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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. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






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






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






6. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






9. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






10. Present in the visible world.






11. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






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






16. Belief that there are many deities.






17. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






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






22. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






24. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






26. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






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






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






31. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






33. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






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






37. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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. Belief that there is only one deity.






41. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






42. Belief that all life was created by God.






43. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






45. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






47. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






48. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






50. Present in the visible world.