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






2. Present in the visible world.






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






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






5. Belief that there are many deities.






6. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






10. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






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






14. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






16. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






19. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






21. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






23. Physical embodiment of the divine.






24. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






27. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






28. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






30. Belief that there is no deity.






31. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






33. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






34. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






36. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






38. Belief that all life was created by God.






39. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






40. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






43. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






45. Present in the visible world.






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






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






48. Belief in a deity or deities.






49. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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