It may be, because sophistry is a plausible argument, based on falsehood.

Sophistication is defined as:

1. Knowledgeableness and refinement: a combination of worldly wisdom, self-confidence, and refinement in a person

2. Advanced technical development: advanced technical development and complexity

3. Act of sophisticating: the process of sophisticating something or somebody

Sophism is not a Religion. It is when you display ingenuity in reasoning by making an argument for something you know isn't true. Deceptive.

It is also related to any false argument.

john was being sophistry, if he was not lying.

1. He used sophistry to manipulate the audience into believing his false claims.
2. The politician's argument was full of sophistry, designed to deceive the listeners.
3. Sophistry is often employed in debates to make weak arguments seem stronger.

a person that is involved in the school of thought of sophism