Postmodernism, the New Nebuchadnezzar
Reflections on Daniel: Postmodernism, the New Nebuchadnezzar This is an age that is faced with a similar situation that was faced by Daniel. Daniel was faced by a king who demanded that the Babylonian gods be worshipped. He was convinced that the gods of other nations, including Israel’s, could not compare with the gods of Babylon. Anyone who defied worshipping the Babylonian gods would even face death because they would have both denied the king and the gods. That would be referred to nothing else but utter disrespectful defiance. One may ask the how is that similar to our world - I mean isn’t that kind of dictatorship absent in many of our countries. The king now, like Nebuchadnezzar then is post modernism. A belief that there is no objective truth and truth is now subjective. This can be seen when people encourage each other to just believe in whatever works for them. If you want to believe in God: good for you. If you don’t believe in God: it is still good
