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






2. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






4. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






5. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






13. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






14. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






15. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






16. Repeated & patterned religious act.






17. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






20. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






23. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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






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






28. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






30. Physical embodiment of the divine.






31. Belief that there are many deities.






32. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






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






36. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






39. Present in the visible world.






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






41. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






43. Belief that there is no deity.






44. Present in the visible world.






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






46. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






49. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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