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






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






3. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






5. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






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






9. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






12. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






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






17. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






19. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






21. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






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






25. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






28. Repeated & patterned religious act.






29. Belief that all life was created by God.






30. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






33. Belief that there is only one deity.






34. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






37. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






40. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






42. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






44. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






46. Repeated & patterned religious act.






47. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






49. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






50. Belief that there are many deities.