Voltaire’s Final Words
When a person lives in fear of death without hope, death is a tragedy. Voltaire was an aggressive atheist. In speaking of Christ he once said, “Curse the wretch?” In twenty years, Christianity will be no more. My single hand will destroy the religion it took twelve apostles to lead.”
On his deathbed, a nurse who attended Voltaire was reported to have said, “For all the wealth in Europe, I would not see another atheist die.” On his deathbed he cried out, “I am abandoned by God and man. I will give you half of what I am worth if you give me six months of life. Then I shall go to hell and you will go with me. O Christ? O Jesus Christ.”
From a sermon by Ray Ellis, Victory in Times of Crisis, 6/14/2010