>>13056356So they found a story about an angel called "Jesus." This angel was the son of god, died, and rose from the dead.
"Perfect," they said. "He can be the new temple. Then I can travel around the Roman empire making a good living as a merchant without having to go all the way back to Jerusalem. And I can stick it to those rich-as-fuck temple priests that don't even do anything."
Then the Romans destroyed the temple, and people needed an alternative to the temple, and the rest is history.
We are still dealing with apes that can barely count to twelve.