Nostradamus.....

06-09-07, 06:33 AM

I just read The Nostradamus Code: World War III predictions revealed
http://www.nostradamusonline.com/

Fact or fiction?
If anyone interested, I could upload it.
Is this guy to be trusted?

Letum · 06-09-07, 07:04 AM

I love the cheep marketing.
"Put "code" at the end of your quasi-renaissance book's title and it will sell well" seams to be the idea.

Perhaps they will re-brand the classics in the same way.:hmm:
W.Shakesphere's The Macbeth Code?

Anyhow, this isn't the kind of book to read if you want to learn anything about the real Nostradamus.

Jimbuna · 06-09-07, 07:06 AM

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Fact or fiction?

Spin a bottle....flip a coin

06-09-07, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

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Fact or fiction?

Spin a bottle....flip a coin

I have Coca Cola bottle...

Jimbuna · 06-09-07, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by GakunGak

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

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Fact or fiction?

Spin a bottle....flip a coin

I have Coca Cola bottle...

I'll raise you a Brown Ale bottle

06-09-07, 09:26 AM

Funny, but for real, is this s*it worth remembering after reading at all?

Letum · 06-09-07, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by GakunGak

Funny, but for real, is this s*it worth remembering after reading at all?

NO.

06-09-07, 09:44 AM

Not even to have it stored on HDD in PDF?

Chock · 06-09-07, 09:53 AM

Nostradamus was just a 16th Century wreckhead, he used to put his head over a bowl of 'herbs' steaming in hot water and inhale the fumes in order to get his 'revelations'. All the fans who rave on about him rarely point this bit of the story out however, for rather obvious reasons.

Almost all of the 'interpretations' of his stoned writings take huge leaps in logic, twist dates and calendar changes and generally omit bits that don't suit the particular 'prediction' people are trying to engineer (which depending on when their book is printed can involve anything from the Death of Princess Diana to the Gulf War), often they include wildly innaccurate translations and huge leaps across gaps of continuity too. You'd probably get a more accurate prediction of when a war was going to start from a joke in a Christmas cracker.

And considering that he could supposedly predict the future, you'd think if that was the case Nostradamus might have pointed out to his wife and children that the plague was coming, so they wouldn't die from it, as they did. After all, the plague was hardly a minor event.

Utter rubbish, and not only that, utter French rubbish too.

Chock

06-09-07, 10:05 AM

I just croped this from the book...

Jimbuna · 06-09-07, 10:13 AM

Still not convinced

06-09-07, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Still not convinced

Sh*t happens no matter what...
And yes, there is a submarine warfare mentioned in the WW3...
For real!

Ishmael · 06-09-07, 11:04 AM

As Lily Tomlin once said:

"Things will get a lot worse before they get worse."

Sailor Steve · 06-09-07, 11:08 AM

Every decade or so a new book on Nostradamus comes out, showing how he predicted the latest global catastophe. The only problem is the same sections seem to change with each release, so the old 'latest catastrophe' is gone, replaced by the newest one.

I think the guy was talking about events in his own time, and his modern fans keep 'proving' he was right.

SUBMAN1 · 06-09-07, 12:22 PM

Yep - Sailor Steve hit it on the head. Nostrodomus spoke in such cryptic language that his predictions could practically be used for any point in history. I guess we could all learn something for him though and it is 'not' his predictions about the future, it is his art of generalization! You could find a way to say something to make yourself right in any argument, in which case you just say, 'I told you so' at any point it is to your advantage!

Must go study this man now.......

-S

06-09-07, 06:33 AM	#1
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Nostradamus..... I just read The Nostradamus Code: World War III predictions revealed http://www.nostradamusonline.com/ Fact or fiction? If anyone interested, I could upload it. Is this guy to be trusted?

06-09-07, 07:04 AM	#2
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I love the cheep marketing. "Put "code" at the end of your quasi-renaissance book's title and it will sell well" seams to be the idea. Perhaps they will re-brand the classics in the same way.:hmm: W.Shakesphere's The Macbeth Code? Anyhow, this isn't the kind of book to read if you want to learn anything about the real Nostradamus. __________________

06-09-07, 10:13 AM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Still not convinced __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-09-07, 11:08 AM	#14
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Every decade or so a new book on Nostradamus comes out, showing how he predicted the latest global catastophe. The only problem is the same sections seem to change with each release, so the old 'latest catastrophe' is gone, replaced by the newest one. I think the guy was talking about events in his own time, and his modern fans keep 'proving' he was right. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-09-07, 12:22 PM	#15
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yep - Sailor Steve hit it on the head. Nostrodomus spoke in such cryptic language that his predictions could practically be used for any point in history. I guess we could all learn something for him though and it is 'not' his predictions about the future, it is his art of generalization! You could find a way to say something to make yourself right in any argument, in which case you just say, 'I told you so' at any point it is to your advantage! Must go study this man now....... -S __________________

06-09-07, 09:26 AM	#6
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Funny, but for real, is this s*it worth remembering after reading at all?

06-09-07, 09:44 AM	#8
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Not even to have it stored on HDD in PDF?

06-09-07, 09:53 AM	#9
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nostradamus was just a 16th Century wreckhead, he used to put his head over a bowl of 'herbs' steaming in hot water and inhale the fumes in order to get his 'revelations'. All the fans who rave on about him rarely point this bit of the story out however, for rather obvious reasons. Almost all of the 'interpretations' of his stoned writings take huge leaps in logic, twist dates and calendar changes and generally omit bits that don't suit the particular 'prediction' people are trying to engineer (which depending on when their book is printed can involve anything from the Death of Princess Diana to the Gulf War), often they include wildly innaccurate translations and huge leaps across gaps of continuity too. You'd probably get a more accurate prediction of when a war was going to start from a joke in a Christmas cracker. And considering that he could supposedly predict the future, you'd think if that was the case Nostradamus might have pointed out to his wife and children that the plague was coming, so they wouldn't die from it, as they did. After all, the plague was hardly a minor event. Utter rubbish, and not only that, utter French rubbish too. Chock

06-09-07, 10:05 AM	#10
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I just croped this from the book...

06-09-07, 11:04 AM	#13
Ishmael Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Morro Bay, Ca. Posts: 659 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	As Lily Tomlin once said: "Things will get a lot worse before they get worse."

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