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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. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






3. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






5. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






7. Present in the visible world.






8. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






11. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






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






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






16. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






25. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






26. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






28. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






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






33. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






35. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






38. Present in the visible world.






39. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






41. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






45. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






48. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






50. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.