Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."Man to his wife: Poopsie, I bought a lot of this soap. Everyone at the Amway party said it works great."

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Mistaken appeal to authority or mistakenĀ appeal to popularity.

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A central Jewish belief is that

A. God is the pattern of nature. B. God is master of the universe as its creator and judge. C. God created the world but does not interfere in it. D. God is an impersonal force.

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"Antelopes are at risk of becoming extinct, because they are mammals that live in the wild. Some mammals that live in the wild are at risk of becoming extinct" is

A) valid B) invalid

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Outline Descartes' ontological argument for the existence of God. Do you believe that it succeeds in proving that God exists, or not? Why do you believe as you do?

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