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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. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






3. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






5. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






6. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






8. Present in the visible world.






9. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






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






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






14. Belief that there is only one deity.






15. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






17. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






19. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






20. Belief that there is no deity.






21. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






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






26. Present in the visible world.






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






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






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






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






31. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






32. Belief that there is only one deity.






33. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






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






38. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






39. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






40. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






44. Belief that all life was created by God.






45. Belief that there are many deities.






46. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






49. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






50. Belief that there is no deity.