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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. Editing and organization of a religion's scriptures.






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






3. Strictly standing by received traditions.






4. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






7. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






8. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






10. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






12. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






14. Physical embodiment of the divine.






15. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






16. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






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






21. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






22. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






23. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






26. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






28. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






31. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






34. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






38. Present in the visible world.






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






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






41. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






43. Present in the visible world.






44. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






47. Belief in a deity or deities.






48. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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