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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. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






3. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






7. Physical embodiment of the divine.






8. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






12. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






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






16. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






17. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






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






22. Belief that all life was created by God.






23. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






26. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






28. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






29. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






31. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






32. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






33. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






36. Belief that there are many deities.






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






38. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






42. Belief that there is no deity.






43. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






46. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






48. Present in the visible world.






49. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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