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






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






3. Belief that there are many deities.






4. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






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






8. Belief in a deity or deities.






9. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






12. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






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






16. Present in the visible world.






17. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






19. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






20. Present in the visible world.






21. Belief that there is no deity.






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






23. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






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






27. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






28. Belief that there is only one deity.






29. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






33. Belief that there is no deity.






34. Physical embodiment of the divine.






35. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






37. Belief that all life was created by God.






38. Belief that there are many deities.






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






40. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






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






44. Belief that there is only one deity.






45. Repeated & patterned religious act.






46. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






49. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






50. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.