Happens that my brother-in-law sent this today. It sorta puts the kybosh on
the other!
Kent
Rumor Watch: Terrorist Attacks on U.S.
Part 2: Did Nostradamus Predict the Tragedy?
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I have no doubt that some will seriously claim that the 16th-century prophet
Nostradamus predicted the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks in his
writings - such claims follow virtually every modern disaster - but one
quatrain already being circulated under Nostradamus' name is demonstrably
bogus. Example:
"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
Unfortunately, Nostradamus died in 1566, so it's rather unlikely he wrote
this passage in 1654. It's not to be found in his published oeuvre. It's a
hoax. The verse apparently originated on a Web page entitled "A Critical
Analysis of Nostradamus," written several years ago by a student named Neil
Marshall. Marshall made up the quatrain to demonstrate - quite ironically,
in
light of how it is now being misused - that the writings of Nostradamus are
so cryptic that they can be interpreted to mean almost anything. Oh, and of
all the possible candidates for a "City of God" in the modern world,
shouldn't New York City rate among the least likely? Two metal birds? An
interesting variant of the faux prophecy was posted in the newsgroup
soc.culture.palestine under the heading "They followed his prediction":
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 ...on the
11 day of the 9 month that...two metal birds would crash into two tall
statues...in the new city..and the world will end soon after" "From the
book
of Nostradamus"
Anyone else want to have a go?
Subject: Prediction
> Interesting stuff.....
>
> Nostradamus' prediction
>
> "In the year of the new century and nine months,
> From the sky will come a great King of Terror...
> The sky will burn at forty-five degrees.
> Fire approaches the great new city..."
> "In the city of york there will be a great collapse,
> 2 twin brothers torn apart by chaos
> while the fortress falls the great leader will succumb
> third big war will begin when the big city is burning"
>
> - NOSTRADAMUS
>
> He said this will be bigger than the previous two.
> 2001 is the first year of the new century and this is the 9th
> month.
> New York is located at the 41st degree Latitude.
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