Which statement best expresses the central idea of "sinners in the hands of an angry god? "
a. jonathan edwards doesn’t agree with god’s forgiving nature towards sinners, as he continues to keep them out of hell.
b. jonathan edwards supports the ideas conveyed in religious texts that claim that anyone can be spared from hell, no matter their sins.
c. jonathan edwards believes that god, angered by sinners’ actions, subjectively controls their fate and eventual bleak end.
d. jonathan edwards fears for himself and others, as it’s difficult to predict what will anger god and incite his wrath.

Although the ideas of ren and li were originally buddhist principles, confucius adopted them as his own and they eventually became the center of confucian philosophy. select the best answer from the choices provided true or false

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

What was one of the main goals of european exploration