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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. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






4. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






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






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






10. Belief that there is no deity.






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






12. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






14. Repeated & patterned religious act.






15. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






17. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






19. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






21. Strictly standing by received traditions.






22. Present in the visible world.






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






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






25. Belief that all life was created by God.






26. Belief that there are many deities.






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






28. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






30. Physical embodiment of the divine.






31. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






32. Belief in a deity or deities.






33. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






37. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






38. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






40. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






43. Belief that all life was created by God.






44. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






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






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






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