In Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome, the state was always used to support and give force to the pagan religion of the time. Time and again laws were enacted and civil power was used to enforce the worship of pagan deities and false beliefs.
Katika Babeli, Umedi-Uajemi, Uyunani, na Rumi, serikali mara zote ilitumiwa kuunga mkono na kutoa nguvu kwa dini ya kipagani ya wakati huo. Majira na tena sheria zilipitishwa na mamlaka ya serikali ili kutumika kulazimisha kuabudu miungu ya kipagani na mafundisho ya uongo.