[Izar]

Do you think that Nostradamus was actually seeing through history?

Born in the early 16th century, Nostradamus became one of the world's most widely known prophets. Nostradamus personally believed he was given prophecies through God.

I don't think he could see through the future. He was on something, seriously. He locked himself in some tower and went through strange "ritualistic" things. I personally think that they are not prophecies, but maybe morals or poem-like sentences. If someone can use Nostradamus's prophecies to predict the future from NOW, then I may believe they can be real. If they can be used to predict thousands of deaths, then do it.

[Luna]

I do believe prophecies are possible.

I am not willing to explain why or how cause it WILL sound like _I_ am on something :P.

As for those Nostradamus had, I really wouldn't know. I've only heard rumours of what he said, not concrete facts. *goes research*

[Blue]

I think Nostradamus didn't have the power of prophecy. I think he was just a nut.

[Ravenblade]

Didnt he successful predit Hitler and World War 2? If he did, thats quite a thing to get right at a "guess". If he is right, we have an apocalypse on our hands i believe =D Which would co-incide quite nicely with the meteorite thats looming (as a further note, the Aztecs had the worlds end down for around about the time of this meteorite too)

He may well have been a nut but then so was Einstein. Just cos they seem crazy, doesnt mean they're wrong. Prophecy is very real, that much im convinced of. I dont see why its so outrageous to assume that Nostradamus was a prophet then.

He may seem like one of those crazy religious fanatics you get in horror stories and the like but you have to admit - if there is a God, its not like we know for a fact he doesnt work through people like that...

I dont suppose anyone will ever know though.

[Laharl]

didn't he say the world was supposed to end a few years a go, the very fact we are still alive disproves and he's crazy too. i have the power of prophecy i predict i will post this post

[Eugine]

Dullahan, quit with the stupidity.

I really don't know about Nostradamus. I really can't since I don't have any solid information on him.

[el_Sethro]

I'm gonna go with "nutbar" on this one. For one thing, I personally do not believe in prophecies; like in horoscopes (which are also complete rubbish), they say something vague, so that it can fit just about anything, and then when something happens, you can twist it around so that you interpret it as being what the prophecy was talking about.
anyway, even if prophecies were real, what would be the point? no one can ever understand them until after it happens. all you're really doing is waiting until something big happens, then saying "I told you so!"

[Laharl]

nostardamus was incredibly vague in his prophecies, allowing to be interpretated in all kinds of ways, he probably just hoped something like that would happen so he could go down in history

and Eugine, i don't see a Dullahan here do you? Laharl or Slayer please.

[Izar]

It's not that I don't believe in prophecy, I just don't believe in the ones of Nostrodamus. Each of his "prophecies" can be attributed to many things.

[Platinum Sun]

Ravenblade, on Oct 11 2005, 01:57 AM, said:

Didnt he successful predit Hitler and World War 2? If he did, thats quite a thing to get right at a "guess". If he is right, we have an apocalypse on our hands i believe =D Which would co-incide quite nicely with the meteorite thats looming (as a further note, the Aztecs had the worlds end down for around about the time of this meteorite too)

Some say he did, but it's hard to tell, he spoke using rethoric, limeric, riddles and all sorts of other devices to make him hard to understand. Interpretation is all that lends credence to his predictions. If he had said "Hey some dude named Hitler is going to try and take over the world" then I would believe him. Plus, he was predicting stuff that would happen waaaaaaaaay after his death so he was free from retribution. Oh and the world didn't end in 1997 like he said it would. :P

[Izar]

Ys, he said Hister, the name of a river, and people say he meant Hitler... Yeah, it's all abount interpetations.

[Golden Djinn13]

I really don't have a side in this, but I did do a little bit of research on this guy and found a prophecy
(It was on wiki, so im going to assume that the words weren't changed)

Come the millennium, month 12
In the home of greatest power,
The village idiot will come forth
To be acclaimed the leader.

And they said it was refering to George Bush.

[Izar]

Lol, like I said, it's all about the interpreter. And why he would say the village idiot(they never actually used that word back then) proves that that wasn't one of nostradamus's predicitons. Also, He was elected late November I believe, and he has gone through college, worked in the oil industry, etc. One bad thing about wikipedia: Some people are INCREDIBLY biased on there.

[Nemphtis]

I think that dude just sat up in that tower with his trusty pipe getting high. Back in those days people believed in alot of crap.

[Laharl]

i swear Nostradamus was from a town called Satan, or maybe it was another prophet

my mistake he was from St. Remy

This post has been edited by laharl the slayer: 08 November 2005 - 03:05 AM

[Izar]

Actually, you are pretty close Anubis, well, you need to be more serious, but yeah, close. He burned some chemicals in his tower and thoguht he saw the stuff in a bowl of water.