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Nostradamus 'Prediction'
Jeff Smith

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From: "Smith Design Works"
To: "Positive Atheism" <editor@positiveatheism.org>
Sent: September 14, 2001 9:14 AM
Subject: ...

Cliff,

I know you're busy, but is this an accurate quote by translation? I couldn't find it on the Nostrodamus site (and no, I don't believe he was anything else than just a normal man).

Personally, I hate this crap, but I'm doing it as a favor for a misguided friend.

Also, have you heard of a newspaper/magazine called "The Nation"? How respected/reputable are they?

Thanks,
Jeff Smith

From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <editor@positiveatheism.org>
To: "Smith Design Works"
Subject: Re: ...
Date: September 14, 2001 8:33 AM

I don't think this is from Nostradamus any more than the village idiot one was from Nostradamus. I am more willing to believe both are hoaxes than that they are real.

Think about it: There are plenty of Nostradamus frea-- er, uh, afficionados out there, and this is pretty graphic detail, to say the least. So, then, why did we not hear a whole pot full of hysteria from all the Nostradumus frea-- er, afficionados earlier this month?

If you can find a web page with this on it, run the command
          javascript:alert(document.lastModified)
into your URL window and it will return the date the file was posted onto the host. If you can find one that returns a date before Tuesday, I'll be glad to check this shit out further. Also, if you can find a book with this in it that was published before Tuesday, let me know and I'll be glad to give it all the attention I can muster.

I doubt you'll find any evidence that this particular letter sequence existed prior to, say, yesterday -- at most, the day before yesterday.

Cliff Walker
Positive Atheism Magazine
Six years of service to
    people with no reason to believe

Added: September 14, 2001

From: "Smith Design Works"
To: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <editor@positiveatheism.org>
Sent: September 14, 2001 9:36 AM
Subject: Nostrildamus ...

Okay, I finally got to the site, I (you) were right ... it's a hoax. It seemed too precise to be for real. I should learn follow my gut instincts (read: critical thinking abilities) before bothering you. :)

BTW:
http://wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us/~btcarrol/skeptic/nostrada.html

Thanks again,
Jeff Smith

From: "Positive Atheism" <editor@positiveatheism.org>
To: "Smith Design Works"
Subject: Re: Nostrildamus ...
Date: September 14, 2001 10:16 AM

Bother? Nah! Makes great reading in the Forum! I had it posted by the time you even downloaded your copy of the response.

Besides, we all could use a little exercise in critical thinking, and what better way than to watch a few people work through a problem wherein we instinctively know what's up but can't quite pin it down?

Your next assignment will be to have worked through a few possibilities and then to send them in and see what we think! d;^)

Cliff Walker
Positive Atheism Magazine
Six years of service to
     people with no reason to believe

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