Summary: God's chosen people, Judah, are allowed by God to be besieged and eventually captured and assimilated by Babylon (or the Sumerians, whichever you'd prefer). Daniel and the friends are among those who were captured; they are considered pretty and smart enough to be trained for service physically in front of the king.
Part of this training includes getting accustomed to the king's feast, but Daniel leads a protest against it, saying it goes against God's law. His supervisors put him to the test, giving him only veggies and water; and after only ten days, he already looks so much better than the others. He and the three friends turn out to be smarter than the others, too, and not only join the king's court, but become more accurate and useful than the usual star-watchers and magicians. [I'm sure nothing bad could ever befall these guys. Nope.]
Response: Eat your veggies? But seriously. I'm not one of those who will say that Christianity is "under attack" because people are deciding to not go to church. We are not in exile; we are not under siege: we have been in power for quite some time and have possibly been corrupted by it. I worry that the American church (and by extension, my church and me) is represented in the story by the 'other' contestants, happy to just eat whatever is given (media comes to mind). Just ten days could change someone that much. I believe it.
Hey, I'm back. Not that anyone reads, but I'm here. Trying for M-F again, this time apparently through the prophets that have stories. Might get to a gospel by Christmas, who knows.
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