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






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






3. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






4. Belief that there are many deities.






5. Present in the visible world.






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






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






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






9. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






10. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






11. Belief that there is only one deity.






12. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






15. Belief in a deity or deities.






16. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






18. Belief that all life was created by God.






19. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






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






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






25. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






28. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






30. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






34. Present in the visible world.






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






36. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






38. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






41. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






45. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






46. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






48. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






49. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






50. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.