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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. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






2. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






5. Belief that there is no deity.






6. Belief that there are many deities.






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






8. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






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






13. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






16. Belief that there are many deities.






17. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






19. Physical embodiment of the divine.






20. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






23. Belief that all life was created by God.






24. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






26. Present in the visible world.






27. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






30. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






31. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






34. Strictly standing by received traditions.






35. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






38. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






40. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






42. Belief that there is only one deity.






43. Repeated & patterned religious act.






44. Repeated & patterned religious act.






45. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






46. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






49. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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