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






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






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






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






5. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






8. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






9. Belief that there are many deities.






10. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






13. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






15. Belief in a deity or deities.






16. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






19. Repeated & patterned religious act.






20. Belief in a deity or deities.






21. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






22. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






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






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






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






28. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






31. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






33. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






36. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






37. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






40. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






41. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






43. Repeated & patterned religious act.






44. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






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






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






50. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.