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






2. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






3. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






5. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






7. Present in the visible world.






8. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






10. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






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






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






15. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






18. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






19. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






22. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






24. Belief that there is only one deity.






25. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






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






30. Present in the visible world.






31. Belief that there are many deities.






32. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






36. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






37. Belief that there is no deity.






38. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






39. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






42. Belief that there are many deities.






43. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Physical embodiment of the divine.






50. Physical embodiment of the divine.