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






2. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






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






6. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






9. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






13. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






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






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






19. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






21. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






22. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






24. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






25. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Belief that there is only one deity.






35. Present in the visible world.






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






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






38. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






40. Present in the visible world.






41. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






42. Belief that there are many deities.






43. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






45. Repeated & patterned religious act.






46. Belief in a deity or deities.






47. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






48. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






50. Belief in a deity or deities.