Yes, BigJim, I'm a fan of Nostrodamus, I just don't believe anything he wrote! It's like, I also love stories and legends about the Illuminati, vampires, monsters, ghosts, but I don't actual believe any of that, because I'm a skeptic.
Nostrodamus's writing were SO vague, they can be interpreted to mean anything. One quatrain was once used to prove four seperate events. I'm sorry, it doesn't work that way.
Another problem with his work is, it's SO vague, it is basically useless! Prophecy must be able to be understood before it can have any purpose.
If I somehow got stuck back in 12th grade, after letting out a few curse words (back then, I never cursed, ever) I would have gotten my classmates attention! Then, I wouldn't tell them "The great lightning will strike the tall pine tree twice before noon, for the needle will soon strike the five pointed star on the parallel of nine," I would say "Holy fuck, I'm back in time! I'm 28 years old! I already graduated from this fucking place! What the hell is going on! But since I'm here, does anyone know who Osama bin Laden is?" They'll all look at me like I have ten heads. "What about Ayman al-Zawahri, or Mullah Omar, the one eyed leader of the Taliban?" They'd really be confused then. Okay, now, at this point, if word got around to the CIA, or reporters, shit would start hitting the fan. It's doubtful in 1993 that a high school student would know who Osama bin Laden is, much less his right hand man and the head of the future Taliban regime. Yet, all those men were alive, and I just gave their EXACT names and descriptions! And I wouldn't give some vague ass quatrain about needles and parallels, I would say, specifically, "Anyone ever been to the World Trade Center? Well, you better go now, because on Tuesday, September 11th, 2001, a man named Mohamed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi and 17 other al-Qaeda terrrists are going to hijack American Airlines Flight 11, crash it into the south tower, United Airlines Flight 175, crash it into the north tower, American Airlines Flight 77 and crash it into the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 was overtaken by the passengers and the plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennslvania. Both towers later collapsed onto the street below, and World Trade Center 7 also collapsed." "President George W. Bush is president, Star Wars Episode I and II came out, and Titanic made the most money in history." Then I'd draw pictures of the attack, and maybe name some characters from Star Wars, but not Jar-jar, because he sucked.
Okay, and that's what prophecy should be like! The bible is a little better than Nostrodamus, because it tell us, if anyone stands in the holy place and declares himself God, the worst sin possible, he's a really bad dude, don't follow him, haul ass out of there, because things are about to heat up. Lets see, who in history has declared themselves God, and what happened to him and his followers, and anyone nearby, but not directly part of the group:
Jim Jones
David Koresh
Enperor of Japan
Adolf Hitler
Hmm, that bible ddn't give specifics, but it was absolutely right philosophically about that whole "declaring yourself God" thing.
If prophecy were more...specific, then I'd believe it.
And actually, it said "soon Mabus would die," and then the Anti-Christ would rise up. So, you all wish me the best of health, TIB, get back to making some DVD's so I have a stress free and healthy life, you other tickling company guys, make some more pantyhose DVD's, encourage me to drive safely and exercise, and don't tell jokes that are so bad, people will want to hurt me!