Ulingo lweSalem Witch lubulale ishumi elinesibhozo kuphela, utshilo uMnu D’Souza. Kwaye iNkundla yamaRoma yokuNcina amakholwa yabulala abangama-2 000 kuphela kwiminyaka engama-300! Ngelixa abantu abangakholelwayo kubukho bukaThixo banokubanga uStalin, uMao… uluhlu lwakhe lwaqhubeka.
'Ukungakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo, hayi inkolo, ngoyena nobangela wokubulawa kwabantu abaninzi embalini,' wavakalisa ngoloyiso. 'Ndicinga ukuba amaHitchen ekupheleni kosuku afanele ukuba akhwaza esithi' Enkosi uThixo ngobuKristu. '
Kwangoko uMnu D'Souza wayeyivulile le ngxoxo, exhaswa yi-Intercollegiate Study Institute kunye neKing's College ngesihloko esithi 'Ngaba ubuKrestu yingxaki?' kwinqaku elilula ngakumbi.
'Andikholelwa kwii-unicorn,' utshilo, 'kodwa andibhalanga ncwadi ngalo mbandela.' Oku yayikukugrumba 'kokulwa' kwabantu abatsha abangakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo: 'URichard Dawkins, uSam Harris, kunye noMnumzana Hitchens.
Utyhola ngelithi amaxabiso afunyanwa ngabantu abangakholelwayo kubukho bukaThixo-ukungavisisani, isidima somntu, ukulingana, ukungathandi ingcinezelo, imfesane njengolulutho ekuhlaleni-eneneni 'weza ehlabathini evela kubuKrestu,' enkosi.
UMnu Hitchens uthathe iqonga ngeglasi yeplastiki yolwelo olunombala omnyama kwaye wabulela 'ubuchule obothusayo nobuhle, abasebenzi kunye nabafundi baseKing's College.'
(I alarm yakhe ngokungathandabuzekiyo ngokuyinxenye yayiqulathe ukuthetha phambi kwaba bantu: Iinjongo zeKing's College kukufundisa abafundi bayo 'ngokuzibophelela kwiinyani zobuKristu nakwimbono yehlabathi eseBible.')
Ku Mnu. Hitchens, ezo nyaniso zinemvelaphi enzulu nangaphezulu kunaleyo, kuba 'ubumbano lomntu lwandulela ukukholelwa kuThixo omnye.'
UThixo, njengoko amaKristu emchaza, watsho, 'nguzwilakhe wasezulwini' oza 'kuqhubeka nokugweba nokusitshutshisa nasemva kokuba sifile.'
Uqukumbele wathi, 'sinethamsanqa ukuba singabinabungqina boku.'
Emva koko kwafika i-zingers: 'Ayiyonto yokuziphatha ukuxoka kubantwana kunye nabantu abangazi nto-ukuba baxelele ukuba banokusindiswa. Ayilunganga. Le [ingcamango yokugwetywa] yenye yezona ngcinga zingendawo kwezakha zashunyayelwa. ' Nabashumayeli bayo?
'Abantu abakhohlakeleyo, abazondayo abantwana.'
Umntu othile ukhanyise uMnu.Hitchens uphawu 'lwemizuzu emibini'.
Andifuni mizuzu mibini ukugqiba ngale nkolo! ' wakhala.
Kodwa wenza. Wakhumbuza abaphulaphuli ukuba amashumi amawaka eminyaka, abantu babephila iminyaka engama-20 okanye engama-25 ngaphambi kokuba 'babhubhe ziintsholongwane.' AmaKristu, wathi, akholelwa ukuba izulu libukele oku iminyaka engama-98,000 kwaye ngequbuliso bathatha isigqibo sokungenelela kwiminyaka engama-2 000 eyadlulayo 'ngokubingelela ngabantu abangcolileyo kwindawo esePalestine.' Oku 'akunakukholelwa ngumntu ocinga,' utshilo, ukuqhwaba izandla.
Kwaye kwafika ithuba lika Mnu D’Souza kwakhona. Ndivakalelwa ngathi yingcongconi kwikholoni ye-nudist, utshilo. Ndizama ukugqiba ukuba ndiqale ngaphi! '
Waqala ngoKrestu, 'oyena mntu ululamileyo wakha wabonwa ngamehlo emhlabeni, utshilo,' izimvo zakhe zilenzele ilizwe. '
Uqikelele ukuba kumaHitchen ahluphekileyo, 'amasango esihogo atshixiwe ngaphakathi.' Kungenxa yokuba, sikhululekile ukuba silwamkele okanye silugatye usindiso, kwaye ukuba siyalugatya, 'uThixo ethandabuza esinika umnqweno wethu.' Isihlwele siyayithanda le nto.
Emva koko sabuyela kuMnumzana Hitchens, owathi sonke siyivile ingxoxo yokuba ngaphandle kwenkolo, 'siza kwehla kwisiphithiphithi,' kodwa 'ngaba ikhona into engavumelekanga kwabo bathi banoThixo kwicala labo?'
Ukuqhubela phambili 'ukubuza imibuzo,' eya kuhamba ngolu hlobo lulandelayo: D'Souza: Siphila njani kwindalo elungelelaniswe kakuhle? Indawo: Sikwinkqubo encinci yelanga kwikona encinci yendalo yonke. Ilanga liya kuthi ekugqibeleni lisibilise siphila. Similiselwe kumda omkhulu weemela. Uyilo oluthile. Umyili othile!
Ke, ngokwesiko kwiingxoxo mpikiswano ngesi sihloko, yayi… ibuyele kubuzwilakhe! Indawo: Akukho nto iphambili malunga nefascism. UHitler walincoma ibandla laseMein Kampf. '
D'Souza: 'AmaHitchens asondela kuHitler, eshiya ubuKomanisi obungafumanekiyo. Khange akhankanye Mao, Pol Pot, Kim Jong Il… '
Indawo: 'Bah!' (ethatha isiselo).
'Thatha iRussia ngo-1917. Ngaba akunjalo ukuba kangangeenkulungwane bexelelwe ukuba intloko yabo ingaphezulu komntu? Kule nto kuye kwazalwa intshontsho kunye nokuzonwabisa okufanayo. '
D'Souza: 'UbuKristu bunezinto ezininzi zokuphendula ngazo. Kungenxa yoko le nto sinoxolelo. Kodwa hayi ngoMao, uStalin, uHitler-abantu ngewayebususile emhlabeni ukuba babenako, njengo-Christopher Hitchens! '
Emva koko, ixesha lemibuzo neempendulo laqala. Umnumzana Hitchens, ebambelela etywaleni njengakwimeko yakhe, wathi owona mmangaliso awuthandayo kulapho amanzi aguqulwa aba yiwayini. Umnumzana D'Souza waphinda wathi uguquko alunakuphendula ngokuziphatha. Umnumzana Hitchens wathi xa wayengusoshiyali, wayekunandipha ukuphalaza igazi. Umnumzana D'Souza uthe oku kungenxa yokuba uMnu.Hitchens wakhulela kwi-Christian Yurophu. UMnu Hitchens wathi 'Yhu!'
Kwaye uMnu D'Souza wafumana ilizwi lokugqibela, evakalisa ukuba 'umntu ongakholelwayo kubukho bukaThixo uyacaphuka phantsi kwemithetho yehlabathi esinoxanduva lokuphendula kulo. Ukungakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo asikokuvukela kwengqondo, kukuziphatha okuhle. '
Phew. Kweli nqanaba nabani na wayenokuxolelwa ngokungxama eqongeni ukuba athathe indebe kaMnu Hitchens ayiphose emqaleni.
Umnumzana Hitchens walibala eqongeni lakhe njengoko isihlwele siqhwaba izandla, kujongeka ngathi kukho enye into afuna ukuyithetha.
Akazange. Kwaye xa uMnu D’Souza encumile kwaye ebulisa abalandeli eqongeni, etyikitya ikopi yencwadi yakhe entsha, uMnu. Hitchens wangena emnyango.
'UChristopher usetyenziselwa ukuhambisa abachasi bakhe ngomsindo, utshilo uMnu D'Souza Umjongi ngalo lonke ulonwabo lobukhwenkwe lomcebisi womgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle oneminyaka engama-26 kuRonald Reagan . (Ngoku uneminyaka engama-46.) 'Ndiye ndabona iingxoxo zakhe ezimbalwa, kwaye bakwicala elinye kwicala lakhe. Ndizimisele ukuba ngumlinganiso. '
Uqikelele ukuba wenze kanye loo nto.
Ndiziva ndonwabe kakhulu ngayo, kwaye ndijonge phambili ekuthatheni abanye abantu abangakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo ngoku, utshilo echwayitile.
UKiley Humphries, 22, owayengu Mongameli weQela labaFundi abaQinisekileyo oMdaka waseKing's College, wayemi kufutshane.
Ndivakalelwa kukuba uphumelele u-Dinesh, kuba andiziva ngathi ama-Hitchen akhe awuphendula umbuzo othi, 'Ngaba ngenene aba bantu babesilwela ukungakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo?' 'Utshilo. Uye wathi ungowaseWichita, Kan, kwaye ukuba ngumfundi kwikholeji yamaKrestu eManhattan 'yinto ebangela umdla.'
Umnumzana Hitchens, okwangoku, ebesemngxunyeni ngaphandle, apho iqela elikhulu labafundi belihlanganisene khona ukuza kumbukela ekhusela umchasi ogama lingu Ryan Ryan ngubani owayenxibe isuti kwaye ekhwaza into ethile esithi: 'Ngokutsho kwabangakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo, kutheni kufanelekile ukuba sizigcine iintlobo?'
Yintoni eyakho impendulo? ' wakhwaza omnye umfazi kumceli mngeni kaHitchens. Umjongi yayimangalisiwe.
'Thula ke usayine ezinye iincwadi!' yakhwaza enye indoda.
Umnumzana Hitchens uligcinile ilizwi lakhe liphantsi kwaye wabuyela kumchasi wakhe ngentlonelo, egcina isantya semibuzo engxolayo.
Ekugqibeleni wazama, ngomoya oxolisayo, ukubaleka. Umchasi wakhe, engonelisekanga, wakhwaza: 'Akukho sizathu sokulondolozwa kohlobo, Kulungile?
Umnumzana uSorba wayejongeka engxwelerhekile njengokuba wayesehla kwisitalato i-West 64th, kodwa intatheli eyayibamba naye yamfumana ekulungele ukucacisa ngakumbi.
NgokukaHitchens, isimilo asiyonto ngaphandle kokuchaphazeleka kwemichiza kwingqondo, ucacisile uMnu.Sorba. Ukuba ukulunga nokungalunganga kugqitywe lithuku, kunokuba kuthetha ukuba asiyonto ngaphandle koopopayi benyama yemfuzo abajinga kwimitya ye-DNA yethu!
Mnu.Sorba, kuvela, yinto yodumo kwisekethe yamaxabiso osapho; owayesakuba yikholeji iRiphabhlikhi onika intetho kwiikholeji zekholeji kwezi ntsuku zibizwa ngokuba yi-The Born Gay Hoax, malunga nokuba ubufanasini abunabo na ubufuzo. ( Nantsi uRyan Sorba kwiYouTube! )
Xa sele ngokupheleleyo, uMnu Hitchens wajonga ngamehlo beagle.
'Maqabane?' Wadibana nalamadoda mabini asecaleni kwakhe, akhomba indawo ebekuyo imoto yakhe.
'Andiziva ndingcono,' wambombozela.
