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 Preface
Anyone who reads the title of this new edition of “The Prophet” will probably ask: What does the question “Two gods or one changeable God?” have to do with what the animals must endure in our time? Are not both aspects of the subject on entirely different levels?
But anyone who goes after the causes of the suffering of animals – which are disdained, enslaved, reduced to a basic commodity and consumer good – will certainly come upon roots that lie in the religious practices of ancient times, of the Old Testament. The term “religious practices” already gives us pause, for religion is the sphere of communication with God and the divine. That this contact was aspired to or achieved by those responsible for the “practices” of ancient times must be put into question.
In what you will read on the following pages, not only the prophet speaks (although there is no dialogue with a contemporary this time), but many facts speak as well: many testimonies in word and image. They speak to us – and may the one who has ears to hear, listen! They will give us much to think about, and whoever uses his mind, for him a light may turn on. They will put questions to us, and whoever has a heart that still feels will sense the message. What lessons we draw from this and whether we reach a decision that is followed by action is up to each one of us.
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