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DSST World Religions2
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1. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
Mujtahids
The Mishna and the Gemara
World Soul
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
2. Which is NOT a Four Noble Truth? Life is suffering - It is important to experience suffering - Suffering comes from attachment - It is possible to end suffering - There is a path (eight-fold) end to suffering
Gabriel
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Elijah
Apologetics
3. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Pentecostals
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Enlightened One
Gautama
4. ________are Shi'ite primary schools run by the clergy.
Elijah
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Maktabs
Baptists
5. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
Sunni
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Baptists
The Torah
6. The believe in the divinity of everything
A prophet
Pantheism
Seance
Episcapalian
7. What is an atman?
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Hinduism
the soul
Gabriel
8. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
The Mishnah
Jesus was the Messiah
Hinduism
9. What is shradah?
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Hinduism
Shraddha are death rites
A Ziggurat
10. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Baptists
Indra
Gautama
Hades
11. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
World Soul
Seance
Amos
Creation
12. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
8 folds
Sannygasu
Hajj
Right Penance
13. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Ham (non kosher)
Hades
Brahmin
Hinduism
14. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Hellenists
Ham (non kosher)
Gautama
Hadith
15. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Zhu-Xi
A prophet
Gabriel
A way of devotion
16. The Talmud is made up of the...
The Mishnah
Mishna and the Gemara
8 folds
A Shaman
17. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Student of religion - Marriage and family life - Focus on religion and other spiritual things - and being a Holy Wanderer- the Bloddline of a Buddha is not a stage
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Shraddha are death rites
Mercilessness
18. What does Buddha Mean?
Enlightened One
Abraham
Mercilessness
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
19. Who was the goddess of love?
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Aphrodite
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Brahman
20. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
the soul
The Fisherman
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
21. Which of the following is not written about Confucianism? Tao-te-Ching - Analects - Lun yu - Great Learning - Da Xue - Doctrine of Mean )Zhong Young) - Book of Mencius
Shraddha are death rites
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Ham (non kosher)
Aphrodite
22. What is Jataka?
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23. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Shiva
Amos
Kharijites
Karma
24. What is shomerim?
Allah
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Guards for a dead body
The Tanakh
25. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Zhu-Xi
Jews
Abraham
Jesus was the Messiah
26. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Hinduism
A prophet
Jesus was the Messiah
27. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Shraddha are death rites
Apologetics
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Mullahs
28. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Jesus was the Messiah
A Ziggurat
Confucianism
Knowledge
29. Who likened his struggle with the Lord to his unfaithful wife - but forgiveness prevailed?
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Hosea
Aphrodite
Knowledge
30. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
Abraham
The Torah
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Speaking in Tongues
31. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Mercilessness
A P
Hellenists
32. What is the holy wanderer called?
Shiva
Sufis
Confucianism
Sannygasu
33. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Muslims
Hinduism
Right Penance
Confession of sins is not a pillar
34. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Abraham
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Paul
World Soul
35. Asoka took Budhhism very seriously - which one of the following did he NOT do : Persecute non-believers - Fourteen Rock Edicts - minor Pillar Edicts - Cave Inscriptions - Pillar Inscriptions
Knowledge
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Abraham
Did not persecute non-believers
36. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Sunni
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
The Jade Emperor
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
37. Bhakti Marga is?
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
A way of devotion
Kharijites
Shih Ching
38. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
Karma
YI
Seance
Mullahs
39. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
Mullahs
Sufis
the soul
A Ziggurat
40. The Islamic people are called?
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Muslims
Gautama
The Jade Emperor
41. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
Zhu-Xi
Shih Ching
Speaking in Tongues
Jews
42. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Jesus was the Messiah
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Knowledge
The Mishnah
43. What is diaspora?
Did not persecute non-believers
Jews outside of Israel
The Torah
8 folds
44. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Holy trinity
Enlightened One
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Pentecostals
45. What is moksha?
The Torah
The release from the samsara
Diwali
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
46. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Karma
The Sociology of Religion
Student of religion - Marriage and family life - Focus on religion and other spiritual things - and being a Holy Wanderer- the Bloddline of a Buddha is not a stage
Brahmanas
47. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Confucianism
The Tanakh
Elijah
Shih Ching
48. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
The Amish
Guards for a dead body
Gautama
The Jade Emperor
49. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Karma
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Mercilessness
50. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Elijah
Indra
Right Penance
Student of religion - Marriage and family life - Focus on religion and other spiritual things - and being a Holy Wanderer- the Bloddline of a Buddha is not a stage
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