Guilty In Socrates's Apology

Socrates was guilty as charged as he did not believe in the same gods as Athens while extorting the truth for his personal benefit, disregarding the pureness of Athens and its youth. To begin, Socrates did not believe in the same gods as Athens, the easiest of his convictions to prove because of his Apology. In his plea, Socrates distracts the jury with stories of disbelievers. As the defense begins, he does not say that he does believe or disbelieve in the gods of Athens, since the easiest answer for an innocent man is “I did not do it.” Instead, he takes a route of disapproval and disbelief that this charge was brought up against him, “Socrates does injustice by not believing in gods, but believing in gods (p.77 27a),” he says in a mocking manner that is meant to make the jury question themselves. He further twists and turns the accusation by saying similar things; is there such thing as one who “believes… in human matters but not humans,” “not believing… in horse matters but believing in horses,” and “not believing in flute players, but believes in flute matter (p.77, 27a-b)?” To finish his point, he makes a final example of the atrocity of the charge against him, “Is there anyone who believes that there are daimonic matters, but does not believe in daimons (p.77, 27c)?” This argument
By this philosophy, Socrates cannot admit to anything because it would contradict his entire philosophy, as demonstrated by his refusal to directly answer the question of whether he believes in daimonic matter (p.77, 27d). Therefore, it is possible to believe in human matters and not humans, horses and not horse matters, and daimonic matters and not daimons. Socrates knows that if he admitted to believing in daimonic matters it is a direct contradiction of his philosophy because he does not know and cannot prove that a daimonic matter