Describe three different discipline-based approaches to the study of religions, and explain the specific emphasis that each makes.

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Plato considers Gorgias morally decent, but still dangerous because of the content of his relativistic views

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A) Discuss any instances of nonargumentative persuasion or pseudoreasoning and explain any slanting techniques you find in the following passage. B) Rewrite the passage in language that is as emotively neutral as possible but still retains the same informational content."[S]o frantic is the education industry for raw material (students), institutions are not only lowering standards (requiring only 'a pulse in one hand, a check in the other'), they are discounting tuitions and advertising sushi and waffle bars in the students unions and prime cable service in the dorms where, [author Anne] Matthews says, some students hibernate for days 'eating red licorice and channel surfing.' Some institutions send bounty hunters abroad in search of wealthy foreigners."-George Will

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David existed for some time as an outlaw, even joining the Philistine army for a while

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In the correspondence theory of truth, the proposition "There is a cat on the mat" is true only if:

A. everyone in the room believes that there is a cat on the mat. B. there is a cat on the mat. C. I think there is a cat on the mat. D. it is reasonable to think that there is a cat on the mat.

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