Yes and in his time, OBVIOUS criticism of ANY royalty could lead to the chopping block. Nostrodamus was a doctor before he was a “prophet” and from what I’ve read of his life, he did a pretty good job keeping people alive during the Black Death(well, a lot better than his contemporaries) though his expertise didn’t save his own family,,,
His quatrains were interesting allusions to what had been, which he disguised as “prophecies”. Hey, nobody can get pissy if what you’re talking hasn’t happened yet,,,

Having said that, I wonder why people are so intent upon elevating his words to gospel, when his “prophecies” were not comprehensible a priori(before the fact) but ignore the accuracy of scientific “predictions” of the outcome of an experiment. One would think the general populace would be all ga-ga over how fruitful and accurate scientific predictions are, but they seem to think, “Aw, that’s just science. It’s not mysterious,,,”

Maybe L. Ron Hubbard (bless his little avaricious soul) had the right idea. Invent a “scientifically based religion”, collect scads of money from the gullible, then laugh all the way to the bank,,,

,,,crud, my cynical side seems to be on the rise. I think it’s all due to the LCP coming on line in this election year (ie, Logically Corrupt Politicians).

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