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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. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






3. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






4. Physical embodiment of the divine.






5. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






8. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






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






13. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






14. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






16. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






18. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






22. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






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






27. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






28. Strictly standing by received traditions.






29. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






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






34. Present in the visible world.






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






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






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






38. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






41. Belief in a deity or deities.






42. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






44. Strictly standing by received traditions.






45. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






48. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






49. Belief that there are many deities.






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