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






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






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






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






5. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






8. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






12. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






13. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






15. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






16. Belief that all life was created by God.






17. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Strictly standing by received traditions.






24. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






27. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






29. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






31. Belief in a deity or deities.






32. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






35. Present in the visible world.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Physical embodiment of the divine.






43. Belief that there is no deity.






44. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






46. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






50. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.