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>--- In logic-ot@y..., Jorma Pennanen <jorma.pennanen@p...> wrote:
>
>  Now don't say you mean some Nostradamus
>>  stories... uh...
>
>Hi Jorma
>    I haven't been one to really believe in those writings either, but
>I sure am worried sometimes when events seem so close to those
>prophecies. This seems so close to one, doesn't it?

Close to prohecies ?? do you mean this one ?

"In the City of God there will be a great thunder,
Two brothers torn apart by Chaos,
while the fortress endures,
the great leader will succumb,
The third big war will begin when the big city is burning"

Nostradamus 1654

Well it is not half bad considering it was written by a guy who had 
been already dead for almost 100 years. Nostradamus lived 1500 - 
1566. Also the whole prophecy is falsified. The actual writing was:

Five and forty steps the sky will burn
Fire approaching the large new city
Instantly a great thin flame will leap
When someone will want to test the Normans.

Great prophecy eh....

You can check this whole thing out at:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/predict.htm

I'd like to finish my mail with offering my condolencies to al the 
people in USA. This was a tragic and awful mad event that should not 
have taken place. The whole world is mourning with you.