Blatant falsehoods about Catholic belief and practice aren't enough. Blatant falsehoods about pagan belief and practice aren't enough, either. No, Hislop has to tie it all up with a profoundly illogical thesis, which is that if enough similarities can be found (or contrived, or simply invented) between ancient thing A and modern thing B, modern thing B must have developed from thing A. Clearly, if I'm a writer, my name is William, and I hang a javelin over my fireplace, I must be descended from William Shakespeare, right? Hardly. This isn't history. It's a fraud. Read Woodrow's "Babylon Connection" for more.