Monday, December 08, 2008

Criswell predicts: Sanders to help forge progressive Mississippi

I stumbled across my long-lost copy of "Criswell Predicts" yesterday (it's easy to misplace a book amongst the thousands around here). Thus I start again on the long-neglected formerly regular feature where we examine various predictions made by The Amazing Criswell.

I predict that the riots of the long hot summers of 1966 and 1967 will not abate during the next five years (...).
I predict (...) the emergence of a powerful Negro leader named Sanders, who will appear in 1972.
(...)
Mississipi will become a model state--the most progressive in America, with the finest industry, schools, and hospitals.
(--The Amazing Criswell, from "Criswell Predicts," 1968)
Predictions like this set from Criswell's book make me think that the line from the Criswell character in the film "Ed Wood" was true to life. When director Wood asks Criswell how he knows a prediction he just made about Bela Lugosi will occur, Criswell cheerfully replies "It's b***s***. I made it up."

Too harsh a summary? Should I do an in-depth analysis of riot reports from the period in question? Theorize that Colonel Sanders was part black and appeared on the Mississippi scene in 1972? Reassure everyone that Mississippi may yet pace the nation with its industry and schools?

You have to admire a futurist who includes such detail in his predictions.

I was going to say that Criswell puts Nostradamus to shame, but this site has the latter making predictions about nuclear bombs. That's fairly impressive for a guy who made his predictions in the 16th century!

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