Re: FW: Nostradamus' prediction on WWIII

[Nance Ceccarelli <njc@moscow.com>]

Dear Shahab:

You may wish to check the following to gather some info on the hoax
portrayed as the writings of Nostradamus...
Of particular interest was particular posting was on about.com's Urban
Legends page.

"Some such claims follow virtually every modern disaster — but one
quatrain already being circulated under Nostradamus' name is demonstrably
bogus.
Example:
"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
Unfortunately, Nostradamus died in 1566, so it's rather
unlikely he wrote this passage in 1654. It's not to be found in his
published oeuvre. It's a hoax. The verse apparently originated on a Web
page entitled "A Critical Analysis of Nostradamus," written several years
ago by a student named Neil Marshall. Marshall made up the quatrain to
demonstrate — quite ironically, in light of how it is now being misused —
that the writings of Nostradamus are so cryptic that they can be
interpreted to mean almost anything.

Oh, and of all the possible candidates for a
"City of God" in the modern world, shouldn't New York City rate among the
least likely? Two metal birds?

An interesting variant of the faux prophecy was
posted in the newsgroup soc.culture.palestine under the
heading "They followed his prediction".


Other addresses are:
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/
http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp
http://www.vmyths.com/
http://urbanlegends.about.com/
http://www.hoaxkill.com/index2.shtml
http://www.scambusters.org/index.html

Nance Ceccarelli



Shahab Mesbah wrote:

> Dear friends,
> I am not sure if this is real... if it is, it is scary.
> "Your brother in arms"
> Shahab...
>
> >  Nostradamus' prediction on WWIII:
> >
> >  "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 forty-five degrees.
> > Fire approaches the great new city..."
> > "In the city of york there will be a great collapse,
> > 2 twin brothers torn apart by chaos
> > while the fortress falls the great leader will succumb
> > third big war will begin when the big city is burning"
> > - NOSTRADAMUS
> >
> >
> >
> > He said this will be bigger than the previous two.
> > 2001 is the first year of the new century and this is the 9th month.
> > New York is located at the 41st degree Latitude.
> >
> >