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Old 08-03-2014, 11:27 AM   #7
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Default Re: Rene Girard and scapegoat mechanism

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Originally Posted by aron View Post
yes I remember him talking about two children playing with toys. Suddenly they both want the same one. We learn by imitating others, and we develop values based on what others value. This leads to problems in an environment of scarcity, and thus we build social structures, complete with sacrificial victims and mythological histories, to support them.
Yes, and the verse from James you quoted earlier sums it up nicely.
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