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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. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






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






5. Belief that there is only one deity.






6. Belief that there is no deity.






7. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






9. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






11. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






15. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






18. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






21. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






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






26. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






27. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






30. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






40. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






41. Belief that all life was created by God.






42. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






43. Repeated & patterned religious act.






44. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






46. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






48. Belief in a deity or deities.






49. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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