Verse 12 is crucial and has much wider application than just the book of Daniel. "Since you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before God". There are many who want knowledge or understanding, but few who humble themselves before God. As it says in Proverbs the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. When we seek knowledge without humbling ourselves we inevitably become fools, pride will take over at some point, we make knowledge an idol. Evolution is a case in point. Now let me make my position clear. I believe God actively created all things, I think it took billions of years, and I am perfectly happy to accept that we can find a process, or processes that will describe an awful lot of it, perhaps even all of it (in physical terms). I am quite happy to accept that evolution played a role, possibly more than micro-evolution. However, it seems from all the evidence that there is no way evolution can possibly explain all the development of life in all its variety.
Now consider how some evolutionists react when evolution theory is challenged. They have made an idol out of evolution, and so their thinking becomes futile. Now I am not applying this to all evolutionary scientists, it more to the Dawkins types. Many are just seeking to good science. But if we do not humble ourselves before God we make an idol out of things and end up as fools.
So if we want to gain understanding humbling ourselves is essential.
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