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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. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






2. Strictly standing by received traditions.






3. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






5. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






8. Belief in a deity or deities.






9. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






11. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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






15. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






16. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






17. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






19. Physical embodiment of the divine.






20. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






23. Belief in a deity or deities.






24. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






27. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






28. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Present in the visible world.






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






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






42. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






43. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






44. Belief that there are many deities.






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






46. Strictly standing by received traditions.






47. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






48. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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