Heraclitus lived from 575 to 641 bc and his ideas clashed with the ideas of philosophers like Pythagoras, Socrates and Plato. Among other things, Pythagoras taught that Earth revolved around the Sun in a repetitive and thus predictable pattern. Pythagoras believed that nature worked in accordance with universal, scientific laws that could be captured in simple mathemathical formulas. The Oppression by Religion Sophistica advocates a revival of some of the ideas that were once quite common in ancient Greece, such as the ideas of Heraclitus and the Sophists, which were brutally suppressed by subsequent cultures. Sophistica argues that religion invariably comes with a belief in miracles, magical powers, a single truth, certain destiny and more that is disputable or even in conflict with other philosophies.
Most religions have a tendency to oppress opposing views.
Monotheism in particular is brutal in this regard, as it accepts only one, single truth, to the detriment of all other views. Most schools have now finally caught up with the idea that Earth is a sphere revolving around the Sun. Many schools in Western society have a christian background and the position taken by the Pope is regarded as more important than what makes scientific sense. Thus, students are confronted with the fact that Galileo was put before the Inquisition for his belief that Earth revolved around the Sun. However, Galileo had derived his ideas from Copernicus.