Assertion: scapegoat | /r/SimilarTo | person
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text: Since this goat, carrying the sins of the people placed on it, is sent away to perish, the word 'scapegoat' has come to mean a person, often innocent, who is blamed and punished for the sins, crimes, or sufferings of others, generally as a way of distracting attention from the real causes.
text: a dictionary would help alot scapegoat means the person you blame it on when you are really the blame its like saying the boogie man made me do it.
text: Modern scholars generally reject Tyndale's interpretation in favor of one related to the fallen angel/evil demon interpretation; in fact, today in modern Hebrew Azazel is used derogatorily, as in lekh la-Azazel ("go to Azazel"), as in "go to hell".Since this goat, carrying the sins of the people placed on it, is sent away to perish , the word "scapegoat" has come to mean a person, often innocent, who is blamed and punished for the sins, crimes, or sufferings of others.
text: Modern scholars generally reject Tyndale's interpretation in favor of one related to the fallen angel/evil demon interpretation; in fact, today in modern Hebrew Azazel is used derogatorily, as in lekh la-Azazel ("go to Azazel"), as in "go to hell".Since this goat, carrying the sins of the people placed on it, is sent away to perish , the word "scapegoat" has come to mean a person, often innocent, who is blamed and punished for the sins, crimes, or sufferings of others.
text: Since this goat, carrying the sins of the people placed on it, is sent away to perish , the word "scapegoat" has come to mean a person, often innocent, who is blamed and punished for the sins, crimes, or sufferings of others, generally as a way of distracting attention from the real causes.