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






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






3. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






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






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






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






17. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






19. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






21. Belief that all life was created by God.






22. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






24. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






26. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






30. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






32. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






35. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






37. Strictly standing by received traditions.






38. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






39. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






40. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






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






44. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






45. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






46. Belief in a deity or deities.






47. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






50. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.