Nature of Religion

Religion - according to the SOR Syllabus

• an integral part of human experience
• a component of every known culture
• a worldview that recognises a supernatural dimension
• all of the above

"Secular" means

• modern
• scientific
• not religious
• all of the above

An atheist

• Doesn't believe in God - (or typically any supernatural phenomena)
• Doesn't believe in Christianity
• Doesn't believe in Religion
• all of the above

All Religious people believe in a god (or gods or God)

• True
• False

A belief in God is an example of a religious worldview.

• True
• False

forces and phenomena which are beyond the reach of scientific investigation are referred to as

• the liminal dimension
• the immanent dimension
• the supernatural dimension
• the deity dimension

A divine power that exists separate and fully independent of the material universe yet still interacts with it

• faith
• spirituality
• immanence
• transcendence

Muslims believe that there is only one God, Allah, who is perfect in every respect. "(Allah is) the Creator of the heavens and the earth…there is nothing whatever like unto Him, and He is the One that hears and sees (all things)" (Sura 42:11). This is an example of:

• a transcendent religious worldview
• a superstitious religious worldview
• an immanent religious worldview
• a secular religious worldview

Buddhists follow the Eightfold Path prescribed by the Buddha in order to reach Enlightenment. This is divine power awaits discovery through following the prescribed path of discipline and meditation. This religious worldview is

• Superstitious
• Semetic
• Transcendent
• Immanent

Buddhism is

• an eastern Religion
• A Semetic religion
• A Theistic religion
• All of the above