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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. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






3. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






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






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






9. Physical embodiment of the divine.






10. Present in the visible world.






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






12. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






15. Present in the visible world.






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






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






18. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






19. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






20. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






24. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






28. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






31. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






33. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






34. Belief that there are many deities.






35. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






37. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






39. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






40. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






41. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






44. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






45. Repeated & patterned religious act.






46. Belief that there is no deity.






47. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






49. Belief that there is no deity.






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