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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. Acceptance that truth may be found in all religions.






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






3. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






7. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






9. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






11. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






12. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






13. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






14. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






18. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






21. Belief that there are many deities.






22. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






24. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






25. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






27. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






30. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






33. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






34. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






35. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






37. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






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






42. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






44. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






45. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






47. Belief in a deity or deities.






48. Belief that there is no deity.






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






50. Present in the visible world.