315: Girard - The End of Scapegoating
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The Threat of Sacrificial Violence in the Bible
Gerard: The sensitivity to victims so often now turned against the Bible is itself rooted right there. We would not accuse the Gospels of victimization if we had not already been converted by them, he says. Gerard: An awareness and rejection of the sacrificial mechanism is already set forth in Hebrew scripture. They reveal the quote unquote victimage mechanisms at the joint root of religion and society and reject them.
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