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






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






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






4. Repeated & patterned religious act.






5. Belief that all life was created by God.






6. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






24. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






26. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






27. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






29. Belief that there is no deity.






30. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






37. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






38. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






39. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






42. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






43. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






45. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






46. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






47. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






48. Physical embodiment of the divine.






49. Belief in a deity or deities.






50. Belief that there are many deities.