Night Train by A. L. Snijders

Author:A. L. Snijders
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780811228565
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 2021-10-05T00:00:01+00:00

MESSAGE

You seldom encounter Christians who say nothing about Jesus. That is logical, for his message is: Tell everyone, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. And Christians are not alone in having these claims, Muslims are also unfailingly convinced they are correct. As an atheist you can do no right.

Part of my family is vegetarian, I eat meat and must often pay for my bloodthirstiness with mockery. I have become accustomed to being taunted about this by Christians, Mohammedans, and vegetarians. But sometimes there is a chance for revenge.

I’m driving in the car with my vegetarians from Gorssel to Deventer. To the right, I see a cat coming out of the grass on the shoulder, mesmerized by his prey on the far side of the road. I see that he will suddenly accelerate — I know my animals — and will cross the road without any self-restraint. I honk the horn passionately for a long time, I wake him out of his trance, I save his life. The vegetarians haven’t noticed anything. The Christians also don’t notice that I love my neighbor, to say nothing of the Mohammedans. I myself say nothing about it, because I live without messages.

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