Deck 14: New Religions

Question 1

What is the definition of the following term:
-astral voyages:

Answer 1

Any visionary experience of a mind/body projection through space and time.

Question 2

What is the definition of the following term:
-channeling:

Answer 2

The ability to receive and transmit messages sent by spiritual beings not of this world.

Question 3

What is the definition of the following term:
-coven:

Answer 3

A community of witches.

Question 4

What is the definition of the following term:
-Elohim:

Question 5

What is the definition of the following term:
-engrams:

Question 6

What is the definition of the following term:
-The Family:

Question 7

What is the definition of the following term:
-globalization:

Question 8

What is the definition of the following term:
-The Great Disappointment:

Question 9

What is the definition of the following term:
-ISKCON:

Question 10

What is the definition of the following term:
-Lughnassadh:

Question 11

What is the definition of the following term:
-modernization:

Question 12

What is the definition of the following term:
-Moonies:

Question 13

What is the definition of the following term:
-New Age:

Question 14

What is the definition of the following term:
-New Thought:

Question 15

What is the definition of the following term:
-Second Great Awakening:

Question 16

What is the definition of the following term:
-secularization:

Question 17

What is the definition of the following term:
-seekers:

Question 18

What is the definition of the following term:
-theosophy:

Question 19

What is the definition of the following term:
-thetan:

Question 20

What is the definition of the following term:
-Ufology:

Question 21

What is the definition of the following term:
-Wiccan Rede:

Question 22

What is the definition of the following term:
-World's Parliament of Religions:

Question 23

What is the definition of the following term:
-yogic flying:

Question 24

What is the definition of the following term:
-Zhuan Falun:

Question 25

Three important factors that have stimulated the growth of NRMs are modernization, globalization, and

A) industrialization.
B) specialization.
C) secularization.
D) nationalization.

Question 26

The angel Moroni appeared to which 19th century religious leader?

A) Ellen White
B) Joseph Smith
C) Brigham Young
D) Mary Baker Eddy

Question 27

According to Roy Wallis, a "world-accommodating" religion is one that

A) is content with life because it is indifferent to the evil that exists in the world.
B) renounces the world because it is evil.
C) finds only goodness and grace in humankind.
D) acknowledges that the world is deficient in goodness and grace but believes in a higher goal for humankind.

Question 28

The Second Great Awakening occurred in the United States during the

A) seventeenth century.
B) nineteenth century.
C) twentieth century.
D) eighteenth century.

Question 29

The Church of Latter-day Saints was founded by

A) Joseph Smith.
B) Brigham Young.
C) Mary Baker Eddy.
D) Ellen White.

Question 30

Advocates of New Thought believed that

A) nothing people believed before the modern age was true.
B) we are free to believe only what can be found in the New Testament.
C) the divine resides within Nature and the human mind.
D) the children of God can do no wrong.

Question 31

Adventists are Christians who believe in

A) the Book of Mormon.
B) the Second Coming of Christ.
C) the expected arrival of a new prophet.
D) Satan's return to heaven at the end of days.

Question 32

Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to

A) accept blood transfusions.
B) salute the flag.
C) hold government office.
D) All of the above

Question 33

Moonies is a slang term for members of the

A) Vedanta Society.
B) Unification Church.
C) Moon Worshippers.
D) Church of Scientology.

Question 34

ISKCON's belief system is based on the assumption that

A) Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
B) The end of the world is at hand.
C) Krishna is the sole supreme deity in the universe.
D) David Koresh was the Messiah.

Question 35

Ras Tafari Makonnen's throne name was

A) Marcus Garvey.
B) Baha'u'llah.
C) Haile Selassie.
D) Sun Myung Moon.

Question 36

The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi founded the meditative philosophy known as

A) Yoga.
B) Kabbalah.
C) Sufism.
D) TM.

Question 37

"Astral voyages" can be defined as a

A) projection of the mind onto a higher level of experience.
B) voyage to a distant planet.
C) flight to an asteroid.
D) trip to the planetarium.

Question 38

Falun Gong can be described as a

A) death cult.
B) cultivation system.
C) musical instrument.
D) form of psychotherapy.

Question 39

Raelians believe in

A) the Second Coming of Christ.
B) UFOs.
C) the influence of angels.
D) Armageddon.

Question 40

In 1997, 39 members of the Heaven's Gate community committed suicide, believing that

A) they had a terminal disease.
B) God was calling them home.
C) a spaceship was waiting for them.
D) they were sinful and deserved to die.

Question 41

Dianetics is the best-known work of

A) L. Ron Hubbard.
B) Ellen White.
C) Paul Twitchell.
D) Claude Vorhilon.

Question 42

In the vocabulary of Scientologists, engrams are defined as

A) pleasant memories stored in the mind.
B) angelic messages sent from heaven.
C) electromagnetic pulses that cause pain.
D) traumatic events lodged as images in the subconscious mind.

Question 43

Wiccans worship

A) the Devil.
B) creative forces in all existing things.
C) material wealth.
D) the moon and the stars.

Question 44

For Baha'is, the title "Messenger of God" was assumed by which one of their leaders?

A) the Bab.
B) Shogi Effendi.
C) Baha'u'llah.
D) Abdul-Baha.

Question 45

Which is not among the twelve principles of the Baha'i faith?

A) Universal obedience to the Baha'i leadership
B) Establishment of a world government
C) The need for a common language
D) The equality of men and women

Question 46

The eighteenth-century treatise The System of Nature, which expounds an atheist philosophy, was written by

A) Jean-Paul Sartre.
B) Voltaire.
C) Richard Dawkins.
D) Baron d'Holbach.

Question 47

The "Death of God" movement took up the cry of which nineteenth-century philosopher?

A) Karl Marx
B) Friedrich Nietzsche
C) John Stuart Mill
D) Sam Harris

Question 48

Religious seekers are people who are

A) experimenting with different mainstream religious institutions.
B) in search of new spiritual insights.
C) rebelling against their parents' faith.
D) waiting to enter the afterlife.

Question 49

New Age religious practices do not include

A) channeling.
B) crystals.
C) astrological calculations.
D) animal sacrifice.

Question 50

Mormons abstain from consuming

A) pork.
B) coffee.
C) ice cream.
D) lemonade.

Question 51

Christian Scientists believe that

A) science can heal physical and spiritual suffering.
B) the end time is at hand.
C) matter and the body do not really exist.
D) the Sabbath should be celebrated on Saturday.

Question 52

The Family was formerly known as the

A) Children of God
B) Hare Krishna movement
C) Moonies
D) Sannyasins

Question 53

The book Millions Now Living Will Never Die was written by the leader of which religious community?

A) Seventh-Day Adventists
B) Jehovah's Witnesses
C) The Unification Church
D) Christian Science

Question 54

The mantra that begins Hare Krishna is recited by members of which community?

A) Eckankar
B) Falun Gong
C) ISKCON
D) TM

Question 55

Unitarian Universalists pursue the goal of a world community based on the principles of

A) belief in the inherent dignity of all people.
B) the right of the individual conscience.
C) recognition of the "web" of all living things.
D) All of the above

Question 56

The term yogic flying refers to

A) certain yoga poses that mimic birds.
B) a TM practitioner rocking back and forth in a quest to levitate.
C) a stress-free "high" achieved by meditation.
D) an alternative term for astral voyages.

Question 57

In 1999, the Chinese government attempted to prevent the spread of

A) Christian missionaries.
B) Daoist faith healers.
C) Falun Gong.
D) Western movies.

Question 58

According to Claude "Rael" Vorilhon, the Elohim were

A) supernatural messengers.
B) an advanced race of extraterrestrials.
C) a demonic race of space invaders.
D) ancient gods of the Middle East.

Question 59

An "Operating Thetan" is a(an)

A) alien warrior.
B) member of the Heaven's Gate community.
C) Scientologist who is spiritually evolved.
D) spiritually advanced Unitarian Universalist.

Question 60

The Wiccan Rede consists of

A) a book of supernatural spells recited by witches.
B) principles of belief and ethical behavior binding on witches.
C) a sacred dance performed on a Wiccan Sabbat.
D) an amulet worn by Wiccan priestesses.

Question 61

A coven is a

A) cauldron used by witches to prepare potions.
B) place where witches hide.
C) small group of witches.
D) marriage contract between two Wiccans.

Question 62

The Baha'i faith originated in

A) the United States.
B) Israel.
C) Iraq.
D) Iran.

Question 63

Positive atheists are writers who

A) have a generally positive outlook on life.
B) believe that the human race has no future.
C) campaign vigorously against religion in the name of science.
D) have great faith in the creative potential of the human mind.

Question 64

Rastafarians attribute divine qualities and powers to which personality?

A) The Buddha
B) Haile Selassie
C) Marcus Garvey
D) Martin Luther King

Question 65

Modernized societies often exhibit an erosion of faith in traditional authority.

Question 66

New Age movements often exhibit hostility toward magic and esoteric wisdom.

Question 67

The Theosophical Society was founded in the 17th century.

Question 68

The Second Great Awakening affected Christian thought in the United States through much of the nineteenth century.

Question 69

Brigham Young was the founder of the Church of Latter-day Saints.

Question 70

Mormons abstain from consuming alcohol, tobacco, coffee, and tea.

Question 71

Mary Baker Eddy taught that all reality is spiritual.

Question 72

Adventists reject the idea of a Day of Judgment at the end of the world.

Question 73

Followers of William Miller expected the return of Christ to the Earth in 1944.

Question 74

Ellen White was the founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

Question 75

Branch Davidians are a splinter group of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Question 76

Joseph Franklin Rutherford, leader of the Watchtower Society, predicted that God's rule on Earth would begin in 1844.

Question 77

David Brandt Berg, founder of the Children of God community, urged his followers to remain close to their families.

Question 78

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon occupies a position of honor equal to Jesus for followers of the Unification Church.

Question 79

Swami Vivekananda was the founder of the ISKCON movement.

Question 80

The Hare Krishnas derive their teachings from a mixture of Buddhism and Daoism.