What religion arose in the nineteenth century from Shi’a Islam and sees itself as the successor of Islam?

A. Daoism
B. Scientology
C. Baha’i
D. Falun Gong


C. Baha’i
Baha’i arose in the nineteenth century from Shi’a Islam and sees itself as the successor of Islam.

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What is the best evaluation of this argument? "A university was saved from financial and academic disaster by its provost, who later went on to become a consultant James Hoopster became a consultant after having served as a provost. So James Hoopster saved his university from financial and academic disaster."

a) It is a valid inference. b) It is invalid because we do not know what a provost is. c) It is invalid because we do now know when Hoopster was a provost. d) It is invalid because we cannot be sure if we are referring to the same provost. e) It is invalid because the dean saved the university from financial and academic disaster.

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Which of the following offers an artichoke view of human nature?

a. Buddhism b. Chinese five-element view c. African synthesis model d. All of the above

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Which of the following defines Hasidism?

a. It is a lay movement of Torah teachers who later became religious leaders. b. It is a Jewish mystical movement that stresses joyful emotion, which arose in the 1700s. c. It is a separatist ultra-Torah-observant movement at the Qumran settlement on the Dead Sea. d. It is a Jewish movement that claimed the middle ground between Reform and Orthodoxy.

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According to the philosopher David Hume, no “ought” can ever be logically

derived from an “is.”

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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