[3533] in Humor
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Reed)
Wed Sep 12 18:30:27 2001
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 18:29:41 -0400
To: "Avi C. Weiss" <acw@mit.edu>, humor@mit.edu
From: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU>
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First of all, how is this _humor_? I fail to find it amusing. It's
just as stupid (albeit less tasteless) as the post you sent earlier.
Second, forwarded messages should always be ignored. Everytime
something bad happens (the Challenger disaster, the Gulf War, etc)
someone always comes up with some quote from Nostradamus.
Third, if Nostradamus is so smart, how come he's dead?
-Jon
At 6:16 PM -0400 on 9/12/01, Avi C. Weiss wrote:
> >"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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