The mystical orientation in religion emphasizes
A. the use of logical and rational thinking to find answers.
B. strengthening the sense of one's individuality.
C. the use of rituals and ceremonies.
D. seeking union with a reality greater than oneself.
Answer: D
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. After being released from prison in Rome, Paul went to Crete, where he was imprisoned again. 2. Analysis of the Pastoral Epistles strongly suggests that they were written long after Paul's time, and therefore couldn't have been authored by Paul. 3. After his death, Paul's influence on the church subsided. 4. The Book of Daniel denounced Antiochus IV, a Greek-Syrian king who tried to destroy the Jewish religion. 5. In the Book of 2 Thessalonians, the demonic entity in human form that desecrates the Temple is held at bay by the unidentified "Redoubter."
The philosophers of the eighteenth century did not believe that the methods of Newtonian science were of any value in explaining the human mind, ethics, or politics
Indicate whether the statement is true or false."Scientism" is considered to be
A) the practice of science to the exclusion of all other activities. B) a kind of blind faith in the power of science to determine all truth. C) fearing the power of science in this day of advanced technologies. D) a kind of thinking that denies moral dimensions to the practice of science.
Syllogism 1I Given the following syllogism: No unpopular monarchs are autocrats with vision, so some autocrats without vision are not insane leaders, for some sane leaders are popular monarchs. After reducing the number of terms in Syllogism 1I, the conclusion is:
A) Some sane leaders are not autocrats with vision. B) All popular monarchs are autocrats with vision. C) Some autocrats with vision are not sane leaders. D) All autocrats with vision are popular monarchs. E) Some sane leaders are popular monarchs.