Nostradamus is not a valid argument!

Please stop using Nostradamus prophecies as an argument to prove your point. You probably said or heard someone say : “Nostradamus predicted it” or “Yes but according to Nostradamus…”. So now let’s put everything clear:

Nostradamus’ prophecies aren’t true

In fact, I think Nostradamus was a genius of his own. The man successfully wrote about 1000 quatrains almost 500 years ago and we’re still making a big deal out of it; most people actually see him as a valid argument in most conversations. He was able to write his quatrains vague enough but at the same time persuasive enough so that people could associate them to any events 500 years later. The truth is that most of the Nostradamus quotes you’ll read on the internet aren’t actually the real quotes. People have modified them over the years so they can fit certain events. Also, the prophecies were written in French, so there’s a lot of interpretation done when translating to English. One of the most popular Nostradamus quatrain you’ll find on the internet today is the 9/11 prediction and here’s what you’ll mostly find:

“In the year of the new century and nine months,
From the sky will come a great King of Terror…
The sky will burn at forty-five degrees.
Fire approaches the great new city…” ”
In the city of york there will be a great collapse,
2 twin brothers torn apart by chaos while the fortress falls the great leader will succumb

Interpretation: 2001 is the first year of the new century and this is the 9th month. New York is located at the 41st degree Latitude.

Scary isn’t it? This has been modified a lot to fit the event…Here’s the real thing:

The year 1999, seventh month,
From the sky will come a great King of Terror:
To bring back to life the great King of the Mongols,
Before and after Mars to reign by good luck.

A lot less scary I guess as it’s mentioning 1999 and seventh month! There’s also the fact that it doesn’t mean anything! It’s been like that for years and it will continue, there will be people misinterpreting these prophecies and modifying them.

Honestly, It’s quite interesting to analyze Nostradamus writings and I understand why people show interest in that. But please, just don’t use it as a valid source of information, unless you’ve analyzed the real quatrain and you’re sure of what you’re saying. Again, it’s so vague that it can be associated with almost any events and only after the events have occurred.

I still think the guy was a genius…To make us all believe what he wrote.