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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avi C. Weiss)
Wed Sep 12 18:18:04 2001
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 18:16:41 -0400
From: "Avi C. Weiss" <acw@MIT.EDU>
>"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 45 degrees. Fire approaches
>the
>great new city. 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
>
>
>I saw a movie on Nostradamus narrated by Orson Welles when I was in the 5th
>grade. The part about WW III always stuck in my mind, as I paraphrase "a
>force will rise up from Persia to attack the great country" and "the third
>great war will begin...the Eagle and the Bear as allies...".
>
>NY City is 45 degrees latitude, "Two Brothers" = twin towers, fortress =
>Pentagon, Persia is the historical name for the land occupied by Iraq and
>Iran, Eagle and Bear represent U.S. and Russia.
>
>And for what its worth, to add to the Apocalyptic prophecy, the book of
>Revelations states "I saw an Army from the East, who's numbers stand at
>10,000 times 10,000 times 2.". Today, China's Army is approaching 1/4
>billion.
>
>
>Nostradamus was a Frenchman of Jewish descent, and a Christian. Is it
>possible God gave him certain insights into the future? Or is he simply a
>false prophet? Interesting and/or scary stuff. Hopefully just
>coincidences
>and false alarms.
>
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