Q180. Are those who are never troubled by this painful awareness of their condition not better off for it?

They are no happier than a man who lies sound asleep in his house while it burns down around him. Can a man be happy while he remains ignorant that he is without God, without Christ, and without hope? Can a man be happy while he remains ignorant that he is hanging over hell by the thin, fragile thread of an uncertain life? That is precisely the condition of such a person.