What are your thoughts on Nostradamus?

By and large, the prophecies of Nostradamus, like much of the Bible and even the Quran, are subject to interpretation and analysis. I find it difficult to believe that the quatrains were specific enough to forecast such things as Hitler's rise, the San Francisco Great Erthquake of 1906 and other fanciful interpretations. Analysts can certainly read "between the lines" and tweak the raw writings into whatever future they please, but it remains vague because Nostradamus gave himself tremendous wiggle room in his cryptic writings. Of more impetus, perhaps, is the well-researched Mayan calendar and the year 2012, which I believe will be a massive turning point in which the amped-up technological empire we now enjoy will implode and trigger another tumultuous era of human existence. That's probably why I thought "Apocalyto" was such a profound film. In trying to piece together the ancient Mayan civilization, Gibson set the stage to prepare for 2012.

I have read the quatrains of Nostradamus (however, i feel most of his quatrains have been abused by various authors who have translated his works according to their whims and fancies. After, every major war, epidemic etc. people come up with suggestions that they have proof that Nostradamus has predicted it in his quatrain. It's a lot like Da Vinci Code syndrome, where a lot of new authors sprung up with proof's, new theories, new interpretations on the works of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. Only Dan Brown knows the truth nobody else at the end of the day can ever pass any critical comments. Similarly, only Nostradamus knew the truth about what he was trying to mean by his cryptic quatrains, probably he did not mean anything and was just a pure charlatan, but he is longer alive, nor are his cryptic theories worth anyones time.

Hi there aussies2007, Nostradamus... Hmmmmmnnn... but this was postred 8 months ago, has it been that long. Anyway, There must be something in Nostradamus but I keep my faith in God, If God willed that Nostradamus is still around today via his works of old, He must be worth his comtributions. Hey friend wake up, you have posted jus 1307 lol... what's up.

Some people are given a sixth sense by God and I believe this. Although I haven't read his book regarding prophecies, many people have said much about his accuracy. But of course, I believe that it may not be 100% accurate.

No, I think that such 'prophecies' are open to so much interpretation. Even the truth is often so twisted that it becomes incomprehensible.

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Nostradamus - the man who saw tomorrow. We can only say he is accurate because what he wrote occurred. The future is full of uncertainty. Major events can possibly come true. St. John is also presented with a vision of Christ Second Coming. If you read the bible there is a parallelism in Ezekiel and Daniel. We do not know if St. John copied the old testament text or He himself was raised and saw the vision.