Hey, when reading about Ancient and Medival cultures, the religion is always the important part of people's lives. And that makes me wonder, were there any atheists back then? If so, how being irreligious affected their lives? Were they prosecuted or treated worst in anyway by others? If so, when it becomed more normalised for people to actually be openly atheist?
/u/sunagainstgold hosted an episode of the AskHistorians Podcast about atheists in the Middle Ages.
The now-departed user i-ate-a-penguin has previously answered Were there atheists or agnostics in the ancient world? What did they believe and how were they treated?
/u/rosemary86 has previously answered Did the Greeks really believe in their gods?
This question comes up fairly often, but these links should not dissuade anyone from offering a new answer (if it complies with the subreddit standards).