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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. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






2. Belief that there is no deity.






3. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






4. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






6. Belief that there is only one deity.






7. Belief in a deity or deities.






8. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






10. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






11. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






20. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






24. Physical embodiment of the divine.






25. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






27. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






29. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






30. Belief that there are many deities.






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






32. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






35. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






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






40. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






43. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Repeated & patterned religious act.






50. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.