A rite is a rite is a rite. He performed a rite, basing it several things, including the restored gospel. Performance art does not normally include a rite as such. He doesn't seem to be an artist, rather a student of the esoteric. There's a huge difference. Inviting only 144 people does not denote performance art, but a rite. Performance art is something that makes people interested in experiencing, not so they look upon the author as a prophetic teacher, which Eric's s-i-l obviously did. I've studied enough stuff on fallen saints to know an apostate when I smell him. If he has a following, it isn't performance art. It is a religious movement. Especially if he is teaching things which are not a part of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Using the Enoch calendar and the archangels in his rite, are not things we normally associate with LDS functions. I just don't see my bishop coming to me and saying, "Gary, would you set up the next ward social. Oh, and we want you to have the archangels giving blessings to the members and we'll do some temple things while we're at it...." Sorry, don't try to excuse him. If Eric is right, and why should we doubt his description of the event? Then Pratt is off his LDS rocker.
K'aya K'ama, Gerald/gary Smith gszion1 @juno.com http://www .geocities.com/rameumptom/index.html "No one is as hopelessly enslaved as the person who thinks he's free." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Steven Montgomery: I'm a fan of the truth, not necessarily John Pratt. Yet, In the spirit of Moses 6: 63 I have found much of John Pratt's research to be valid and based on the truth. I admit that some of John Pratt's research is in the area of speculation (which he himself will readily admit) and find myself putting some of his ideas on "back burners" so to speak. I found Eric Samuelson's criticism a bit harsh, but this was probably to be expected as he knew little about it going in. I see his program as no more strange than for a backyard gathering of amateur astronomers--which is what John Pratt is. Here is an excerpt from what John Pratt says himself about the "Feast of Trumpets" program in an email message promoting it: ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
