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Prediction by Nostradamus in 1654

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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 09:36 AM
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"in the city of god(NYC.. big buildings, look like god built
it) there will be a great thunder (the crash), Two brothers
(twin towers) torn apart by Chaos, while the fortress
endures ( the pentagon), the great leader will succumb (we
will give in), the third war will begin when the big city is
burning... at 911 40.5 will be totaled and the world will
soon change(911 was the date, and 40.5 is NYC's Latitude)"
-Nostradamus 1654

interesting, but what do you have to say for or against this prediction?
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 09:41 AM
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http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/week...y/aa091101b.htm

....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....
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 09:42 AM
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I have to say that Nostradamus only proves that if you write vague enough predictions and they remain on the record long enough, anyone can twist them to fit their own needs.
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 09:45 AM
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This guy was wrong as often as he was right. I can write down a bunch of vague predictions that may or may not be able to be interpreted as true in 1000 years too. Big freakin' deal. We've got a million psychics out here right now and not one of them predicted this. He was just an early century Miss Clio or whatever her name is.
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 09:56 AM
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I called up Miss Clio, and you know what she said? "I knew you were going to call!" Man, she's good. =D
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 10:02 AM
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I predict that we, as a country and as a world, will go into much further economic recession. The way we will all come out of it will be through war....this war will solidify the US's true allies and break ties with those countries that allied with us just to have a "big brother".

This war will also clearly define who our enemies are, not just define the vigils that hide behind those "US-friendly gov'ts", but we'll know which gov'ts are actually two faced...

I also predict that this may happen in or out of my life time....

Please document this as a certified Urmil Patel prediction and send it to all your friends so that it can be preserved through time.
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 10:08 AM
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Originally posted by Silver S2K
I have to say that Nostradamus only proves that if you write vague enough predictions and they remain on the record long enough, anyone can twist them to fit their own needs.
Exactly.
I predict that some guy named Phil will write crappy songs.
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 10:18 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Schatten
[B]I called up Miss Clio, and you know what she said?
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 10:25 AM
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Originally posted by funcar


Exactly.
I predict that some guy named Phil will write crappy songs.
Not again! <slaps forehead>
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 12:36 PM
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Originally posted by Luder94
...Please document this as a certified Urmil Patel prediction and send it to all your friends so that it can be preserved through time.
Hey! We're on to you! You're gonna use the "edit post" button to change your original prediction, while still keeping the old date!

Watch and observe.....

"At 31 minutes past the 21st hour of the day, the driver of a great yellow racecar from the East will write a humorous anectode about a member of the "Genesis"...."
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