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






2. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






6. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






8. Present in the visible world.






9. Belief in a deity or deities.






10. Belief that there are many deities.






11. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






12. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






14. Repeated & patterned religious act.






15. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






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






19. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






20. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






21. Present in the visible world.






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






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






24. Physical embodiment of the divine.






25. Belief that there is only one deity.






26. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






27. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






31. Belief that all life was created by God.






32. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






33. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






34. Belief that there is no deity.






35. Belief that there is only one deity.






36. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






37. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






49. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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