This is interesting concept. I don't have too much to add on the atonement aspect of scapegoating. I might ask about if we can see the modern understanding of scapegoating in the BoM. In what ways do people we traditionally see as villains might have legitimate complaints or exculpating factors?  John Welch did some of this in Legal Cases in the BoM.  He looked at the incident of Nehor, and found that his conviction wasn't for murder likely b...
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