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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ChiBong Chan)
Fri Sep 14 22:24:23 2001
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In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Sep 2001 18:16:41 EDT."
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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 22:24:12 -0400
From: ChiBong Chan <chibong@MIT.EDU>
anyone who is intrigued, amazed, disgusted, annoyed, or otherwise affected by
the avalanche of alleged Nostradamus prophecies floating around might want to
refer to the following:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa091101b.htm
>"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
> >
> >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.
> >
