PRELIM EXAM IN SSP

Religion came from the Latin word __________ which means to link or to join.

• RELIGO

• RELIGA

• LAGARE

• LIGARE

Some of the enlightened souls in Buddhism return to teach humanity about the path to freedom; they are called bodhisattvas in Hinduism and ____________ in Buddhism.

• lamas

• moksha

• karma

• nirvana

It is a belief in divine being(s) and the practices and moral codes that result from that belief.

• TRADITION

• RELIGION

• ETHICS

• MORALITY

The following are the elements that make something a religion, EXCEPT:

• BELIEFS

• RITUALS

• SOCIETY

• ETHICS

The belief in the existence of the theistic God.

• THEISM

• ATHEISM

• DEISM

• AGNOSTICISM

Neither belief nor disbelief in the existence of the theistic God or any divine being.

• THEISM

• ATHEISM

• DEISM

• AGNOSTICISM

A belief that accepts the existence of many gods but worships one god as supreme.

• ANIMISM

• HENOTHEISM

• POLYTHEISM

• MONOTHEISM

The monotheistic belief in a god who set the universe in motion and thereafter left it alone.

• PANTHEISM

• DEISM

• HENOTHEISM

• ANIMISM

A monotheistic belief that equates God with the forces and laws of the universe.

• PANTHEISM

• DEISM

• HENOTHEISM

• ANIMISM

Tribal religions define members of the faith not by belief but by blood.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• MAYBE