This is one of the problems with belief acquisition
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: we aquire our ideas, beliefs, and values the way we catch a cold. Like the cold virus, these ideas, beliefs, and values are floating around in our environment and we inhale them without realizing it
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Which Pharaoh expanded the Egyptian Empire to its greatest size?
A. Amenhotep IV B. Tutankhamen C. Queen Hatshepsut D. Rameses II
The common name for the entire Christian scripture canon is
a. New Testament c. Old Testament b. Bible d. The Christian scriptures
Which is true?
a. A deductive argument always ends with a conclusion that is a statement of probability, no matter how remote that probability. b. A sound deductive argument is one that has valid form and true premises. c. Premises of deductive arguments are never derived through induction. d. All of the above are true.
A) Discuss any instances of nonargumentative persuasion or pseudoreasoning and explain any slanting techniques you find in the following passage. B) Rewrite the passage in language that is as emotively neutral as possible but still retains the same informational content."The arms buildup that President Reagan gave us is an albatross around our necks. We spent a trillion dollars on it. Do you realize how much a trillion dollars is? That's a one with 12 zeros after it. That's $4,000 for (or rather from) every man, woman, and child in the United States. And what was it all for? Are we any safer now for having spent all this treasure? Do you feel any safer now than you did before? Our children, who will eventually have to pay for all this because of the national debt, will look back on us
as a generation of lunatics."-Letter to the editor of the Bellevue (Ind.) Star-Reporter What will be an ideal response?