The Two Babylons root "*aus-", meaning "dawn," potentially by way of . "Ishtar" is a Semitic name of uncertain etymology, possibly taken from the same root as Assyria, or from a semitic word meaning "to irrigate." Hislop ultimately claimed to trace Catholic doctrines back to the worship of Nimrod, asserting that the Roman Catholic Church represented Whore of Babylon of the Book of Revelation and that "the Pope himself is truly and properly the lineal representative of Belshazzar". He claimed that the Christogram IHS, the first three Greek letters in the name of Jesus, represented Latin characters standing for Isis, Horus and Seb.
Religion in the United Kingdom or from the perspective of a criticism of organised religion. A significant example is Richard Dawkins' two-part Channel 4 documentary, "The Root of all Evil?". Open disbelief of, or even mockery of organised religion, is not regarded as a taboo in the British media, though it has occasionally provoked controversy – for example, the movie "Monty Python's Life of Brian", the poem "The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name", and the musical "", all of which involved characters based on Jesus, were subject to public outcry and blasphemy allegations, while "The Satanic Verses", a novel by British Indian author