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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. Editing and organization of a religion's scriptures.






2. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






5. Belief that all life was created by God.






6. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






7. Belief that all life was created by God.






8. Belief in a deity or deities.






9. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Belief in a deity or deities.






18. Belief that there is no deity.






19. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






22. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






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






27. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






31. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






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






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






37. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






38. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






39. Belief that there is only one deity.






40. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






43. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






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






47. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






48. Repeated & patterned religious act.






49. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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