Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.There must be a God. After all, people and cultures have always believed in some sort of a deity going back to the beginning of humankind.

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Mistaken appeal to tradition.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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_____ or classics are religious books that have scriptural standing

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