Academy of Sciences of Heroesland

Yes, in the Middle Ages (and even later) in England, entire cities and villages were wiped out by syphilis. The incidence of this disease reached 100% of the population (children were born already infected).
I would never call the past a chaste time.

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By the way, here's something from Wikipedia:

From a scientific point of view, the hypothesis about the existence of God (and related concepts such as soul, spirit, heaven, hell, etc.) does not meet Popper's criterion, as there is no possibility of verifying this by scientific method, nor is it assumed. As a result, any reasoning about the existence of God is not scientific.

at the moment, don't forget to add. Previously, it was believed that the sun revolved around the earth, and there was no way to verify this by scientific method. And even earlier, it was believed that the earth was flat.