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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. Acceptance that truth may be found in all religions.






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






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






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






5. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






8. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






11. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






14. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






15. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






16. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






19. Belief that all life was created by God.






20. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






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






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






26. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






27. Present in the visible world.






28. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






29. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






31. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






32. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






33. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






36. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






37. Physical embodiment of the divine.






38. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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






42. Belief that there is no deity.






43. Present in the visible world.






44. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






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






48. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






49. Belief that there is no deity.






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