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MCA The Nature of Religion and Beliefs Multi Choice Quiz
MCA The Nature of Religion and Beliefs Multi Choice Quiz
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What could be inferred from archaeological excavations of primitive burial sites?
Primitive people were afraid of death.
Primitive people had a belief in the after life.
Primitive people viewed death as a religious concern.
Primitive people were not concerned with death.
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What are the main features of religious rituals?
Ritual enactments or action, beliefs, linked to supernatural
Doctrine, moral teaching, ritual action and sacred beliefs
Story, sacred beliefs and experiences.
Common structure and dogma
3
Which of the following is a function of religion?
To answer the ultimate human questions
To reduce the likelihood of death
To attain human ideals and values for life.
To identify ultimate human realities.
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Ethics are a dimension of religion that:
Provide a code of conduct in order to live a religious life
Prescribe the way believers express beliefs
Clarify ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, what to do and what to avoid
Contain sacred texts
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Extending or lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience.
pantheistic
immanent
transcendent
agnostic
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The Old Testament has influenced:
Christianity and Judaism only
The Semitic religions
Hinduism and Buddhism
Judaism only
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What is one of the sacred texts of the Hindu tradition?
Vedas
Koran
Torah
Tripitaka
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Which religious traditions have an Indus civilisation root?
Judaism and Buddhism
Hinduism and Buddhism
Islam and Hinduism
Sikhism and Islam
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A mosque is an example of a sacred space for followers of the religious tradition?
Sikhism
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
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A primal religion can best be described as a religion where:
The people who practised it were primitive
specific gods control the various features of the world
there is no connection between gods and every day living.
Spirit forces control the world and aspects of daily life
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What is a common element of the Hindu and Buddhist traditions?
Reincarnation for the common good & the source of all truth
Discovering truth from beyond the human spirit
Transformation of imperfect world thro' human endeavours
People seek release from suffering & worldly existence
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When does revelation occur in a religious tradition?
When new answers are required in human history
During historical events when humanity is shown God's will
During times of prayer, religious sacrifice and penance
In a time of crisis where humanity looks to God for answers
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Who was the founding father of the Semitic religions?
Moses
Noah
Isaac
Abraham
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Which of the following best defines the term polytheism?
A belief in one god
The belief that the universe is ruled by conflicting powers.
No belief in a god
A belief in more than one God
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What are the key characteristics of a Semitic religion?
Monotheism, Beatitudes, common code of ethics and rituals
Polytheism, reincarnation, Hindu influence, common founders
Ten Commandments, some Jewish influence, no common prophets
Monotheism, many common prophets, Jewish influence,
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The term reincarnation can be expressed as:
The transmigration of souls
The result of karma
A change in the body of a soul
Life after death
