On his deathbed, a priest reportedly asked Voltaire to renounce Satan and all his works. Voltaire is said to have replied:
>"Now, now, my good man, this is no time to be making enemies."

>>17818761 (OP)
>reportedly asked
>said to have replied

>>17818766
You know that is like 99% of historical "anecdotes" right?

>>17818761 (OP)
>>17818769
I bet you watch the Bill Maher show and think hes clever.

>>17818785
I don't know who that is.

>>17818798
You have the same humor style as him and that isn't a compliment.

>>17818761 (OP)

The dark side is that Voltaire was the typical whore intellectual who sold his wits and clout to the highest bidder.

This is best exemplified by his relationship with Catherine the Great. It turns out you can rule a completely shithole and actively make serfdom worse at the time when abolitionism was already gaining grounds in intellectual circles, but as long you paid well to Voltaire, you were the examplar of an enlightened ruler and all your enemies were painted as the ones who were backward.

>>17818761 (OP)
>I occasionally find myself being sad, so it's okay for you to be slowly lowered into this wood chipper.
- Voltaire

>>17818809
In his life, he never found a royal asshole he would not have gladly taken residence in.

Don't know anything about the guy really, but I read Candide in college and it was kino.

Reddit "philosopher"

>>17818891
Haha! You said Reddit! VERY cool!

To know who holds power of you learn who you cannot criticize. This statement is still correct.

>>17818809
>typical whore intellectual
Calling him an intellectual is a massive stretch. He was a pompous buffon

>>17819148
Not a Voltaire quote

>>17818891
>Reddit "philosopher"
>rabid antisemite

What did they mean by this?

>>17819379
So? Redditors hate Israel.

>>17819865
wtf I love reddit now

>>17819865
redditors hate ethnic nationalism because they're ll communists

>>17818761 (OP)
The nigga is getting way too much credit for somebody who got thoroughly teabagged by De Sade.

Some hardcore gooner who spent all of his life gooning still had enough brain cells left to point out the disastrous effects of his rabid atheism.

>>17818761 (OP)
>kek
Maybe you'll bump into him when you're thrashing around in the agony of hellfire!

>>17819908
>nigga
Rope.

>>17820182
You go to Heaven for the weather and Hell for the company.

>>17818761 (OP)
>the priest's face when

>>17818809
I don't blame him for it considering the world he was born into. Basically all of Europe was some flavour of absolutist monarchy, cba at that point just get the bag.

>>17818761 (OP)
It was very mean when he betrayed Frederick the Greta's trust and published his Anti-Machiavelli essay

>>17820592
>the Greta
Cursed image

>>17818761 (OP)
Recommended read: "Dying Testimonies Of Saved And Unsaved" (1898)

Bone chilling and solemn warning.

>>17821736
So all non Christians die while screaming in agony? Any Chinese or Indian can confirm?

>>17821757
These are people who rejected Jesus Christ. The book doesn't mention anything about people who never heard of Him.

>>17821760
I'm sure they all heard about him now. I mean, they have the Internet. What about Japanese? Do you have some statistics?

>>17821773
By the way, how does this even work, lol? So people who never heard of him simply die?

>>17821773
You either know the Jesus of the bible and His gospel or you don't know him at all. Most people in say, China, have never been preached the real Jesus.

>>17821778
“For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;” (Romans 2:12)

People who never heard the gospel will be judged by their works. Not a good deal, but better than what Christ rejectors will be getting:

“Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.” (Matthew 11:21-22)