Its true that there seem to have been little argument against the existence of gods until the late 16th century but this misses the point.
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So so much abt worldliness & the flesh vs the spirit. In confession & sermons. "Pay attention to religion!" Suggests v common not to.
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This is why ppl saying 'Christians' brought abt secularism completely miss the point.Always huge differences in how central relig was to ppl
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And this necessarily influenced how central they wanted it to be to their society, rights & freedoms. Not a case of Christians vs atheists.
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Honestly, before natural philosophy became big, it wouldn't have made much sense NOT to believe in some form of higher being.
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Before the scientific method picked up, the non-religious argument of creation was 'uh, we don't know, but it wasn't God'
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But most ppl weren't philosophers.
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Religions are systems of power, of course. Different to our tendency to believe in a supreme power
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