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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. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






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






6. Belief that all life was created by God.






7. Belief that all life was created by God.






8. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






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






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






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






14. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






17. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






19. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






20. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






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






24. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






26. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






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






30. Belief that there are many deities.






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






32. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






35. Belief that there is only one deity.






36. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






39. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






40. Present in the visible world.






41. Present in the visible world.






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






43. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






45. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






46. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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






50. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.