
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		<title>By: LibelFreeZone</title>
		<link>http://matt-summers.com/2009/06/26/a-christian-response-to-michael-jacksons-death/#comment-596</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peterpulpitpounder June 26, 2009 at 5:30 pm wrote: No, God did not call us to be judges, in the negative sense of the word, but He did call us to be fruit inspectors, and it’s pretty clear Michael Jackson spent his years on earth pursuing the things of this fallen world, not the things of the kingdom of God.

This attitude is disgusting and so un-Christian.  

Now, over a year after his death, people who actually knew Michael Jackson (Brad Buxer, Frank Dileo, Frank Cascio) are preparing to write books about Mr. Jackson, and share with the world the actual actions Mr. Jackson took that were Christ-like--far more Christ-like than the attitude displayed by Peterpulpitpounder.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Peterpulpitpounder June 26, 2009 at 5:30 pm wrote: No, God did not call us to be judges, in the negative sense of the word, but He did call us to be fruit inspectors, and it’s pretty clear Michael Jackson spent his years on earth pursuing the things of this fallen world, not the things of the kingdom of God.</p>
<p>This attitude is disgusting and so un-Christian.  </p>
<p>Now, over a year after his death, people who actually knew Michael Jackson (Brad Buxer, Frank Dileo, Frank Cascio) are preparing to write books about Mr. Jackson, and share with the world the actual actions Mr. Jackson took that were Christ-like&#8211;far more Christ-like than the attitude displayed by Peterpulpitpounder.</p>
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		<title>By: LibelFreeZone</title>
		<link>http://matt-summers.com/2009/06/26/a-christian-response-to-michael-jacksons-death/#comment-595</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, there are many sick &quot;Christians&quot; out there who jumped at the chance to judge Michael Jackson--who I believe is resting in the arms of Jesus Christ as we speak.  Mr. Jackson did more good in one day of his spectacular life than most if not all the so called Christians do in all the days of their miserable, judgmental, sanctimonious lives.  Mr. Jackson often expressed, in no uncertain terms, his reliance on and faith in God.  No, he didn&#039;t tell us if or when he prayed &quot;the sinner&#039;s prayer&quot; but there are many paths to an understanding of one&#039;s relationship to and reliance on God&#039;s mercy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, there are many sick &#8220;Christians&#8221; out there who jumped at the chance to judge Michael Jackson&#8211;who I believe is resting in the arms of Jesus Christ as we speak.  Mr. Jackson did more good in one day of his spectacular life than most if not all the so called Christians do in all the days of their miserable, judgmental, sanctimonious lives.  Mr. Jackson often expressed, in no uncertain terms, his reliance on and faith in God.  No, he didn&#8217;t tell us if or when he prayed &#8220;the sinner&#8217;s prayer&#8221; but there are many paths to an understanding of one&#8217;s relationship to and reliance on God&#8217;s mercy.</p>
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		<title>By: gina uccelatore</title>
		<link>http://matt-summers.com/2009/06/26/a-christian-response-to-michael-jacksons-death/#comment-594</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[gina uccelatore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[so you won&#039;t publish my comment
figures...
you are all so sick!!!!!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>so you won&#8217;t publish my comment<br />
figures&#8230;<br />
you are all so sick!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: gina uccelatore</title>
		<link>http://matt-summers.com/2009/06/26/a-christian-response-to-michael-jacksons-death/#comment-593</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[gina uccelatore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m a christian but decided from now on to avoid the christians forums
as a Michael Jackson fan (yes I did skip some church activities because I had an important tap dancing rehearsal, so what?
I&#039;m reading these forums out of curiosity just to see how sick you people are
MICHAEL IS NOT IN HELL
HE&#039;S TEACHING ANGELS THE MOONWALK
and now here&#039;s something that is going to give YOU an heart attack
I DO BELIEVE IN FAIRIES I DO I DO]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a christian but decided from now on to avoid the christians forums<br />
as a Michael Jackson fan (yes I did skip some church activities because I had an important tap dancing rehearsal, so what?<br />
I&#8217;m reading these forums out of curiosity just to see how sick you people are<br />
MICHAEL IS NOT IN HELL<br />
HE&#8217;S TEACHING ANGELS THE MOONWALK<br />
and now here&#8217;s something that is going to give YOU an heart attack<br />
I DO BELIEVE IN FAIRIES I DO I DO</p>
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		<title>By: Debra</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Jesus MY Lord And Savior left this earth He Left the message &quot;LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.&quot; LOVE also covers a multiple of sins.  I beleived MJ loved God because he always mentioned HIM during his life on this earth.Thanked God for his talents and so forth. The Bible says seek and you shall find ,Knock and the door shall be opened . I beleive MJ was seeking he would always ask about peoples beliefs and said he read everything. He didn&#039;t have much choice as a young boy but to become a super star. I read he had many conviction of what he had to portray. He got sucked in by the world and in the end tried to get back to God like the prodigal son.I could go on and on but I personally beleive if he was seeking God gave him a chance to become saved.Love and Blessing to you all]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Jesus MY Lord And Savior left this earth He Left the message &#8220;LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.&#8221; LOVE also covers a multiple of sins.  I beleived MJ loved God because he always mentioned HIM during his life on this earth.Thanked God for his talents and so forth. The Bible says seek and you shall find ,Knock and the door shall be opened . I beleive MJ was seeking he would always ask about peoples beliefs and said he read everything. He didn&#8217;t have much choice as a young boy but to become a super star. I read he had many conviction of what he had to portray. He got sucked in by the world and in the end tried to get back to God like the prodigal son.I could go on and on but I personally beleive if he was seeking God gave him a chance to become saved.Love and Blessing to you all</p>
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		<title>By: jessidawnh</title>
		<link>http://matt-summers.com/2009/06/26/a-christian-response-to-michael-jacksons-death/#comment-530</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your message about not judging other people was very helpful, and I appreciated that you put actual biblical verses in there to support your point. I&#039;m very aware that many people tend to call themselves Christians, but like the quotes at the top, they judge others, and condem others. God calls us to be loving and to love people like he does. And you are very correct that Jesus was NEVER say anything like that. A national surevey stated that out of all the people that come into restaurants and public places, workers said that the Church groups and the Christians are the people that they hate serving the most. We tend to call ourselves Christians, and that somehow gives us the right to tell people what is right and wrong and we tend to be the most judgemental and persecting of all. It&#039;s sad to think that we are doing just the opposite of what Jesus called us to do, and we doing it in God&#039;s name. That gives a bad rep to Christians. We need to be loving and kind to everyone, and show people that they are accepted and that when they come to Christ, they will be loved and they won&#039;t be judged when they sin, because we all sin. As for Michael Jackson, I didn&#039;t grow up with his music because I was born after that time period, but I&#039;ve grown and interst in him and have taken a liking to his music. I&#039;ve found several quotes from him on God and on Jesus. “When I see children, I see the face of God. That&#039;s why I love them so much. That&#039;s what I see,” said Jackson. “I&#039;m trying to imitate Jesus in the fact that he said to be like children, to love children, to be as pure as children and to make yourself as innocent and to see the world through eyes of wonderment and the whole magical quality of it all.” At one point, Michael even told told a story from the bible about when the disciples are fighting over who is the greatest, and Jesus said that whoever is an innocent and like a child is of great worth in the Kingdom of God. Therefore, I feel that we don&#039;t have the right to say whether Michael is truely in Heaven of Hell. We tend to prejudge people and assume that just because they look different, or because they&#039;ve made mistakes and been through hard times, then that means that they didn&#039;t know God. I&#039;m not saying that he is in Heaven, but I am saying that it isn&#039;t up to us to decide that. And by all means, I hope and pray that he will be in Heaven when I arrive, because that would mean another human life is in Heaven. Thanks for the scripture, and I enjoyed reading all the comments. God Bless]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your message about not judging other people was very helpful, and I appreciated that you put actual biblical verses in there to support your point. I&#8217;m very aware that many people tend to call themselves Christians, but like the quotes at the top, they judge others, and condem others. God calls us to be loving and to love people like he does. And you are very correct that Jesus was NEVER say anything like that. A national surevey stated that out of all the people that come into restaurants and public places, workers said that the Church groups and the Christians are the people that they hate serving the most. We tend to call ourselves Christians, and that somehow gives us the right to tell people what is right and wrong and we tend to be the most judgemental and persecting of all. It&#8217;s sad to think that we are doing just the opposite of what Jesus called us to do, and we doing it in God&#8217;s name. That gives a bad rep to Christians. We need to be loving and kind to everyone, and show people that they are accepted and that when they come to Christ, they will be loved and they won&#8217;t be judged when they sin, because we all sin. As for Michael Jackson, I didn&#8217;t grow up with his music because I was born after that time period, but I&#8217;ve grown and interst in him and have taken a liking to his music. I&#8217;ve found several quotes from him on God and on Jesus. “When I see children, I see the face of God. That&#8217;s why I love them so much. That&#8217;s what I see,” said Jackson. “I&#8217;m trying to imitate Jesus in the fact that he said to be like children, to love children, to be as pure as children and to make yourself as innocent and to see the world through eyes of wonderment and the whole magical quality of it all.” At one point, Michael even told told a story from the bible about when the disciples are fighting over who is the greatest, and Jesus said that whoever is an innocent and like a child is of great worth in the Kingdom of God. Therefore, I feel that we don&#8217;t have the right to say whether Michael is truely in Heaven of Hell. We tend to prejudge people and assume that just because they look different, or because they&#8217;ve made mistakes and been through hard times, then that means that they didn&#8217;t know God. I&#8217;m not saying that he is in Heaven, but I am saying that it isn&#8217;t up to us to decide that. And by all means, I hope and pray that he will be in Heaven when I arrive, because that would mean another human life is in Heaven. Thanks for the scripture, and I enjoyed reading all the comments. God Bless</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth</title>
		<link>http://matt-summers.com/2009/06/26/a-christian-response-to-michael-jacksons-death/#comment-525</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think  his death was not an acident. the docter had to be doing something to bring his death on. may people think that he was asking for the drugs or begging for them but i have to disagree with this stament. the truth, only God will know what really went on. he will tell us . i may only be 10 but i do have an opinion. now you all know.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think  his death was not an acident. the docter had to be doing something to bring his death on. may people think that he was asking for the drugs or begging for them but i have to disagree with this stament. the truth, only God will know what really went on. he will tell us . i may only be 10 but i do have an opinion. now you all know.</p>
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		<title>By: SoCalGal</title>
		<link>http://matt-summers.com/2009/06/26/a-christian-response-to-michael-jacksons-death/#comment-518</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SoCalGal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debbie, I wish you all the joy in the world as you launch your website in tribute to Michael Jackson, surely one of God&#039;s angels here on earth.  Michael, like Jesus Christ, was SO misunderstood!  Why do so many people-- even Christians!--believe he was a child molester?  Well, most people are incapable of critically thinking for themselves.  They were influenced to believe the allegations by the presumed legitimacy of a biased mainstream media. This was wrong and continues to be wrong. To a high degree, mainstream media has gone tabloid and is very destructive to many people&#039;s lives, most especially Michael Jackson&#039;s. 

Michael Jackson always followed God&#039;s word, as best he knew it.  For example, to Walter who posted on July 1, 2009 at 12:57 pm, did you know that Michael Jackson was forced by his insurance carrier to settle the false claims of Evan Chandler, a desperate crook if ever there was one?  If you don&#039;t believe this, here&#039;s the court document.  Please read it carefully.  http://tinyurl.com/kw5aft

Now listen to an interview with two men who knew Michael quite well.  http://thesportsinterview.com/mjackson.html

Now listen to a statement by someone who witnessed to Michael Jackson a few years before he died.
http://darkchild.com/dctv/video/my-thoughts-loss-mj

Now read about someone we all know, who&#039;s a committed Christian, and what he says about Michael&#039;s faith.
http://tinyurl.com/nd6a2d

To those on this thread who believe it&#039;s their &quot;Christian duty&quot; to judge Michael Jackson, I say, &quot;How dare you.  You need to get on your knees tonight and ask God to forgive you for judging a man you don&#039;t even know, have never met, and cannot possibly understand.&quot;

Debbie, you are absolutely correct.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Debbie, I wish you all the joy in the world as you launch your website in tribute to Michael Jackson, surely one of God&#8217;s angels here on earth.  Michael, like Jesus Christ, was SO misunderstood!  Why do so many people&#8211; even Christians!&#8211;believe he was a child molester?  Well, most people are incapable of critically thinking for themselves.  They were influenced to believe the allegations by the presumed legitimacy of a biased mainstream media. This was wrong and continues to be wrong. To a high degree, mainstream media has gone tabloid and is very destructive to many people&#8217;s lives, most especially Michael Jackson&#8217;s. </p>
<p>Michael Jackson always followed God&#8217;s word, as best he knew it.  For example, to Walter who posted on July 1, 2009 at 12:57 pm, did you know that Michael Jackson was forced by his insurance carrier to settle the false claims of Evan Chandler, a desperate crook if ever there was one?  If you don&#8217;t believe this, here&#8217;s the court document.  Please read it carefully.  <a href="http://tinyurl.com/kw5aft" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/kw5aft</a></p>
<p>Now listen to an interview with two men who knew Michael quite well.  <a href="http://thesportsinterview.com/mjackson.html" rel="nofollow">http://thesportsinterview.com/mjackson.html</a></p>
<p>Now listen to a statement by someone who witnessed to Michael Jackson a few years before he died.<br />
<a href="http://darkchild.com/dctv/video/my-thoughts-loss-mj" rel="nofollow">http://darkchild.com/dctv/video/my-thoughts-loss-mj</a></p>
<p>Now read about someone we all know, who&#8217;s a committed Christian, and what he says about Michael&#8217;s faith.<br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/nd6a2d" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/nd6a2d</a></p>
<p>To those on this thread who believe it&#8217;s their &#8220;Christian duty&#8221; to judge Michael Jackson, I say, &#8220;How dare you.  You need to get on your knees tonight and ask God to forgive you for judging a man you don&#8217;t even know, have never met, and cannot possibly understand.&#8221;</p>
<p>Debbie, you are absolutely correct.</p>
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		<title>By: Debbie</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debbie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One additional thing.  Someone mentioned that Michael&#039;s life, like all of us, our &quot;walk&quot; can be judged by the fruit we produce.  I think this is another area where there is a lot of misinformation about Michael Jackson.  He supported over 39 charities and visited orphanages and children&#039;s hospitals in every single place that he went.  How many of us can say that?  One example.  There was a little boy who needed a liver who would die without one.  Michael was pivotal in helping find a liver for the boy and then paid for his operation.  Here&#039;s a quote for you (one of many where Michael mentions his faith)....&quot;I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.&quot;  And another....&quot;I believe in God and love God.&quot;  I really want the truth to get out there.  I think it&#039;s very important.  Someone else mentioned that Michael was of the world and that is very judgemental.  The world didn&#039;t love him per se.  He went through many trials and tribulations.  The press hounded him.  He was mocked and made fun of.  The charges were false (if you want to know more, sign up for the website I mentioned in my other post www.mjsite.homestead.com) There you will find the truth about the payout and the allegations, the truth about the people behind the allegations.  I am talking to the people who knew.  People like the woman who worked as the legal secretary of the lawyer for the accusser&#039;s father.  She actually witnessed Michael Jackson being set up for extortion by the boy&#039;s father.  The 2005 trial case also is loaded with misinformation.  You need to know the history of the people behind the allegations.  I just ask that everyone get informed and not make judgement.  Most people don&#039;t know the truth in regards to Michael.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One additional thing.  Someone mentioned that Michael&#8217;s life, like all of us, our &#8220;walk&#8221; can be judged by the fruit we produce.  I think this is another area where there is a lot of misinformation about Michael Jackson.  He supported over 39 charities and visited orphanages and children&#8217;s hospitals in every single place that he went.  How many of us can say that?  One example.  There was a little boy who needed a liver who would die without one.  Michael was pivotal in helping find a liver for the boy and then paid for his operation.  Here&#8217;s a quote for you (one of many where Michael mentions his faith)&#8230;.&#8221;I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.&#8221;  And another&#8230;.&#8221;I believe in God and love God.&#8221;  I really want the truth to get out there.  I think it&#8217;s very important.  Someone else mentioned that Michael was of the world and that is very judgemental.  The world didn&#8217;t love him per se.  He went through many trials and tribulations.  The press hounded him.  He was mocked and made fun of.  The charges were false (if you want to know more, sign up for the website I mentioned in my other post <a href="http://www.mjsite.homestead.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.mjsite.homestead.com</a>) There you will find the truth about the payout and the allegations, the truth about the people behind the allegations.  I am talking to the people who knew.  People like the woman who worked as the legal secretary of the lawyer for the accusser&#8217;s father.  She actually witnessed Michael Jackson being set up for extortion by the boy&#8217;s father.  The 2005 trial case also is loaded with misinformation.  You need to know the history of the people behind the allegations.  I just ask that everyone get informed and not make judgement.  Most people don&#8217;t know the truth in regards to Michael.</p>
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