Article April 11, 1994 Issue

Letters to the press—and other articles

Victor Westberg—<i>March 29, 1993</i>

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Christian Scientist parents' right to practice their religious beliefs was called into question recently in Missouri. ...

Conflict between allegiance to the authority of the state and allegiance to religion in an individual's life dates back to biblical times. Christian Scientists, who are students of the Bible, recall the example of the young boy Daniel, an Israelite, who was brought into the king of Babylon's house as a child for training and special care.

For three years, Daniel and a group of chosen children were to partake of a "daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king" (Dan. 1:5).

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