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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 in a deity or deities.






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






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






4. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






5. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






7. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






8. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






9. Physical embodiment of the divine.






10. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






11. Belief that there are many deities.






12. Repeated & patterned religious act.






13. Belief that there is no deity.






14. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






16. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






20. Belief that there is no deity.






21. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






24. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






27. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






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






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






32. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






33. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






36. Present in the visible world.






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






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






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






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






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






42. Repeated & patterned religious act.






43. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






45. Present in the visible world.






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






47. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






48. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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