Goat

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The antithesis to a sheep, a term taken from the parables of Jesus in the bible, and used to insinuate unreceptiveness, rebelliousness, evil, or following the devil.

  1. A goat is any person who is not receptive to the word of God or the group's teachings. In practice, anyone who is busy or unapproachable is considered a goat.
  2. New doctrines were often described as "separating the sheep from the goats" - those that were able to receive the radical new doctrines were sheep, those that rejected goats.