It is likely that the appearance of devils and demonic possession, as well as the dualism of the universe found in Jewish literature, has its roots in

A. Indian Hinduism.
B. Persian Zoroastrianism.
C. Chinese Buddhism.
D. Celtic paganism.


B. Persian Zoroastrianism.

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a. Thomas Jefferson b. Martin Luther King, Jr. c. H. J. McCloskey d. Michael Sandel

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The essential feature of a strong argument is that

A. it has a true conclusion. B. it has all true premises. C. the conclusion is likely (but not necessarily) true, if the premises are true. D. the conclusion is necessarily true, if the premises are true.

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The consolation of promise asserts that at some future point evil will be __________

a. extinct b. irrelevant c. punished d. the norm

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The first premise in each of Aquinas’ arguments assumes tha

a) God is all-powerful. b) everything that happens has a reason. c) there is some movement or change in the natural world. d) nature abhors a vacuum

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