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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 in a deity or deities.






2. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






4. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






7. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






8. Belief that there is only one deity.






9. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






11. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






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






15. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






16. Belief that there is no deity.






17. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






19. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






23. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






25. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






28. Belief that there is no deity.






29. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






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






33. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






34. Belief that there are many deities.






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






36. Belief that there are many deities.






37. Present in the visible world.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






46. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






47. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






50. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.