Voltaire’s Prediction
IllustrationHistorical Account★★★★The French philosopher Voltaire declared in 1776, “One hundred years from today, there will not be a Bible on the earth except one that is looked upon by an antiquarian curiosity seeker.” One hundred years after that declaration, Voltaire was long dead and his own house and press were being used to print and store Bibles by the Geneva Bible Society.
The point
Voltaire predicted in 1776 that the Bible would be nearly extinct within a century, but a hundred years later his own house was being used to print and store Bibles.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Ironic · Triumphant
To tell aloud
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