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There Are Three Sections Of The Exam And A Total Of 4 Questions That Y There Are Three Sections Of The Exam And A Total Of 4 Questions That Y There are three sections of the exam and a total of 4 questions that you must answer – two in section one, one in section two, and one in section three. The final exam is worth a total of 30 points. Your answers should be clearly written, organized, and carefully edited. Section 1 (10 Points – 5 points for each question): Answer any two (2) of the following questions. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length, no more than ½ page. Analysts have observed that the two most common occupations and education backgrounds of religious fundamentalist leaders are engineering and computer science. Why do you think that is? What is it about those fields that lend themselves to fundamentalism? Jewish, Christian, and Islamic scriptures are full of passages that seemingly support the idea of slavery. Given very few today support the owning of slaves, why do many people take other scriptural passages on other ancient social practices and convictions (like the “impure” status of homosexual acts) as relevant or authoritative? That is, if we condemn homosexuality based on religious scripture, should we not also support the right of people to own human slaves? In this video, street preacher Dean Saxon says that tearing out pages from the Qur’an in front of a mosque is a good form of “dialogue.” How would you respond to him drawing upon what you know about the world of religions? Section 2 (10 Points): Answer one (1) of the following questions. Your answer should be ½-1 page in length. If we wanted to make a comparison of the ethical norms between two different religious traditions based on how they accept and integrate religious minorities (or not), would it be valid to compare Mahatma Gandhi from the Hindu tradition with Adolf Hitler in the Christian tradition? Why would this comparison be valid or invalid? What would make the comparison more valid and why? We discussed several different examples of religious syncretism. In one pattern, a new religion is formed, such as Sikhism (combining ideas and practices from both Hinduism and Islam). In another pattern, major


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