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






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






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






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






5. Belief that there is only one deity.






6. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






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






10. Belief that there is no deity.






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






12. Strictly standing by received traditions.






13. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






15. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






16. Belief that there is only one deity.






17. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






19. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






22. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






23. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






25. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






28. Present in the visible world.






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






30. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






31. Physical embodiment of the divine.






32. Belief that there are many deities.






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






34. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






36. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






39. Belief that there is no deity.






40. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






44. Belief that there are many deities.






45. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






47. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






48. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






50. Belief in a deity or deities.