Fake Nostradamus Quote

[danmanx]

There's a fake Nostradamus quote floating around the net. I received it from a friend of mine a few hours ago. I checked it out immediately and found it to be a horrible sick hoax. So if any of you have received or seen a quote referring to the World Trade Center bombing and End of the world/WWIII...it's a fake!

Always trust science and logic!

[jeex]

yeah, i saw the retardedness too. number one, its totally fake. and the second thing, some of the one's i've seen have the date of the quote as 1654.. well, thats about 98 years after he died. hmmm..

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Nostradamus says that the war will be so terrible that the world will come face to face with final annihilation. Here, he implies that the war might involve some kind of horrible weapon, possibly nuclear. Nostradamus tells what the first target will be.

The sky will burn at forty-five degrees.
Fire approaches the great new city.

In this phrase, Nostradamus refers to a great city in the new world of America near forty-five degrees latitude. Experts agree this could only be New York.
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i got that from; (some evidence, and not blind beLIEf)
http://boisdarc.tamu-commerce.edu/www/w/willmc/nostra.htm

[mudie]

To be more specific...

In the wake of the World Trade Center attacks there is a prophecy attributed to Nostradamus making the rounds on the internet. The passage reads as follows: “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.”

While this may seem chilling in light of the events that have just passed (“Two brothers torn apart”-the twin towers, “fortress endures”-the Pentagon hit but still intact) it was NOT, I repeat NOT written by Nostradamus.

The author is a student named Neil Marshall who lives in Canada. He wrote the passage above in an article on his web site explaining (in His opinion) the “emotion and superstition rather than logic and common sense” that people trust when reading the prophecies of Nostradamus. Ironically he wrote the “prophecy” above (out of his own head) as an example of how people can twist and turn writings to tie them to modern events thus “proving” that they can be believed.

In his article he writes “What do I mean by thunder--a storm? War? EarthQuake? lots of stuff can be described by thunder.” Key words: What do I mean.

The article in question is (and has been for some time) at http://www.ed.brocku.ca/~nmarshal/nostradamus.htm

Please take the time and read it for yourself then pass this information on. The last thing anyone needs now is to pour gasoline on an already inflamed emotional situation.

[speedy]

To be very specific, anything ever uttered by some nut case like Nostradamus is about as useful as used toilet paper.
I'm wondering how Miss Cleo (infamous TV fortune telling scam artist) could have missed such a major event.

[danmanx]

Well guys, the stupidity is continuing!!! I received the email from another of my friends! I quickly told her it wasn't true and to email people back informing them. I doubt she'll listen though...

Is it just me or do most people believe everything they read?

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Tom Green Sucks!

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: danmanx on 2001-09-14 01:45:08 ]</font>

[Operationz]

you're right about that, danmanx
maybe that's why lame ass sites like aint-it-cool-news are still getting hits

[alucard2050]

i guess i've learned my lesson. from now on i will be scepticle about what i read. i thought it was legit. it sounds like Nostradams's way of speeking.(symbolic). damn. i feel stupid now. thanks for opening my eyes...

[pacmania_2001]

Yeh it's amazing how many people fall for fake stuff such as urban legends. My friend recently told me one about hiv needles in the arm rests at the cinemas. Even though i debunked it and even showed her a site that debunked it she still believes it and continues to tell people

[hitechjunkie]

ok, let me add my two cents here...

i wouldn't say that the quote floatin' around is fake. what is floatin' around is someone's interpretation/opinion of the original quote "adjusted" to tie into recent events. what you as an individual do with that interpretation/opinion, is another matter.

you know what they say about opinions...

[BIGTHREE2001]

CORRECT ME IF I M WRONG ...BUT DID NT NOSTRADAMUS PREDICT THE END OF THE WORLD WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE YEAR 2000 ??

IM SURE I READ THAT SOMEWHERE

A LITTLE LATE MATE !!!

[BIGTHREE2001]

OH SHIT !!!! THERE S ALSO THAT OTHER SAYING....BETTER LATE THAN NEVER HA HA

[speedy]

Forget about Nostradamus. You guys want something to worry about consider this. All those that made predictions about the future seem to stop between 2000 and 2030. In other words nobody in ancient times got past making any predictions beyond the year 2030.

Now here's the kicker. NASA some time ago mapped the orbits of all the larger asteroids that cross the earth's orbit. I can't remember which one, a large one with a name is next due to cross the earth's orbit in 2028. Curious. The last big one a few years back just missed by around 100,000 miles which in astronomical terms is very close.

I'm not kidding. Check this out:

http://www.onlineastronomy.com/astr161/lect/asteroids/collisions.html

[AnnihilatorTokyo]

Nostradamus never predicted the end of the world. He has predictions up to year 3900 or something like that. There are some really good Nastradamus sites out there that has a lot of information about him and his prophecies. Can't remember any of the sites right now.