Eh, even those polytheistic societies had their own inquisitions. Socrates was executed for defying the gods, and lots of Christians and Jews were persecuted because they refused to accept that the emperor was a god.
Eh, even those polytheistic societies had their own inquisitions. Socrates was executed for defying the gods, and lots of Christians and Jews were persecuted because they refused to accept that the emperor was a god.
Socrates was charged with corrupting the youth. That charge is almost never given context when it comes up in modern classrooms, so read this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Tyrants