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






3. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






5. Belief that there are many deities.






6. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






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






10. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






13. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






15. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






19. Belief that there are many deities.






20. Strictly standing by received traditions.






21. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






22. Strictly standing by received traditions.






23. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






24. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






27. Belief that there is no deity.






28. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






37. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






39. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






43. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






44. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






46. Present in the visible world.






47. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






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