How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?

[Ahriman]

1) Well, that was the intelligent thing to do.

No, it's the ruthless and ultimately helpless thing to do. If someone disagrees with you and you persecute them for it, it only shows, you're not even convinced by your own ideas. You can't provide the better arguments, so just do away with them, if it's in your power.

Inferior ideas get destroyed. Simple as that. It's a pattern as old as history itself.