Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."A friend of mine became a Christian recently and soon after won a six-figure lottery. God looks after his own."

What will be an ideal response?

Post hoc, ego propter hoc (argument from anecdote-causal variety).

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According to Kierkegaard, what is important is not our conception of God, but

A) ?the passion with which we believe in him.
B) ?how plausible our conception is.
C) ?whether we live an ethically good life
D) ?how convincing our arguments for God's existence are.

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Good investigators always start with a _______________. They use their critical thinking skills to decide what kinds of evidence in a fair-minded, systematic, and accurate way

(a) budget (b) data gathering techniques (c) question (d) statistical test (e) research method

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Event 3A Given the following event: Given two urns, one containing 2 green, 3 yellow, and 5 pink balls, and the other containing 4 green, 2 yellow, and 4 pink balls. A single ball is drawn from each. Given Event 3A, what is the probability that one is green, the other is pink?

A) 1/4 B) 2/3 C) 8/25 D) 47/50 E) 7/25

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