PT144.S4.Q5

PrepTest 144 - Section 4 - Question 5

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Scholar: Support Recently, some religions have updated the language of their traditional texts and replaced traditional rituals with more contemporary ones. █████ ███████ ████ ████ ████████ ██ █████████ ██ ██████████ ██ ██████ ██ ███████ ██████████ ████ █████ ██████████ ████ █████ ████ ███ ████ █████████████ ████ ██████ ██ █████████ ███████ ██ ███████████

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis

The author concludes that any religion that updates the language of their traditional texts and replaces traditional rituals with modern ones will have an increase in the number of worshipers. This is based on the fact that certain religions have made these changes and experienced greater attendance after those chancges.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author assumes that the modernization that some religions have undertaken caused the increases in attendance after those changes. This overlooks the possibility that the increases in attendance might have nothing to do with the modernization changes those religions made.

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5.

The scholar's reasoning is flawed ███████ ███ ███████ ████████ ███████ ██████ ██████████ █████████████ ████

a

not every religion ███ ██████ ███ █████ ███ ███████ ███ ███████████ ███████

b

modernization of religious █████ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ███████ ██ ██████████ ██ █████ ████████

c

the modernization of ███ █████ ███ ███████ ██ ████ █████████ ███ ███ █████ ██ █████ █████████ ██ ██████████

d

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e

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