Prophet or Charlatan?

i'm not familiar with nostradamus or any of his quatrains and neither do i intend to read about them because i don't believe in them.i do like controversial stuff though like the third secret of fatima but i don't know much about it.from the ones you posted they seem pretty cryptic and you could draw plenty more meanings from them.maybe its coincidence maybe its not,i wouldn't know and i don't think anyone other than nostradamus would know.i guess like the amber room this is going to be a secret too:)

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Well about Nostradamus, I guess it could be one of the two things:

1) Some said he did not write prphecies but he commented on events that were taking place during his time but he wrote them in a cryptic and symbolic way. But Nostradamus enthusiasts credited him with predicting huge events like Adolf Hitler and 9/11 attacks.

2) Another possiblity is that he based his predictions on astrology. Some believe that Nostradamus used some prophecies (mainly bible-based) and historical events then he projected those into future with the aid of horoscopes. Note that Nostradamus was familiar with latin printed editions of a range of esetoric writings. Anyhow, Nostradamus claimed in 1555 he burned all occult works in his library but no one can say what books were destroyed on fire.

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I do not consider him to be a prophet at all. I believe that people can know about the future in ways that have nothing to do with the Bible. An example would be fortune tellers. They are not God's Phophet by any means. There are those who learn about the future through satan.

My take on the man is that he was no prophet but yet a very
intelligent, logical man with an over abundance of common sense.
No I don't believe his predictions have come true in a literal
sense.

I believe he was a keen observer of human behavior. As with
anyone of his period who could read and write he would also
be a charter of the stars. The dates given were based upon
the cycles of celestial bodies. Not that it was correct but
people put great faith in things that seem irrefutable. Things
like the paths of planets and stars. The inability to prove or
disprove the existence of life after death and a high Being. So
people just believed what the learned fed them.

We are not so much unlike those who followed the learned
back then. So many people don't question enough, let alone
anything in life. People just accept things for as they appear.

This brings me to why people today believe this man's guesses.
If you put a few people of expertise in front of a herd of the
far less informed and these few tell the masses what to think
the power of the group's thinking will become the "word." And
from that day forth it is figuratively written in stone. The
events that are matched with this man's guesses are mere
coincidences.

Think of all the other ways history has been rewritten due
to the will and whim of those who can. Whether it be in the
history books children read or the alterations the Bible has
gone through.

Everyone has there perception on how things were, are and will
be. It just depends upon who you ask and when you ask them.

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Hi, I find Nostradamus very interesting and think that some of the things he predicted are amazing. Especially the whole necklace with the date of when he would be unearthed. Regarding the trade centers, being link to the two brothers! Possibly, I know many people thought he was talking about the kennedy brothers! Part of the problem with his stuff is they are gerneral, are open for interpertation, also there are translation issues with his writing! The list goes on from there! The fact many of his prophecies fit versus from the Bibles Revelation gives me reason to pause. But oh who knows maybe he has a time travel device like Davinci!

it's amazing how many of his predictions are true, after the fact. Any time a new event happens, nostradamous predicted it. You can take any number of his writings and draw predictions of current events out of them. there are probably a few that predicted the O.J. saga, rosie o'donnel's fall from grace, and the cold i came down with yesterday.

Yes, the predictions come true, no doubt. But it is very difficult to get them interpreted in anvance. Once an incident takes place, then only people come fprward and say, this was there . Here the killing of Indira Gandhi, the ex-prime minister of India was also said to be predicted.
Well, in my place Orissa state of India, there is a book, known as"Malikaa", this gives predictions, that are several hundred years old, not in any confusing language, but that comes out 100% true and accurate.
DR.B.SARAF Ph.D.

A short reply. Charlaten.

It's been a while since I read him, but like you say in your last sentence, his predictions can be interpreted in so many ways that in the end they predict nothing. They're still fun to read though.

I think as a prophet or foreteller, he was both right and wrong.. some things being accurate (as accurate as his sayings can be!) and some were likely wrong.. I've heard the last one you listed, but didn't know it had such a late date on it! Thanks for the info!