Dien Rice
September 12, 2001, 10:45 PM
Hi Michael,
I agree with you....
Back in high school, we had to choose a topic to write about for an essay. I chose to write about "Nostradamus."
When I started my research for my essay, I was intrigued. Was there really something here? There certainly seemed to be some strange coincidences....
But further research showed that there wasn't really anything there which was concrete. Nostradamus wrote a LOT, and it was almost all very obscure. Most of his quatrains could be applied to lots and lots of possibilities....
When he's been specific, such as regarding a particular year, Nostradamus has been wrong. To me, this shows that in reality, he didn't know the future.... But he did know how to stimulate people's wonder and imagination with his vague predictions. That was his real skill....
- Dien
I agree with you....
Back in high school, we had to choose a topic to write about for an essay. I chose to write about "Nostradamus."
When I started my research for my essay, I was intrigued. Was there really something here? There certainly seemed to be some strange coincidences....
But further research showed that there wasn't really anything there which was concrete. Nostradamus wrote a LOT, and it was almost all very obscure. Most of his quatrains could be applied to lots and lots of possibilities....
When he's been specific, such as regarding a particular year, Nostradamus has been wrong. To me, this shows that in reality, he didn't know the future.... But he did know how to stimulate people's wonder and imagination with his vague predictions. That was his real skill....
- Dien
