Ah, let's see. First, Daniel and his buds accepted three years of the finest higher education that Babylon had to offer. That's right, they did not refuse higher education; they could have preached full-time to the Babylonians, but they did not. Second, this education was of the language and literature of the Babylonians, involving specifically the kind of learning that the official magicians and enchanters of the kingdom would have. Stuff like spiritism and the religion of Babylon itself. Third, they were concerned about their diet but had no expressed concern over adopting pagan names -- names that glorified Babylonian gods. Fourth, at the end of their course of education, they began to work in government in service of the king. After Daniel gave the king valuable assistance in interpreting his dream, he and his buds were given lofty government jobs -- Daniel became governor of the province of Babylon and the others became administrators on his behalf. Would a JW similarly go to university, study a subject steeped in the "false knowledge of the world", take on pagan names honoring false gods worshipped around you, and after graduation accept lofty government jobs?
Was Daniel seperate from the world?
by JimmyPage 12 Replies latest jw friends
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Kenneson
Everyone knows that the Watchtower Society was working in the government service of the U.N.! LOL
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Confession
The WTS will no doubt explain that "that was then, this is now." And yet, whenever it is convenient, they will immediately present another Old Testament story to support one of their modern-day teachings. Sometimes the OT applies to today, and sometimes it doesn't, y'see. The yardstick? Does it support their ever-changing "present truth" at the moment?