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






2. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






4. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






8. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






11. Belief that there is only one deity.






12. Belief that there are many deities.






13. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






16. Belief that there is no deity.






17. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






18. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






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






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






24. Physical embodiment of the divine.






25. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






26. Belief that there are many deities.






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






28. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






31. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






33. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






36. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






39. Strictly standing by received traditions.






40. Belief that all life was created by God.






41. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






44. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






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






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






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






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