Ok, I figured this could be kinda fun. I won't participate myself (that would kinda be cheating, as I've already gotten a head start on everyone else), but I'm sure some of you will find this amusing.
There have been 6 commercial airplane crashes this year (5 with fatalities). The normal is 2-3, so this year can be said to be an unusually bad year for airplane safety.
The challenge is this: Find a prophetic passage which can be interpreted to be predicting this. Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce, the Bible, the Koran, it doesn't really matter what your source is, so long as it's verifiable.
Whomever can do so the quickest is the winner.
There is no prize, sorry.
http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/group...cs/tress10.html
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If counts of anything are randomly distributed in space and time then they follow the Poisson rule:
- the variance is equal to the mean
- so the standard deviation = square root of the mean
Well.. in the best tradition of prophetic interpretation...
I give you... "MobyDick" by Herman Melville.
"MobyDick" has already produced a number of predictions based on the famous "Bible-codes". So... here you can see more prophecy by the Holy Prophet Herman.
First of all, I draw you attention to a few FACTS.
1. There have been 5 airplane crashed with fatalities. No other form of crash would be part of any significant prophesy though you will see that Herman predicted them all.
2. "MobyDick" was written in 1851. 1+8+5+1 = 15... 1+5 = 6. The exact number of crashed obtained by standard numerology.
3. I draw your attention to chapter 9. This stands for the year 2009 obviously.
Note that chapter 9 occurs on page 40. The number 40 is usually attributed to periods of distress or danger. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights for the deluge.
Note the deluge connection... and the fact that the most dramatic crash happened in the ocean.... where MobyDick happened to live.
Here we have a prayer for a ship lost at sea.
Here we have a prayer for a ship lost at sea.
"I saw the opening maw of hell,
With endless pains and sorrows there;
Which none but they that feel can tell -
Oh, I was plunging to despair.
What sort of ship "plunges"?
A plane.
I have to go for a bit but I shall return to instruct you further in the prophecies of Herman Melville.
I give you... "MobyDick" by Herman Melville.
"MobyDick" has already produced a number of predictions based on the famous "Bible-codes". So... here you can see more prophecy by the Holy Prophet Herman.
First of all, I draw you attention to a few FACTS.
1. There have been 5 airplane crashed with fatalities. No other form of crash would be part of any significant prophesy though you will see that Herman predicted them all.
2. "MobyDick" was written in 1851. 1+8+5+1 = 15... 1+5 = 6. The exact number of crashed obtained by standard numerology.
3. I draw your attention to chapter 9. This stands for the year 2009 obviously.
Note that chapter 9 occurs on page 40. The number 40 is usually attributed to periods of distress or danger. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights for the deluge.
Note the deluge connection... and the fact that the most dramatic crash happened in the ocean.... where MobyDick happened to live.
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and offered a prayer so deeply devout that he seemed kneeling and praying at the bottom of the sea.
This ended, in prolonged solemn tones, like the continual tolling of a bell in a ship that is foundering at sea in a fog
This ended, in prolonged solemn tones, like the continual tolling of a bell in a ship that is foundering at sea in a fog
Here we have a prayer for a ship lost at sea.
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| QUOTE |
| and offered a prayer so deeply devout that he seemed kneeling and praying at the bottom of the sea. This ended, in prolonged solemn tones, like the continual tolling of a bell in a ship that is foundering at sea in a fog |
Here we have a prayer for a ship lost at sea.
"I saw the opening maw of hell,
With endless pains and sorrows there;
Which none but they that feel can tell -
Oh, I was plunging to despair.
What sort of ship "plunges"?
A plane.
I have to go for a bit but I shall return to instruct you further in the prophecies of Herman Melville.
QUOTE (rpenner+Jul 16 2009, 12:07 PM)
http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/group...cs/tress10.html
Are you trying to say that 6 crashes (5 with fatalities) is within the standard deviation? If so, then what's the point? statistical logic doesn't apply here, we're trying to fulfill prophecies.
If it looks like a duck, it's a real duck, even if you're in a duck decoy factory!
Note, congrats to Rob on winning the context with his amazing Melville prophecy!
Are you trying to say that 6 crashes (5 with fatalities) is within the standard deviation? If so, then what's the point? statistical logic doesn't apply here, we're trying to fulfill prophecies.
If it looks like a duck, it's a real duck, even if you're in a duck decoy factory!
Note, congrats to Rob on winning the context with his amazing Melville prophecy!
I forgot to add the most significant bit of all .. that clinches the prophecy.
The whale in the sermon swallowed Jonah.
There are 5 letters in the name Jonah.
There are 2 vowels and 3 consonants = 5.
5 ships swallowed by the whale.
Thank you for your attention.
*bows*
The whale in the sermon swallowed Jonah.
There are 5 letters in the name Jonah.
There are 2 vowels and 3 consonants = 5.
5 ships swallowed by the whale.
Thank you for your attention.
*bows*
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