The question "Is it true that Doctor Watson was Holmes's best friend?" is paradoxical because
A) ?Watson frequently got in the way when Holmes was trying to solve a case.
B) ?there is no literal reality outside of our thoughts about it.
C) ?while it's true that Watson was Holmes's best friend in that fictional world, it's also true that Holmes had no best friend because he never existed.
D) ?Watson and Holmes never really knew each other.
C
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The most infamous of the Japanese new religions was the apocalyptic group founded in 1987 by Chizuo Matsumoto that went by the name of:
a. Aum Shinrikyo.
b. Gedatsu-kai.
c. Soka-Gakkai.
d. Falun Gong.
This text employs the __________ methods for the study of religion
a. comparative, functional, and religious b. comparative, historical, and phenomenological c. comparative, historical, and philosophical d. functional, historical, and philosophical e. functional, phenomenological, and religious
This group, part of the major school of thought that emerged in addition to the Daoists, believed that human nature demanded strong leadership because it tended to be wicked and lazy
a. the Confucians b. the Legalists c. the Mohists d. the Neo-Daos
Outside of Japan, Shinto beliefs are common only in Hawai'i and Brazil because
a. it may have originated in either of these places. b. many Japanese have settled there. c. the religion is close to the indigenous religions in those areas. d. Shinto is derived from Buddhism.