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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. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






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






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






7. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






10. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






11. Present in the visible world.






12. Belief that all life was created by God.






13. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






16. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






18. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






21. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






22. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Present in the visible world.






31. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






32. Belief that there are many deities.






33. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






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






38. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






40. Belief that all life was created by God.






41. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






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






46. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






49. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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