tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795226602902322377.post5399193096451016970..comments2022-03-01T06:03:09.079-08:00Comments on ARR: prophecy comin' atcha, frat boys!Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550668385197677641noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795226602902322377.post-73735691341665712212011-09-21T12:59:19.396-07:002011-09-21T12:59:19.396-07:00"Prophetic rhetoric is not civil; it rudely i..."Prophetic rhetoric is not civil; it rudely interrupts the amnesiac reveling of the culture to throw down transcendent mandates."<br /><br />Do Mormon (I'm not typing the whole name out) prophets fit this bill? I always felt that General Conference was more epideictic. Perhaps on occasion it "interrupts the amnesiac reveling of the culture," (recently Packer, or Julie Beck in October '07...and those seem like stretches..and Sis. Beck isn't technically one of the 15 prophets) but not regularly. But perhaps this is just a distinction between "prophet" and "prophetic rhetoric."<br /><br />I'm sure, though, that this is the approach you take with your calling, right? That demographic always responds well to authoritarian confrontation.Jon W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11921706535375215040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795226602902322377.post-82690576104387101322011-09-17T10:42:01.625-07:002011-09-17T10:42:01.625-07:00Poetry? Blech.
Just kidding. Thanks for the tip-...Poetry? Blech. <br /><br />Just kidding. Thanks for the tip--I'll check it out. Every time I hear (rather than read) the phrase "American prophet," I'm always looking for the double entendre. Indeed, America loves its prophits.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550668385197677641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795226602902322377.post-64435966399758498892011-09-16T17:15:30.697-07:002011-09-16T17:15:30.697-07:00You oughta check out a recent volume of poetry by ...You oughta check out a recent volume of poetry by Robert Fanning-- "American Prophet."humgradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533780799648370573noreply@blogger.com