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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. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






3. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






5. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






9. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






10. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






13. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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






17. Belief that there is no deity.






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






19. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






22. Belief in a deity or deities.






23. Present in the visible world.






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






25. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






26. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






28. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






32. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






35. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






38. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






41. Physical embodiment of the divine.






42. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






43. Belief that there is only one deity.






44. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






46. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






48. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






49. Present in the visible world.






50. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.