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






3. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






4. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Present in the visible world.






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






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






14. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






16. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






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






21. Repeated & patterned religious act.






22. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






23. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






25. Belief in a deity or deities.






26. Physical embodiment of the divine.






27. Belief that there are many deities.






28. Strictly standing by received traditions.






29. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






31. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






33. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






36. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






40. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






42. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






43. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






45. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






47. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






48. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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