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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. Repeated & patterned religious act.






2. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Belief that there is only one deity.






9. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






10. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






18. Belief that there are many deities.






19. Strictly standing by received traditions.






20. Belief that there is no deity.






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






22. Present in the visible world.






23. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






24. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






26. Belief that there are many deities.






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






28. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






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






32. Present in the visible world.






33. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






34. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






36. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






38. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






41. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






42. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






44. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






45. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






47. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






50. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.