Socrates on Deity

“I will obey the god rather than you, and as long as I draw breath and am able, I shall not cease to practice philosophy.”

“And now I will try to defend myself against them: these new accusers must also have their affidavit read. What do they say? Something of this sort: — That Socrates is a doer of evil, and corrupter of the youth, and he does not believe in the gods of the state, and has other new divinities of his own.”