You may find what I did this afternoon rather interesting. I went to help an older woman from our church remove some old beams from the basement of her house/apt. The beams used to be part of her apt. before they cut out a section to finish off the attic. Anyway, the beams are original to this house which belonged to Voltaire’s family. This is where he was apparently born (1694). There is even on the roof a big bust of him (see attached picture). I couldn’t help but keep one of these beams. I’m sure if the historical/cultural society knew what we were doing (taking them to the dump even though they were almost all rotten), they would not have been too happy.
Anyway, interesting to have an old beam from Voltaire’s house and also to know that Irène (a faithful godly Christian) has lived there for 30+ years.
Voltaire was a critic of the Bible and died as a miserable depressed man. He is the one who said, “in 100 years, the Bible will no longer be in print.” Years later, the Geneva Bible Society acquired his house (another one) and set up a Bible printing shop.
