Sin and the Visible Scapegoat. Each human community wants to see itself without blemish, stain, sin, evil, disease, or self-destructive violence. When cursing, we publicly accuse the visible scapegoat of being weak, sinful, or tyrannical. What we have just described here is the visible scapegoat. Pile avoids deforming his own soul; he refuse to turn atheists into a visible scapegoat.

Source: Washington Post November 11, 2021 01:02 UTC