THE HOPELESS END OF ATHEISTS
The noted infidel Edward Gibbon's last words were, "All is now lost; finally lost, irrevocably lost; all is dark and doubtful." All his expectation was lost, all his hope was lost, all his light was lost and lost forever. His sun was setting to rise no more. [It might be well to note here that while HDM has published Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," his atheistic beliefs are not thereby advocated.] The educated atheist Hobbes flaunted himself in his atheism and for years went unrestrained in his attacks on God, the Bible, and Christianity, but the day came when his candle was going out and his tabernacle was being clouded in utter darkness. As he drew near to death, he said, "I am about to take a leap into the dark. I would be glad to find a hole to creep out of this world through." He was entering the domain of darkness from which he has never found a door that leads to light and God. -- "Endless Retribution," hdm0232, by H. H. Hooker
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