More than ever, I am convinced that history has meaning - and that its meaning is terrifying.

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• Rene Girard:

  The myth-making machine is the mimetic contagion that disappears behind the myth it generates.

• Rene Girard:

  Instead of blaming victimization on the victims, the Gospels blame it on the victimizers. What the

• Rene Girard:

  When the Bible and the Gospels say that the victims should have been spared, they do not merely 'ta

• Rene Girard:

  A scapegoat remains effective as long as we believe in its guilt.

• Rene Girard:

  Having a scapegoat means not knowing that we have one.

• Rene Girard:

  Learning that we have a scapegoat is to lose it forever and to expose ourselves to mimetic conflict

• Rene Girard:

  The protective system of scapegoats is finally destroyed by the Crucifixion narratives as they reve

• Rene Girard:

  Society's preservation against the unlimited violence of scandals lies in the mimetic coalition aga

• Rene Girard:

  In preventing a riot and dispersing a crowd, the Crucifixion is an example of cathartic victimizati

• Rene Girard:

  The true Resurrection is based not on the mythical lie of the guilty victim who deserves to die, bu