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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 there is no deity.






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






3. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






5. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






6. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






7. Belief that there are many deities.






8. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






11. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






14. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






17. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






18. Repeated & patterned religious act.






19. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






21. Belief in a deity or deities.






22. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






25. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






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






30. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






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






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






35. Present in the visible world.






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






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






38. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






39. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






41. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






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






45. Repeated & patterned religious act.






46. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






47. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






49. Strictly standing by received traditions.






50. Belief that there is no deity.