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






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






3. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






5. Belief that there are many deities.






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






7. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






8. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






9. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






11. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






15. Present in the visible world.






16. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






17. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






18. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






19. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






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






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






24. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






25. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






27. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






29. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






30. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






31. Repeated & patterned religious act.






32. Belief that there are many deities.






33. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






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






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






38. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






39. Present in the visible world.






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






41. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






44. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






46. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






48. Belief in a deity or deities.






49. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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