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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. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






3. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






5. Present in the visible world.






6. Belief that all life was created by God.






7. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






9. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






11. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






12. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






13. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






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






17. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






20. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






21. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






23. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






25. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






28. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






29. Belief that there is no deity.






30. Belief that there are many deities.






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






32. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






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






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






37. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






39. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






40. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






43. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






44. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






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






49. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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