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






2. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






4. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






7. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






10. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






13. Present in the visible world.






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






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






16. Belief that there is no deity.






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






18. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






21. Physical embodiment of the divine.






22. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






23. Present in the visible world.






24. Belief that there are many deities.






25. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






26. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






30. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






33. Repeated & patterned religious act.






34. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






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






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






40. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






43. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






47. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






49. Belief that all life was created by God.






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