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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. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






9. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






11. Belief that there is no deity.






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






13. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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






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






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






19. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






21. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






22. Strictly standing by received traditions.






23. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






25. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






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






29. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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






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






34. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






36. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






37. Present in the visible world.






38. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






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






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






44. Strictly standing by received traditions.






45. Belief that there is no deity.






46. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






48. Repeated & patterned religious act.






49. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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