Voltaire makes a bold prediction, ends up being wrong in the most ironic possible way.

>Shortly before he died, the French philosopher [Voltaire]( https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Nicolas_de_Largilli%C3%A8re%2C_Fran%C3%A7ois-Marie_Arouet_dit_Voltaire_%28vers_1724-1725%29_-001.jpg) predicted from his Swiss home that in one hundred years the Bible would be a forgotten book, found only in museums. >When the one hundred years were up, Voltaire’s home was occupied by the Geneva Bible Society. _______________________________________ **Note:** This is often taken to be untrue due to some misleading sources out there which claim that this happened in Voltaire’s French chateau, which was actually used by the French Ministry of Culture. I did a little research, and found that this apparently is actually true, but that it had happened to his previous home in Switzerland, as this source claims. [Source]( http://www.ministers-best-friend.com/VOLTAIRE-His-Home-Used-As-BIBLE-SOCIETY--TRUTH-or-MYTH.html). __________________________________________________________ **Source:** Humes, James C. *Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous*. New York: Harper & Row, 1978. 161. Print. ______________________________________ **Further Reading:** [François-Marie Arouet / Voltaire]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire)