1. Someone from which of the following groups would believe in the concept of original sin? 

1) Christians         2) Jews        3) Moslems          4) Hindus        5) all of the above 

2.  All of the terms below logically fit together with the others except which stands out as different in that sense?

1) Newton's 3rd Law      2) action / reaction    3) self administered guilt

4) Law of Karma       5) Causality

3. The phrase “becoming alienated from God” might be part of the definition of which of the terms below? 

1) salvation           2) guilt     3) predestination          4) sin        5) evil

4.  Given that Buddhists typically don't believe in _______________ it is not surprising that they'd prefer the the Moral Arc of Universe...theme over the Salvation & Moralistic God one.

1) suffering       2) God       3) reincarnation       4) the need to live ethically          5) all of the above

5.  The phrase "has the quality of acting in accordance with moral law or divine plan, and thus being free of sin and harboring no guilt" could be used to describe someone said to _____________________. 

 1) be an existentialist              2) possess righteousness                3) embrace ethical relativism

4) be a prophet                         5) be tolerant 

6.   All of the terms below logically fit together with the others except which stands out as different in that sense?

1) Wheel of Life                    2) Buddhism                                     3) Nirvana    

4) suffering due to attachment to material world                        5) Bhagavad Gita  

7.  Which of the following best describes how God might be thought of by someone for whom the Salvation & Moralistic God worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview ?

1) as judgmental    2) as loving    3) as forgiving

4) as unconcerned with human affairs    5) in anthropomorphic terms

8. Those who believe in an afterlife might conceivably cite all of the following as evidence for the validity of this belief except which ?

 1) the supposed success of seances in contacting dead relatives     

2) the supposed success in using a spirit conduit to connect with dead relatives    

3) the supposed success of a medium to contact dead relatives

4) the supposed glimpse into the afterlife that near death experience provides    

5) the supposed effectiveness of prayer 

9.  All of the following associations are correct or appropriate except which? 

1) immortality / lives forever         2) afterlife  / consciousness survives death b 

3) transmigrationism / soul passes into another body

4) Hinduism  / monotheistic religion          

5) karma /  "whatever you give, you receive back" 

10.  Complete the following analogy by selecting the best ordered pair choice.  "What heaven is to a Christian  in a state of bliss having achieved salvation,  ____________ is to a Buddhist in a state of bliss having escaped _____________

1)  karma, suffering      2)  karma, desire       3) nirvana, karma

4)   nirvana, suffering        5)  paradise, dharma

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