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frankwu

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Which of the following is not a reason that religion intensifies group solidarity?
 
  a. Peoples shared religious beliefs, practices, and rituals often create powerful social bonds.
  b. People share in the mysteries of their belief system.
  c. People are separated by their beliefs from others who do not share the same ideas.
  d. People who engage together in religion often likewise engage in other nonreligious activities.
  e. People practice religion that mimics and copies the wider social structure of which they are a part.

Question 2

People perform religious rituals as
 
  a. a way of invoking supernatural beings to control those forces over which they feel they have no control.
  b. a practice with as little emotion as possible, because they seldom really believe rituals are effective.
  c. a way of demonstrating the strong control they have over their own lives.
  d. a way to demonstrate social importance and validation for their lives.
  e. a way to obtain political, social, and economic power.



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fraziera112

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: E

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A




frankwu

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


peter

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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