A sacrificial crisis derives its power and effectiveness from being masked or hidden. This power is prolonged through rituals – actions that reenact the crisis.
The moment the sacrificial crisis is unmasked as a lie the power is lost.
Rene Girard called stories that mask and prolong the original crisis, the myth. And he called stories that unmask the crisis, gospel.
Myths are told from the perspective of the persecutors. Gospels are told from the perspective of the victim.