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Date Posted: 10:20:55 02/15/08 Fri
Author: Janelle
Subject: A question about Girard and atheism

As I was reading "Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World" I came across Girard's explanation of why modern atheism does not, in fact, get rid of the idea of sacrifice and victimage on page 184. I just want to be sure I'm understanding what he is saying. Is he saying that atheism does not aid in getting rid of this system and mechanism because it simply denies religion all together and, therefore, does not reveal the system on which it operates? If that is so, then, as a result, the Bible is superior in its method of handling the system because it actually reveals it and the original murders, instead of mythologizing, and then works to persuade people from acting in this same manner. Is this what he is saying, that atheism does not help the problem because it denies it instead of acknowledging it, like Christianity? I want to be sure I am understanding him correctly.

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