You are vastly overestimating the concequences of being atheist and you seem to think this was true for all these people. If they did not ACTUALLY believe in a god there was no need for supporting it and writing about it.
You are vastly overestimating the concequences of being atheist and you seem to think this was true for all these people. If they did not ACTUALLY believe in a god there was no need for supporting it and writing about it.