And the high priest loads all of the sins and impurities of the Israelites on the head of a goat, which then carries them off into the wilderness away from the sanctuary.
Larger countries such as Spain or Italy struggling to ease their debt loads might then become vulnerable, potentially triggering wider eurozone upheaval and even a global financial crisis to rival the one of 2008.
And then there was the business of dealing with bus loads of women who turned up in their hundreds and thousands every weekend and at points throughout the week to offer part-time support for the best part of five years.