Speaker analyzes Daniel's faith amidst adversity

For his God as he did aforetime. Now you can pick apart every phrase. And I love that Daniel refuses to change a thing when it says he knew the writing was signed. I mean, without that, couldn't he have feigned ignorance? Oh, almighty King Darius, I had no idea that that had been. I know I'm the chief president of the three, but those 120 princes did that without my knowledge of it. Even so, I'm so sorry. I prayed it was to God. Is that what you meant by the decree? I wouldn't think so. But now that I know it, that's the last I'll do that. Are we okay here? No. He knew. He's not going to feign ignorance in any of this. Next, when it says his windows were open, well, he could have closed them, right? And if I'm going to be religious, I guess I could at least do it behind closed doors. I'll do it in the privacy of my own home, and then hopefully, no one will know about it. We can maintain the naked public sphere, religiously speaking, but I can have it fully furnished with faith on the inside, where nobody has to know. Nope, not Daniel. He's going to leave those windows wide open. Now, next one, it says he kneeled upon his knees. He knelt. Do you remember, actually, in the Book of Mormon, when the Amulonites outlawed prayer and Alma and his people continued praying, but they did it in their hearts. Daniel could have done that. And I'm not casting shade on Alma and his people. Okay, sometimes, if that's a wise thing to do. But in Daniel's case, nope, I'm going to kneel with windows open, facing Jerusalem, as always, getting my sights on the sanctuary of God, staring off into the distance, wishing I were still there myself, but praying to him for all the world to see. And, yeah, I'm going to do it three times a day. Not three times at night or one time when I hope no one's watching. No broad daylight, three times. And the best part is at the end, as he did aforetime. I know the legality of this has changed. I know public opinion on this has changed. But what's right is still right, and what's wrong is still wrong. And though society reverses the polarities of virtue,