John of Patmos, at the time he was writing (most scholars date Revelation around 95 or 96 CE), regarded Rome as

A. a new Jerusalem.
B. a new Babylon.
C. the future site of the new heaven and earth.
D. the future site of Armageddon.


B. a new Babylon.

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Augustine did not reject

A) Stoicism B) Epicureanism C) Christianity D) Platonism

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According to Kuhn, scientific revolutions are

A) achievements accepted by the scientific community which are the foundation for its practices. B) the guidelines and theories, methods, and standards of a certain scientific field. C) political upheavals which replace one set of governing institutions with another. D) non-cumulative developmental episodes in which one paradigm is replaced by an incommensurable new one.

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In the context of the development of Sikhism, who among the following gurus inaugurated a special military order for men, called the Khalsa, and devised a ceremony of initiation, called the baptism of the sword?

A. Guru Tegh Bahadur B. Guru Gobind Singh C. Guru Har Rai D. Guru Harkishan

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Concerning the nature of facts and values, Dewey argues that

a. facts refer to the physical world and values refer to a world beyond the senses. b. facts are objective while values are merely subjective preferences. c. the two cannot be separated. d. facts and values are both a matter of individual, subjective opinion.

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