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






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






3. Belief in a deity or deities.






4. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






16. Belief that there are many deities.






17. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






20. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






21. Physical embodiment of the divine.






22. Present in the visible world.






23. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






24. Belief that there is only one deity.






25. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






29. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






30. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






32. Strictly standing by received traditions.






33. Belief that there is only one deity.






34. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






36. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






39. Present in the visible world.






40. Belief that there is no deity.






41. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






43. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






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






48. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






49. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






50. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.