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






2. Belief that there is no deity.






3. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






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






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






9. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






12. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






15. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






17. Belief in a deity or deities.






18. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






20. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






21. Present in the visible world.






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






23. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Belief that there is only one deity.






31. Belief in a deity or deities.






32. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






36. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






39. Strictly standing by received traditions.






40. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






43. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






45. Repeated & patterned religious act.






46. Present in the visible world.






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






48. Physical embodiment of the divine.






49. Belief that all life was created by God.






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