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World Religion Literacy

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. One whose assertions about religion are considered false by his or her religious institution.






2. Belief that one's own tradition is the only true religion and that others are invalid.






3. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






4. Believing in one's received traditions as completely and exclusively true.






5. Theory that scientific discoveries prove the existence of an all encompassing Designer & since they reveal complexities beyond chance or evolutionary process.






6. Study of religious practices to comprehend their meaning for their practitioners.






7. The intuitive perception of spiritual truths beyond the limits of reason.






8. Theory that scientific discoveries prove the existence of an all encompassing Designer & since they reveal complexities beyond chance or evolutionary process.






9. One whose assertions about religion are considered false by his or her religious institution.






10. Editing and organization of a religion's scriptures.






11. Repeated & patterned religious act.






12. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






13. Physical embodiment of the divine.






14. Belief that life evolved by biological processes such as natural selection.






15. Any personal response to dimensions of life that are considered sacred.






16. Present in the visible world.






17. The realm of the extraordinary & beyond everyday perceptions & the supernatural & holy.






18. Insistence on What is perceived as the historical form of one's religion.






19. Belief that there are many deities.






20. Belief that there is only one deity.






21. Belief that there is no deity.






22. Belief in a deity or deities.






23. Repeated & patterned religious act.






24. Belief that all life was created by God.






25. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.






26. Strictly standing by received traditions.






27. Magnetic attraction & a quality often ascribed to spiritual leaders.






28. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






29. Belief in a deity or deities.






30. Insistence on What is perceived as the historical form of one's religion.






31. A particular response to dimensions of life considered sacred & shaped by institutionalized traditions.






32. Editing and organization of a religion's scriptures.






33. Belief that there are many deities.






34. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






35. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






36. Present in the visible world.






37. A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.






38. Philosophy based on theories of subtle realities that transcend the physical world.






39. A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.






40. Strictly standing by received traditions.






41. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






42. Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe.






43. A symbolic story expressing ideas about reality or spiritual history.






44. Acceptance that truth may be found in all religions.






45. The realm of the extraordinary & beyond everyday perceptions & the supernatural & holy.






46. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






47. Belief that there is no deity.






48. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






49. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






50. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.