Evaluate the following argument in accordance with the criteria discussed in the text.Before every voyage, we toss a drink to the old man in the sea.
What will be an ideal response?
That is, doing so brings good luck; not doing so brings bad luck. The superstition probably originated as a faulty application of paired unusual events principle or common variable principle, or both. (Before every airplane flight, your authors toss a drink down the hatch, but not from superstition.)
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To whom is the epistle known as First Peter addressed?
A. the leadership of the church B. Christians in Jerusalem C. Christians scattered throughout the Roman Empire D. Jewish Christians throughout Asia Minor
If Ayer's analysis of ethical judgments is correct:
a. then it is impossible to argue about questions of value. b. then questions of value are easily solved. c. then we have found a powerful key to solving questions of value. d. b and c. e. none of these choices.
Rauch maintains that attempts to eliminate bias and not allow its expression
a. can never fully succeed, but are still worth trying. b. can work effectively within communities or even nations, but not universally. c. have never really been tried, and thus we don't know what would happen. d. wind up stifling dissent and persecuting dissenters. e. are a good idea within colleges and universities, but not on a larger scale.
grounded in revelation or divine authority?
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