Intro to Religions Vocabulary Crossword

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  1. 4. Offering or giving up some sort of material possession or god as part of a religious practice
  2. 6. Belief in the teachings and deities of a given religion based on personal conviction and trust
  3. 8. Religion has been used by mankind to try and answer the question of ____________
  4. 11. The belief that it is impossible to know if there is a higher power in the universe
  5. 13. The Animistic theory states that the world is full of ________ that influence the world around us
  6. 15. The ________ states that humans worship deities in an attempt to control the natural world
  7. 16. Religions that originated in the Middle East include Islam, Christianity, and ________
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  1. 1. The belief in and worship of multiple gods as part of a religion
  2. 2. Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism all originated in
  3. 3. A practice, service, or ceremony that involves a series of actions performed in a set, specific order
  4. 5. The lack of belief in any higher power or organized religion
  5. 7. The predicting, or attempting to predict, future events and their outcomes
  6. 9. Certain actions, places, people, food, or topics that are not to be discussed and are actively avoided
  7. 10. Religions encourage followers to seek truth through self-improvement and ______________
  8. 12. The belief that there is only one god in the universe and the worship of that god
  9. 14. A set of organized beliefs, practices, and systems that relate to the belief in and worship of a controlling force in the universe