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






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






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






4. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






5. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






8. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






10. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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






14. Repeated & patterned religious act.






15. Belief that there is no deity.






16. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






18. Belief that there is no deity.






19. Present in the visible world.






20. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






24. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






26. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






28. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






29. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






32. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






35. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






36. Belief that all life was created by God.






37. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






38. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






39. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






40. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






42. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






43. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






44. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






45. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






49. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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