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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. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






3. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






5. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






7. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






11. Repeated & patterned religious act.






12. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






13. Belief in a deity or deities.






14. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






16. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






17. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






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






21. Present in the visible world.






22. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






24. Present in the visible world.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






35. Belief that there are many deities.






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






37. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






39. Repeated & patterned religious act.






40. Physical embodiment of the divine.






41. Belief that there is no deity.






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






43. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Belief that there are many deities.