Xenophanes of Colophon observed that __________.
A. people tend to depict their gods as looking like themselves
B. people tend to depict their gods as otherworldly beings without human form
C. natural phenomena tend to have mathematical explanations
D. most religious traditions have a flood story
Answer: A
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