Board Thread:Assassin's Creed general discussion/@comment-26314858-20150714112803/@comment-4950493-20150717131959

That's true, they do have a lot of similarities although the illuminati is often accused of being satanists with baphomet as the satanic entity they worship, which is nothing like AC because the Templars are atheists. That's why I didn't think the FoU would have been baphomet since he's associated with satan and the devil but in reality he's  a symbol of estorism and occultism which would fit well with the Templars in AC.