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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. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






3. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






5. Belief that all life was created by God.






6. Belief that there is no deity.






7. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






8. Belief that there are many deities.






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






10. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






12. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






14. Present in the visible world.






15. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






17. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






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






22. Present in the visible world.






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






24. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






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






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






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






30. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






33. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






35. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






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






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






41. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






43. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






44. Repeated & patterned religious act.






45. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






47. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






48. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






49. Belief in a deity or deities.






50. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.