Remember that Old Testament Story?

I would like to take a moment to tell you all a story about a man named Daniel. He lived among the gentiles as a Hebrew. He was a good and faithful man and was loved by his God and the King. But one day for no other reason then the DREAMS of the King, Daniel found himself having to choose between the laws of his government and the laws of his God.

Daniel, being a good and righteous man, chose his God and without protest or rioting went about his life in his normal manners disregarding, but not disrespecting the orders of the king.

Well, when the Kings people saw this they were outraged. They made great proclamations and grumbled about how disrespectful and unpatriotic Daniel was for not following every tiny minuscule regulation decreed by his King.

Even though the King loved Daniel, he let the anger of the people harden his heart and soon he too was livid at the fact that Daniel could be so disobedient.

And so to prove his point the King had Daniel thrown into the Lion's Den where he would be eaten alive in a gruesome and telling death. The King would make an example out of Daniel.

Only Daniel didn't get eaten because Daniel didn't do anything wrong in God's eyes. He chose to follow what was right over a puffed up King's stupid dream and because of that, he was rewarded by the one and only King who really matters.

Moral of the Story.

Just because it was declared by "The King" doesn't make it acceptable. Follow God (the Universe, your gut, you're higher conscious, your Jiminy Cricket, the Angel who sits on your shoulder, your Higher power), not the mad fantasies of a ruler and the masses who follow blindly.