Lesson 40- Beliefs And Religion

Question 0

Apocalyptic

Answer 0

Foretelling imminent disaster and total destruction

Question 1

Agnostic

Answer 1

A thinker who disclaims any knowledge of god (adj)

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Apocryphal

Answer 2

False or counterfeit

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Apostate

Answer 3

One who forsakes (gives up) his faith or principles

Question 4

Apotheosis

Answer 4

Deification; glorification (noun)

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Benediction

Answer 5

A blessing

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Blasphemy

Answer 6

Any irreverent or impious act or utterance

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Deist

Answer 7

Believer that god created the universe and has not abandoned it or controlled/influenced life

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Infidel

Answer 8

One who does not believe in any religion; atheist

Question 9

Mantra

Answer 9

A word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation

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Ornithology

Answer 10

Study of birds

Question 11

Pantheism

Answer 11

Doctrine that the universe is God

Question 12

Raison d’être

Answer 12

Reason for existence (noun)

Question 13

Sacrilegious

Answer 13

Disrespectful toward anything regarded as sacred

Question 14

Theodicy

Answer 14

A vindication of divine justice in the gaze of the existence of evil (noun)