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






2. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






3. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






4. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






7. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






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






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






12. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






13. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






15. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






18. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






19. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






21. Belief that there is only one deity.






22. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






24. Strictly standing by received traditions.






25. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






28. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






30. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






34. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






36. Repeated & patterned religious act.






37. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






38. Belief that there is no deity.






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






40. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






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






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






45. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






48. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






50. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.