zone was attempting to use the prophecies of Daniel as incontrovertable evidence for the divinity of Scripture. But in order to do that, we need to provide historical reasons to accept its claims as to when it was written and what events it was describing. It doesn't do to start with the assumption that it must be true prophecy and then try to fit it to future events; if you do that, then it can never be used as evidence of true prophecy. For it to be evidence, you have to provide sufficient basis, from the record itself, for choosing the prophetic explanation over any other.