A scapegoat is an animal ritually burdened with the sins of others.

Quotes

  • Without the Cross, there is no revelation of the fundamental injustice of the scapegoat mechanism, which is the founder of human culture, with all its repercussions in our relationships with each other.
    • RenĂ© Girard, "The Scandal of Christianity" in Evolution and Conversion: Dialogues on the Origins of Culture (2007), p. 219
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