Nostradamus

[Dolly1308]

What are your opinions on the accuracy of Nostradamus' predictions regarding World War Three starting in the Middle East ?

[Loosehead]

I think it probably will but Nostradamus has nothing to do with it. All his "predictions" are so vague they would fit any scenario.

[kev100]

The "predictions" of nostradamus as Loosehead says are so vague you can apply them to anything you like, in many cases there are words used that do not appear in any language in the world and yet to nostradamus believers they can interpret them.

Really? How is it then that no scholars in the world that are not committed followers of nostradamus can make any sense of it?

In a nutshell Dolly it is claptrap.

[jno]

what exactly is this prophecy, Dolly? If it says 'World War Three will break out in Israel in 2007', it'd be interesting; if it just says 'Thrice great clouds come from the east' or something, I'd be less impressed.

[Lonnie]

I've read the Prophecies of Nostradamus, and some of them 'appear' to be quite accurate.

I'm not sayin I believe them, but they can give food for thought, it was some time ago, but the one that springs to mind, is where he's describing an aerial battle, and he says the 'half pig men are heard to speak', which is what a pilot might look like to him, with his helmet on, and the speaking, would be on the intercom.

He does predict the Third World War, and life after it, he names Napoleon as the first Anti Christ, Hister/Hitler as the second, and the third and last, he names as an anagram, Mabus.

My problem with all this, is that if you believe in this sort of thing, then our lives are pre-ordained, and we have no say in whar we do or say.

That if you believe it.

[mrrobbo15]

...i dont know about Nostradamus....my history teacher in the 70s told us the next WW would not start between USA and Russia, but in the Middle East

....ive never forgot her saying that because every day, it seems more and more likely

[Grunty]

I have a book which seeks to interpret the quatrains. The prophesies are quite plausible, especially the comparison of the predicted war with the battlefield of Armageddon. Fortunately all the dates predicted by the book have now passed.

It is, however, quite possible to predict a war. In around 1895, Bismark said (I do not guarantee the exact wording) "The next war will be over some damned silly thing in the Balkans".

[brachiopod]

Nostradamus' predictions are, in fact, extremely accurate, though as Lonnie demonstrates, prone to misinterpretation.

The 'aerial war' to which Nostradamus alludes is not the battle for air supremacy during WWII, but in fact an accurate prediction of the making of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now.

They will think they have seen the sun at night,
When they see the half-pig man:
Noise, chants, battles seen fought in the sky:
And one will hear brute beasts speaking

Is obviously a reference to the scene where Kilgore's Air Cavalry fly in blasting Wagner over their loudspeakers, as bright napalm explosions burn bright on the tree line. It continues;

And the men of the air shall come down
With boards they will cross the sea
Or shall face the enemy forthright.*

is obviously the scene where, having secured the beach, but still under fire, Kilgore orders that they go surfing - "You either surf or fight, is that clear?"

My hat is off to Nostradamus for foreseeing Coppola's masterpiece.

Isn't hindsight a great thing?

* - oh, I made this bit up, by the way.

[Dolly1308]

Thank you all for your opinions .Only time will tell the accuracy of the predictions ,thankfully I may not be around then being too old !

[Dolly1308]

Don't know what happened to my thanks to you all ,see previous posting .Only time will tell but I'm glad I won't be around for it !!