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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






11. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






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






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






20. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






21. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






24. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






25. Belief that all life was created by God.






26. Belief that there is no deity.






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






28. Belief that there are many deities.






29. Strictly standing by received traditions.






30. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






33. Physical embodiment of the divine.






34. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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






38. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






40. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






41. Physical embodiment of the divine.






42. Belief that there is no deity.






43. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






44. Present in the visible world.






45. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






47. Belief in a deity or deities.






48. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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