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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. Belief that all life was created by God.






2. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






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






6. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






7. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






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






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






12. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






15. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






16. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






20. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






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






25. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






27. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






29. Repeated & patterned religious act.






30. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






33. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






36. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






39. Belief in a deity or deities.






40. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






41. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






43. Belief that there is no deity.






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






45. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






46. Belief that there is only one deity.






47. Strictly standing by received traditions.






48. Present in the visible world.






49. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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