The Hindu "books of knowledge" consisting of hymns to various deities, instructions for sacrifice, songs for sacrifice, and spells to bring on blessings and keep away evil are collectively known as the _____
A) ?Shastras
B) ?Laws of Manu
C) ?Vedas
D) ?Upanishads
C
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The Upanishads are part of the class of Hindu scripture designated by the phrase:
a. "what is remembered" b. "what the gods revealed". c. "what the seers witnessed" d. "what is heard"
Which of these is not part of Aristotle's argument that happiness is the supreme good of human life?
a. every action aims at some good, which is the end of the action b. happiness is just pleasure and all pleasure is good c. some ends are combined for some further end; in the cases the further end is always more valuable d. the process of ends contributing to a further end cannot go on forever; there must be an ultimate end
If science is by definition the search for an intelligible network of natural cause-and-effect relationships, then it cannot admit to the possibility of a supernatural cause influencing the network in any way. (James E. Huchingson, "Introduction: The Two-Storied Universe," in James E. Huchingson, ed., Religion and the Natural Sciences: The Range of Engagement)This passage exemplifies a(n) ________.
A. explanation B. illustration C. conditional statement D. unsupported assertion E. argument
The pluralist view of religions is the view that
A) no religion offers a valid path to salvation B) ?some religions offer valid paths to salvation C) ?some religions do not offer valid paths to salvation D) ?all religions offer valid paths to salvation