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Originally Posted by aron
Hopefully I didn't miss the thrust of Girard's work by too much.
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No, actually you did a nice presentation
Of course, there is much more, but it is a very nice foundation for discussion.
Girard's theory is basically based on his mimetic theory - that we imitate each others' desires. It leads to competition, and then to violence. Scapegoating mechanism was devised to ease violence in the society. "One should die lest we all die". Myth is basically a story that covers up a collective murder. In the minds of persecutors a victim should be guilty for scapegoating to work. The cross exposes this mechanism. Resurrection justifies the victim (and that's why the cross abolishes all the sacrifices).