No, it’s the clear point that just because a pagan did something, even in relation to religious belief, doesn’t make it wrong.
Were pagans wrong in believing in an afterlife?
Deuteronomy 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: