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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. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






4. Physical embodiment of the divine.






5. Belief in a deity or deities.






6. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






17. Strictly standing by received traditions.






18. Belief that there are many deities.






19. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






23. Belief that there are many deities.






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






25. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






29. Present in the visible world.






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






31. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






32. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






33. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






36. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






37. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






38. Belief that all life was created by God.






39. Belief that there is no deity.






40. Present in the visible world.






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






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






43. Repeated & patterned religious act.






44. Belief in a deity or deities.






45. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






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






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