This was an important accusation, and Hobbes himself wrote, in his answer to Bramhall's The Catching of Leviathan, that "atheism, impiety, and the like are words of the greatest defamation possible".
Esta foi unha acusación importante, e o propio Hobbes escribiu, na súa resposta a Bramhall de "A captura do Leviatán ", que "o ateísmo, a impiedade, e similares son palabras da maior difamación posible".