The Jesus story and the stars and constellations of the zodiac

A brilliant analysis of the evidence. The ancients used allegory and anthropomorphism to explain natural phenomena. Astrology was important for the earliest civilizations because it helped people to optimize farming. It is illogical to refute the clear plagiarism of later religions. There is a clear and evidenced thread running through all religions based on this evidence. Unfortunately, religions have a tendency to degrade to literalism, which leads to intolerance, division and bloodshed. The original proponents are labelled as heretics and persecuted, until the fundamentalists take over. This has been happening since the dawn of civilization and is still happening today.