> 1. Who is/was the Ayatollah Khomeini?
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Can't say that I know. I do know that he is/was a leader of some sort. Don't know where, when, or of whom.

> 2. Is there a difference between the Republic of China and the Peoples' Republic of China? If so, what is it?
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If there is, I couldn't tell you.

> 3. Is paganism a religion? If so, why? If not, why not?
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Okay. Now you ask a question that I know something about. Paganism is not a single religion or faith. It is a term used to describe faith systems that believe in multiple deities which are associated with certain aspects of nature or human behavior. Gods of water, thunder, love, and war are all examples of paganistic gods. The term has been used in the past--however erroneously--to describe any non-Jehovah/Allah worshipping religion. Some people associate paganism with anyone who worships multiple gods. However, poly-theism is not always synonymous with paganism.

> 4. Was the Setpember 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States (committed by the Arab terrorist group Al Qaeda) a response to the United States' pro-Israel Middle East policy? If so, why? If not, why not?
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That is a question that cannot be answered with surity. Most likely, yes. However, until those who committed the act a positively identified and are truthful regarding their motives, we cannot know for sure. However, I would venture to say that it is also likely that there were multiple reasons for the attack.

> 5. What is the meaning of life?

If you are looking for the definition, here you go:

a. A board game
b. A breakfast cereal
c. self-awareness coupled with independence of thought and logic and otherwise functioning under one's own power(with the exception of something which formerly functioned under its own/its mother's power and whose body is not capable of sustaining itself but is sustained by mechanical means).