Yes. But not as dangerous as you'd think. Ppl used disbelief as a form of swearing. Got fined when confirmed didn't mean it.
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Philosophical atheism seems to have emerged in 1570s ish. Not coz ppl writing for it. But people arguing against it.
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The ideas were circulating. It was thinkable. Ppl cld explore this by arguing against or making bad literary characters say it
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That didn't happen before and it could have done safely in exactly the same way. Significant shifts needed for this to happen.
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