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






2. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






4. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






6. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






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






11. Belief that there are many deities.






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






13. Strictly standing by received traditions.






14. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






17. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






20. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






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






24. Belief in a deity or deities.






25. Physical embodiment of the divine.






26. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






27. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






29. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






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






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






34. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






35. Repeated & patterned religious act.






36. Belief that there is no deity.






37. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






39. Belief that there is no deity.






40. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






41. Present in the visible world.






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






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






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






45. Repeated & patterned religious act.






46. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






50. Belief that there is only one deity.