The scapegoat was a goat that was driven off into the wilderness as part of the ceremonies of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in Judaism during the times of the Temple in Jerusalem. The rite is described in Leviticus 16. The word also refers, in modern parlance, to one who is blamed for misfortunes, often as a way of distracting attention from the real causes. Scapegoat - In the Hebrew Bible. Two very similar-appearing male goats were brought into the courtyard of the Temple in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur as ...

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• Scapegoat - Scapegoating in sports
• Scapegoat - Scapegoating in Psychoanalytic Theory

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Figuratively, a scapegoat is someone selected to bear blame for a calamity. Scapegoating is the act of holding a person, group of people, or thing responsible for a multitude of problems. This is also known as a frameup. Scapegoats can also be referred to as patsies. Scapegoat - Political/sociological scapegoating. Scapegoating is an important tool of propaganda; for example, the Jews were singled out in Nazi propaganda as the source of Germa ...

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Scapegoat, Scapegoat - In the Hebrew Bible, Scapegoat - Christian view, Scapegoat - Scapegoating, Scapegoat - Political/sociological scapegoating, Scapegoat - Scapegoating in sports, Scapegoat - Scapegoating in psychoanalytic theory

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Figuratively, a scapegoat is someone selected to bear blame for a calamity. Scapegoating is the act of holding a person, group of people, or thing responsible for a multitude of problems. This is also known as a frameup. Scapegoat - Political/Sociological Scapegoating. Scapegoating is an important tool of propaganda; for example, the Jews were singled out in Nazi propaganda as the source of German ...

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Scapegoat, Scapegoat - In the Hebrew Bible, Scapegoat - Christian view, Scapegoat - Scapegoating, Scapegoat - Political/Sociological Scapegoating, Scapegoat - Scapegoating in sports, Scapegoat - Scapegoating in Psychoanalytic Theory

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"Blame Canada" is a song from the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut in which the fictional parents of South Park decide to blame Canada for the trouble their children have been getting into since watching the Canadian-made Terrance and Phillip movie, refusing to address the reality that they themselves are to blame for their children's misbehavior by not stopping their children from watching it in the first place. Thus the film satirizes political scapegoating, and, in an interesting twist, the reactions South Park creators e ...

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The Atonement is the central doctrine of Christianity: everything else derives from it. It is reconciliation with God, of people who have sinned. It is a concept of forgiveness and repair, based on the mercy of God, the central idea of Christianity. It attempts to explain why the sinless human being Jesus died, and in terms of the Trinity, why God the Son, the second Person of the Trinity, incarnated in human flesh as Jesus, suffered horribly and died on the cross. Especially prominent in western Christianity is the conc ...

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• Atonement - 1 - Christus Victor
• Atonement - 2 - Moral Influence
• Atonement - 3 - Satisfaction
• Atonement - 4 - Governmental

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Sacrifice (from a Middle English verb meaning 'to make sacred', from Old French, from Latin sacrificium : sacer, sacred; sacred + facere, to make) is commonly known as the practice of offering food, or the lives of animals or people to the gods, as an act of propitiation or worship. The term is also used metaphorically to describe selfless good deeds for others. Sacrifice - Theologies of sacrifice. The theology of sacrifice remains an issue, not only for religions that continue to practice ritua ...

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Blame is the assignment of responsibility from one entity to another. Blaming is the action of assigning this blame to another, often from oneself. These activities seem basic to hominid behaviour, as the infamous cat did it incident with Koko the gorilla demonstrated very vividly. Blaming is nearly universally observed in children. It seems to be an essential part of human development. When language skills develop, one of the first practical things that can be done with them is to apply them to bl ...

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Cork taint is a broad term referring to a set of undesirable smells or tastes found in a bottle of wine, especially spoilage that can only be detected after bottling, aging and opening. Though modern studies have shown that other factors can also be responsible for taint – including wooden barrels, storage conditions and the transportation of corks and wine – the cork is held to be the traditional scapegoat, and a wine found ...

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Azazel (Hebrew: עזאזאל, Arabic: عزازل azazil) is an enigmatic name from the Hebrew scriptures, possibly referring to a fallen angel or Satan. The word's first appearances are in Leviticus 16, when in the ritual for Yom Kippur the scapegoat is to be taken to Azazel and cast into the wilderness, but this text by itself is unclear as to the actual identity of Azazel. The Talmud (Yoma 67b) and later commentators maintain Azazel was the name of the precipitous cliff where the goat met its end. This version is cited by Biblical commentator Rashi and it is considered ...

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• Azazel - Azazel in the Apocalypse of Abraham
• Azazel - Azazel in Islam
• Azazel - Azazel in demonology
• Azazel - Dictionnaire Infernal - Collin de Plancy 1863 paraphrased
• Azazel - In literature
• Azazel - In popular culture

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The Curse of the Bambino (1920 – 2004) was an urban myth or scapegoat cited as a reason for the failure of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to win the World Series for 84 years after they sold Babe Ruth, sometimes called The Bambino, to the New York Yankees. The flip side of the "curse" was New York's success—after the sale, the once-lackluster Yankees became one of the most successful franchises in North American professional sports. While some fans took the superstition of the Curse seriously, m ...

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• Curse of the Bambino - Cursed results
• Curse of the Bambino - Attempts to break the curse
• Curse of the Bambino - The curse reversed

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The Curse of the Billy Goat, or Billy Goat Curse (curse supposedly began in 1945) is the name of an urban myth, superstition, or scapegoat used to explain the World Series drought that Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs have had to endure since their last appearance in the 1945 World Series, and their last World Series championship in 1908. Curse of the Billy Goat - The semi beginning. As the story goes, William "Billy Goat" Sianis, a Greek immigrant who owned a nearby tavern (the now-famous Billy ...

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In Catalan popular culture, there are a large number of myths and legends about witches (Catalan "bruixes"). In the popular imagination, a witch is a woman who, by means of a pact with the Devil, has acquired supernatural power, which she uses for her own benefit and for evil purposes. During the Middle Ages, the power of the Church strengthened these beliefs among the people, using witchcraft as scapegoat for all calamities, to marginalize, imprison, and finally execute people, e ...

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• Catalan mythology about witches - The Day of the Dead and All Saints Day
• Catalan mythology about witches - Christmas Eve
• Catalan mythology about witches - New Year's Eve
• Catalan mythology about witches - The Eve of Saint John
• Catalan mythology about witches - Other stories of Catalan witches
• Catalan mythology about witches - Note on references

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White slavery is a term that was originally used in the 19th century to denote the enslavement to wage labor experienced by workers in industrializing Britain. The use of the term spread to the U.S., where it held particular currency for post-bellum Americans who felt that freedom was defined by the ability for a man to earn a living and support one's family. As the U.S. had just abolished slavery , the right to earn a living was invoked often during Reconstruction. This use of the term "freedom" was supported by property laws ...

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For the logical fallacy, see poisoning the well. Well-poisoning (the malicious manipulation of potable water resources to cause illness or death) is potentially the gravest of three accusations historically brought against Jewish people as a whole (the other two being host desecration and blood libel.) Well poisoning - Historical accusations of well-poisoning against Jews. Medieval people did not know about the existence of viruses and bacteria, thus they could not understand epidemics. Any su ...

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The laying on of hands is a religious practice found throughout the world in varying forms. In Christian churches, this practice is used as both a symbolic and formal method of invoking the Holy Spirit during baptisms, healing services, and ordination of priests, ministers, elders, deacons, and other church officers, along with a variety of other church sacraments and holy ceremonies. In its "healing" form, the laying on of hands is based on biblical precedent set by Jesus. This is a popular Jesuit ceremony in which prayer for ...

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Bartman became a scapegoat for the Cubs' failure to advance to the World Series. Part of the intrigue of sports is the tendency among some fans and writers to ascribe supernatural characteristics to teams. Teams that seem to win frequently, such as the New York Yankees, the Green Bay Packers, or the University of Notre Dame, are said to have a "mystique" or "aura" about them. Teams that seem to fall short frequently, such as the Chicago Cubs or (until 2004) the Boston Red Sox, are said to be "cursed" or "jinxed". In specific cases, disappoin ...

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Steve Bartman, Steve Bartman - The Scapegoat Factor, Steve Bartman - You Can't Blame

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In Terry Pratchett's novel The Truth, a group of dwarves run a printing press to create a typo-filled newspaper, intended to be named Ankh Morpork Items, but the last word was misspelled to Times. Motto: The truth shall make ye fret (sometimes frep or other misspellings of free). There have been several communities that have been devoted to them, as well as online art galleries [1][2]. ...

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Typographical personification, Typographical personification - Types, Typographical personification - In fiction, Typographical personification - External link

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The term was coined by Stanley Cohen in 1972 to describe media coverage of Mods and Rockers in the United Kingdom in the 1960s. A factor in moral panic is the deviancy amplification spiral, the phenomenon defined by media critics as an increasing cycle of reporting on a category of antisocial behavior or other undesirable events. While the term moral panic is relatively recent, many social scientists point to the Middletown studies, first conducted in 1925, as containing the first in-depth study of this phenomenon. In these stu ...

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Moral panic, Moral panic - Origins, Moral panic - Examples

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Atonement - 1 - Christus Victor. Irenaeus, Eastern Orthodox Church, some Lutherans Origen, Gregory of Nyssa Atonement - 2 - Moral Influence. Pierre Abélard & Atonement (Moral influence view) Atonement - 3 - Satisfaction. Substitutionary atonement & Atonement (Satisfaction view) Anselm of Canterbury & Salvation in Catholicism

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Atonement, Atonement - Atonement theories in Christianity, Atonement - 1 - Christus Victor, Atonement - 2 - Moral Influence, Atonement - 3 - Satisfaction, Atonement - 4 - Governmental

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