RE: The Story
August 24, 2022 at 5:19 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2022 at 5:24 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 24, 2022 at 2:48 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: Well, Daniel is arguably the most important book in Adventism. The entire denomination is built upon it's interpretation, so I'm aware there's a lot of meaning embedded in it. However, the difference here is that what is being interpreted by Adventists is the message that is being told to Daniel in the story.IDK if I’d call it mine. It’s the consensus of academia that Daniel is not a historical character.
Whereas your interpretation seems more meta: Daniel is a character in a different author's story, and that author is constructing this first-person narrative to embed a more abstract and symbolic story. Is that right?
So, yes, with respect to adventism, Daniel would be a character in someone else’s story, a story that has nothing to do with whatever you belive about it, if those comments about neurological explanations for the content of Daniel are typical of your thoughts on the matter.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
