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






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






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






4. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






5. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






8. Belief that there is no deity.






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






10. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






11. Present in the visible world.






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






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






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






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






16. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






18. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






21. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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






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






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






27. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






28. Present in the visible world.






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






30. Belief that only the material world exists and that the supernatural is only imagined by humans.






31. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






32. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






34. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






35. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






38. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






40. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






42. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






44. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






47. Repeated & patterned religious act.






48. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






50. Strictly standing by received traditions.