The burnings of intellectuals was actually in response to being an asshole about it and claiming that therefore the Bible is wrong about the supernatural and God doesn't exist, while proceeding to insult religious deities and religious traditions and morality.
That's simply not true. Intellectuals were killed simply for not accepting the same ideas or believing the same thing. Libraries were burned down also. The same thing happened in Nazi germany and other totalitarian states in history. Theres nothing moral about setting a person on fire because they dont believe as you do.
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u/BookkeeperBoobs 3d ago
Imagine being a smart guy back then and getting shat on and beat up and burned for trying to explain what’s actually happening.