Topic: Nostradamus

[alokmohan]

I want to make a survey how many people brelieve if nostradamus ,astrologer 400 years back,told events of WTC incident.I  hear many americans believe.

[Amber]

i have no opinion as of yet, maybe you can let us know in which verse he 'fortold' it... anyway, i think a lot of his profecies can be explained in a number of ways...
i also think a lot of people that have been affected by that attack may want to hold on to reasons and want to explain things in certain ways. i thnk it is intreaging but no more then that

[cassiopeiae]

There are about 500 different interpretations of Nostradomus' predictions, so it would make sense that one could find something that would "predict" an event.  The Bible supposedly predicted it too...though I have no idea where or in what context.

To make it short, I could make the prediction that "In 10 years, the earth will shake and much damage will occur on the West coast." And in 10 years something like an earthquake, a building falling, a massive sink hole, a 300 car pile up, etc, could possibly happen and people would believe that I predicted it.

If anyone makes a vague enough "prediction" it will eventually come true...

So, no, I don't think Nostradomus predicted anything...

[LunarOrbit]

There was a story going around after September 11th that Nostradamos predicted the attacks. This is the quote:

"In the City of God there will be a great thunder,
Two brothers torn apart by Chaos,
while the fortress endures,
the great leader will succumb,
The third big war will begin when the big city is burning"

Nostradamus 1654


The problem is that it wasn't written by Nostradamos... he died in 1566 so how could he write something in 1654?

Snopes.com has the explanation:

It originated with a student at Brock University in Canada in 1997, appearing on a web page essay on Nostradamus. That particular quatrain was offered by the page's author, Neil Marshall, as a fabricated example to illustrate how easily an important-sounding prophecy can be crafted through the use of abstract imagery. He pointed out how the terms he used were so deliberately vague they could be interpreted to fit any number of cataclysmic events.

So if you want to claim someone predicted September 11th, give the credit to a Canadian named Neil Marshall.  :elkgrin.gif:

[cassiopeiae]

All Hail Neil Marshall!!   :costumedsmiley.gif:

[remcook]

the speed skater? :D

[LunarOrbit]

the great leader will succumb

I wonder if that means Bush is going to lose the election? ;)

[greenleaf1]

I suppose some could interpret that so-called Nostrodamus quote this way:

In the City of God there will be a great thunder  = US attacking Baghdad

Two brothers torn apart by Chaos = Uday and Qusay Hussein
...
the great leader will succumb = capture of Saddam Hussein


I guess my point is that quote (whoever wrote it) can be interpreted a lot of ways and can be applied to many wars, battles and conflicts.

[alokmohan]

So ambiguity makes nosradamus famous.And his fourth rate quatrains ,compiled in centuries.Bit the fellow impressed queen of France.He made vague predictions about future if king.When king died he explained verse in own way and the queen was impressed.He made his lot.Tell any thing about war ,it must be ambigous and we are master predicter.

[alokmohan]

Latest in google:nostradamus knew that this olympic will be held in Athens.They havelearnt it only now!!