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cagreen833

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on: Jul 2, 2018
How do functionalists explain the universality of religion?
 
  a. Powerful leaders use religion to exert control.
  b. God is present everywhere.
  c. Religion meets universal human needs.
  d. Religious impulses are a part of the human genetic code.

Question 2

The thesis is countered by the __________.
 
  a. contithesis
  b. antithesis
  c. synthesis
  d. dystopathis


akemokai

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b


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