{"id":515,"date":"2007-02-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-07T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/02\/voice-of-the-day-thomas-merton-5.html"},"modified":"2007-02-07T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-07T09:00:00","slug":"voice-of-the-day-thomas-merton-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/02\/voice-of-the-day-thomas-merton-5.html","title":{"rendered":"Voice of the Day: Thomas Merton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The big question, however, is the validity of the protest as communication. Is the current protest making any real headway in re-educating us, in giving us a new attitude toward war? 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