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






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






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






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






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






7. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






9. Belief that there is no deity.






10. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






14. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






18. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






19. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






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






23. Strictly standing by received traditions.






24. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






25. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






28. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






29. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






31. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






34. Belief in a deity or deities.






35. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






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






39. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






42. Present in the visible world.






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






44. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






45. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






48. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






50. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.