Christ Has Broken the Sacrificial Mechanism

“People caught up in the scandals and frenzy of a sacrificial crisis are prone to believe almost anything that will allow them to unleash their scapegoating violence with moral impunity. In Christianized cultures, however, attempts to claim such moral immunity by appealing to Christianity have been increasingly less successful. The moral blindness a sacrificial crisis induces in those who get caught up in it is incredibly powerful” (Gil Bailie, Violence Unveiled, p. 262).