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Jeannette Yakel asks how God could permit cruelty to animals and their suffering. Merton offers a response.
Jeannette Yakel writes from Green Island, New York.
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See also one published letter from Merton to Yakel in The Road to Joy, p. 347.
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1967/02/28 |
TLS to Merton |
Lately I have become aware of all the cruelty to animals that goes on in the world and it torments |
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«detailed view» |
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1967/03/21 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Any question about unjust and useless suffering is difficult to answer, and I must admit that I |
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«detailed view» |
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