CONSIDER THIS: Last Words of Famous Atheists

Can you guess which famous atheist figure in the history of Western civilization said these words on his deathbed: “I have swallowed nothing but smoke. I have intoxicated myself with the incense that turned my head. I am abandoned by God and man.”

Those have been claimed as the words of the 17th-18th Century French satirist, writer and historian, François-Marie Arouet, AKA Voltaire. He was blessed to live in the same age as John Locke, William Shakespeare and Sir Isaac Newton.

But for all of Voltaire’s abundant wit and intelligence, he, like every man and woman, upon drawing his last breath faced the ultimate test of his beliefs. In the following 8:53 video, Taylor Alesia reviews Voltaire’s last words and those of a number of other famous atheists as they faced eternity.

To be sure, there are questions about the accuracy of the last words uttered by more than a few famous figures in history, none more so perhaps than Voltaire. But such issues around specific individuals do not change the reality all men and woman face – namely, that we will draw our last breathe and enter eternity.

What then? Jesus said He went to prepare a place for His followers to spend eternity with Him. Before you simply dismiss His words, perhaps you should check out the evidence for His literal resurrection because if He did rise from the dead, then everything He said about Himself — and each of us — must be true:

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