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Daniel
Introduction
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3 4
5
6 7
8 9
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11 12
 Absurdities
 Science and History
 Contradictions
 Injustice
 Intolerance
 Cruelty and Violence
 Interpretation
 Prophecy
 Family Values
 Homosexuality
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Daniel: Absurdity
- In all matters of wisdom and understanding ... the king ... found them [Daniel and his friends]
ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers in his realm. 1:20
- Nebuchadnezzar built a statue of gold sixty cubits high and six cubits wide. Taking
a cubit to be 18 inches and assuming the depth to also be six cubits, this would give
a total volume of 270 cubic yards -- which would have probably been more than all of the gold in all of
the kingdoms of the world at that time. 3:1
- Daniel's three friends were cast into a fiery furnace, but were totally unaffected -- not even a hair was
singed. And they were joined by the Son of God (Jesus?), himself! At least that's who Nebuchadnezzar
thought it looked like. 3:25-27
- This part of the Bible was written by Nebuchadnezzar. 4:1-18
- Nebuchadnezzar eats grass, his hair becomes like eagle feathers and his nails like bird claws.
4:32-33
- A detached hand writes upon the wall, and when the king sees it "the joints of his
loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against the other." 5:5-6
- Daniel was cast into the lions' den, but they didn't hurt him since
God sent angel to shut the lions' mouths. 6:16-22
- God's hair is white (but you already knew that!). 7:9
- "I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it." (If Daniel couldn't understand his
visions, then how could anyone else?) This is the one true prophecy in the book of
Daniel: "none understood it." 8:27
Daniel sees a man fly swiftly. 9:21
- Daniel is literally "Touched By An Angel." 10:16
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