Hello, everybody, and welcome to 'Make your own prophecy!' With these easy steps, you can have your own loony cult up and running in no time!
First, say something incredibly vague that could be applied to just about anything, or is almost bound to some true e.g. 'Many will be afflicted in the East.'
Second, wait until something comes along that seems to conform to the details of your prophecy.
Third, proclaim this as evidence of your prophetic abilities.
Finally, marvel as loonies flock to you, heralding you as the next Nostradamus! Watch as deranged rational skeptics bash their brains out on the table in frustration!
It's easy! Give it a try!
Make your own prophecy is patented copyright of The Omnissiunt One. No-one has ever thought of it before. Ever.
First, say something incredibly vague that could be applied to just about anything, or is almost bound to some true e.g. 'Many will be afflicted in the East.'
Second, wait until something comes along that seems to conform to the details of your prophecy.
Third, proclaim this as evidence of your prophetic abilities.
Finally, marvel as loonies flock to you, heralding you as the next Nostradamus! Watch as deranged rational skeptics bash their brains out on the table in frustration!
It's easy! Give it a try!
Make your own prophecy is patented copyright of The Omnissiunt One. No-one has ever thought of it before. Ever.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
