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






2. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






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






7. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






8. Belief that if there is anything beyond this life & it is impossible for humans to know it.






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






10. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






12. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






13. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






15. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






16. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






18. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






19. Belief that there is only one deity.






20. Strictly standing by received traditions.






21. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






24. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






25. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






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






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






30. Present in the visible world.






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






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






33. Belief that there are many deities.






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






35. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






36. Belief that there is only one deity.






37. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






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






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






43. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






44. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






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






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






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






50. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.