Did Nostradamus forecast WWIII???

Question

Nostradamus forecast WWIII when he said "WWIII would come when the last of "The Greatest Generation who fought the Great Battle" were dying off. Statistics show that there are as many as 1500 WWII veterans dying daily.

Do you believe that Nostradamus was correct in his prediction, and is the U.S/Iraq war the beginning of such a dire conflict?

Answer 1

Nostradamus was a hack..his percentage of so called "correct" prophecies to the amount of prophecies he actually made are laughable.

he was an extremely religious fellow and a lot of his "end times" prophecies are similar to what you find in the book of revelations, and the book of Daniel etc...if not for his rewording of them, he could be guilty of plagiarism.


check up on this guy..

Edgar Cayce

now this mans story will blow you away

Answer 2

Nostradamus Forecast

Answer 3

Did Phil Ochs foresee 911 way back in 68 or 69??

"New York city has exploded and it's crashed upon my head
I dove beneath the bed
Fighting, biting nails, turning pale
The landlord's at my window
And the burglar's at my door
I can't take it anymore
I guess I'll have to fly, it's worth a try
Someone's banging on the wall
But there's no party to recall
The singer of the shadows of his soul
So he's been told
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
I'm in kind of a hurry anyhow
But I'll send you a tape from California"
http://www.goldlyrics.com/song_lyrics/phil_ochs/tape_from_california/tape_from_california/

Prediction of War is not much of a prediction.

Answer 4

No it become no longer for publicity yet human beings at this aren't any further able to verify what hw wrote in his cases they atre merely attempting to make some meanings from his symbols which will be astounding or would no longer be he become Gr8 Astrologer of his time till eventually he wasl alive his various the forecasts were authentic caz his language become widely used to him and human beings of his time

Answer 5

A lot of people read different things into Nostradamus' writings.

Amazingly they only find things that happened after they have happened and the writings have been made fit.

Answer 6

No more than how I predict that I will go to sleep tonight.

When the odds of probability favor anything, it's hardly a prophesy.

Answer 7

Nostradamus (December 14, 1503 – July 2, 1566), Latinised name of Michel de Nostredame, was one of the world's most famous publishers of prophecies. He is best known for his book Les Propheties, the first edition of which appeared in 1555.

Since the publication of this book, which has rarely been out of print since his death and has always been hugely popular throughout the world, Nostradamus has attracted an almost cult following. His many enthusiasts, to say nothing of the popular press, credit him with predicting numerous major world events.

In contrast, most of the academic sources listed below maintain that the associations made between world events and Nostradamus' quatrains are largely the result of misinterpretations or mistranslations (sometimes deliberate) or else are so tenuous as to render them useless as evidence of any genuine predictive power. Moreover, none of the sources listed offers any evidence that anyone has ever interpreted any of Nostradamus' quatrains specifically enough to allow a clear identification of any event in advance.[1]

Nevertheless, interest in the work of this prominent figure of the French Renaissance is still considerable, especially in the media and in popular culture, and the prophecies have in some cases been assimilated to the results of applying the alleged Bible Code, as well as to other purported prophetic works.

Most of the quatrains deal with disasters, such as plagues, earthquakes, wars, floods, invasions, murders, droughts, and battles — all undated and based on foreshadowings by the Mirabilis Liber. Some quatrains cover these disasters in overall terms; others concern a single person or small group of persons. Some cover a single town, others several towns in several countries. A major, underlying theme is an impending invasion of Europe by Muslim forces from further east and south headed by the expected Antichrist, directly reflecting the then-current Ottoman invasions and the earlier Saracen (that is, Arab) equivalents, as well as the prior expectations of the Mirabilis Liber.[1] All of this is presented in the context of the supposedly imminent end of the world, a conviction that sparked numerous collections of end-time prophecies at the time, not least an unpublished collection by Christopher Columbus.[16]

Some scholars believe that Nostradamus wrote not to be a prophet, but to comment on events that were happening in his own time, writing in his elusive way — using highly metaphorical and cryptic language - to avoid persecution. This is similar to the Preterist interpretation of the Book of Revelation.[1]

Nostradamus enthusiasts have credited him with predicting numerous events in world history, from the Great Fire of London, by way of the rise of Napoleon and Adolf Hitler, to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.[9] See 'Alternative views' below.

Skeptics such as Randi suggest, however, that his reputation as a prophet is largely manufactured by modern-day supporters who fit his words to events that have either already occurred or are so imminent as to be inevitable, a process known as "retroactive clairvoyance." There is no evidence in the academic literature (see Sources) to suggest that any Nostradamus quatrain has ever been interpreted as predicting a specific event before it occurred, other than in vague, general terms that could equally apply to any number of other events.

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The accuracy of Nostradamus is most noted "after-the-fact."

Answer 8

I'd be more concered about Korea even though theoretically Terrorists could explode a nuclear bomb in the United States and considering our reaction to 9-11 we are probably going retaliate VERY VERY severly on somebody in the middle-east, so much so that MAYBE we might piss of the wrong people that might decide to side with who we attack, and one thing could lead to another and boom! Who knows?

Answer 9

How vague can you get?! Oooo, when the last of someone, somewhere is dead then and only then will something happen.

Answer 10

He didn't forecast anything. His writings are incomprehensible.