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






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






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






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






5. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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






9. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






10. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






14. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






16. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






17. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






19. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






22. Present in the visible world.






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






24. Belief that there are many deities.






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






26. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






27. Belief that all life was created by God.






28. Strictly standing by received traditions.






29. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






31. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






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






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






36. Belief that there is only one deity.






37. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






38. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






39. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






41. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






43. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






44. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






45. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






48. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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