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






2. Belief that there are many deities.






3. Physical embodiment of the divine.






4. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






5. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






6. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






8. Belief that there is no deity.






9. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






10. Belief that all life was created by God.






11. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






12. Strictly standing by received traditions.






13. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






14. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






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






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






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






20. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






22. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






24. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






27. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






30. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






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






35. Strictly standing by received traditions.






36. Physical embodiment of the divine.






37. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






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






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






43. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






47. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






50. Belief in a deity or deities.