Complete the passage with appropriate transitional device . Write the word or phrase on the blank. A. As a result B. Of course C. Moreover D. For this reason E. Meanwhile E. Undoubtedly F. However G. At the same time H. In like manner
(1)______ nearly all, if not all people believe in a Supreme Being. The name varies (2)______ because of the different languages in the world. God is the Creator. He is transcendent, living in heaven whom men naturally look up to. Belief in life after death is perhaps the most ancient religious belief of all mankind. God may be an abstract idea but he cares and does not strike with terror. (3)______ He sustains all things. It is generally agreed that in the earliest times, God lived on earth but due to some fault, God got angry. (4)______ he left the earth and went up to heaven. The Shiller of the Upper Nile regions say that in the beginning man and woman lived in the land of God, but they ate the forbidden fruit. (5)______ God sent them away. The Africans may be asked why men must pay attention to many spirits and not to one god alone. One answer may be that people cannot afford to neglect any power that can influence their lives. (6)_______ they do not pay attention to one person alone but to many officials with whom they must deal. Belief in a spiritual power animating the earth is found all over Africa. So, (7)_______ the Africans worship god, they also must worship a lot of earth spirits. (8)_______ new religions have come to Africa but much of the old remains.