If you accept the literal truth of every word of the Bible, then the Earth must be flat. (Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World) This statement exemplifies a(n) _____. A) unsupported assertion B) explanation C) argument D) conditional statement E) illustration

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This statement is a conditional statement because it presents a condition ("If you accept the literal truth of every word of the Bible") and a consequence ("then the Earth must be flat").

If You Accept the Literal Truth of Every Word of the Bible