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






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






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






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






5. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






6. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






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






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






11. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






12. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






15. Belief that there are many deities.






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






17. Belief that there are many deities.






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






19. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






23. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






24. Repeated & patterned religious act.






25. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






27. Belief that there is no deity.






28. Repeated & patterned religious act.






29. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






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






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






35. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






36. Present in the visible world.






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






38. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






40. Physical embodiment of the divine.






41. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






42. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






44. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






46. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






47. Belief that there is only one deity.






48. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






50. Belief that there is only one deity.