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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






2. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






5. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






6. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






7. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






10. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






12. Present in the visible world.






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






14. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






16. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






17. Belief that there is no deity.






18. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






26. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






27. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






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






31. Belief in a deity or deities.






32. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






33. Physical embodiment of the divine.






34. Belief that all life was created by God.






35. Repeated & patterned religious act.






36. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






38. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






39. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






41. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






43. Belief in a deity or deities.






44. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






46. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






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






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