Examine Three Religious Beliefs In Life After Death
A quiz on Christianity and Buddhism in reference to their beliefs in life after death. Can be helpful for A2 Religious Studies RS4 - Life After Death (WJEC)
- 1.What is the notion of post mortem existence?
- A.
Seemingly Contradictory
- B.
Christianity view on life after death
- C.
True
- D.
Buddhism's view on life after death
- E.
A realistic view on life
- 2.What is fundamental to Christianity?
- A.
Rebirth
- B.
God forgiving everyone
- C.
The resurrection
- D.
The notion of heaven, hell and resurrection
- E.
Heaven and hell
- 3.What is fundamental to Buddhism?
- A.
Rebirth
- B.
The notions of heaven, hell and the resurrection
- C.
Not having a soul
- D.
Nirvana
- E.
Past life regression
- 4.What is the idea of life after death thought to be?
- A.
A distinguishing feature of religion
- B.
Part of Christianity
- C.
Part of Buddhism
- D.
Part of being human
- E.
Something that happens to us
- 5.How long does archaeology suggest we have been burying our dead for?
- A.
10,000 years
- B.
300,000 years
- C.
72,000 years
- D.
23,000 years
- E.
12,000 years
- 6.However, how long could it have been going on for?
- A.
100,000 years
- B.
120,000 years
- C.
400,000 years
- D.
200,000 years
- E.
60,000 years
- 7.What are these burials though to do?
- A.
Venerate the dead as they move on into the spirit world
- B.
Preserve the dead
- C.
Act as a sacrifice to the gods
- D.
Act as a ritual
- E.
Provide a source of comfort to the families
- 8.What does this evidence suggest?
- A.
That people have been burying the dead
- B.
That sacrifice was common place
- C.
That humanity has never believed in some for of afterlife
- D.
Humanity has always believed in some form of afterlife
- E.
That ancient cultures were not scared of Zombies
- 9.Why might Atheists deny the concept of an afterlife?
- A.
They are materialists
- B.
They are Christian
- C.
They are fundamentalists
- D.
They are verificationists
- E.
They are dermatologists
- 10.Why might this mean they do not believe in an afterlife?
- A.
Because they don't believe in God
- B.
It cannot be verified
- C.
We are made of only one substance, the physical body
- D.
They are dualists
- E.
They want cheap skin care options
- 11.What do dualists believe?
- A.
There is only a physical body
- B.
We have five things that make us human
- C.
That there is only one God
- D.
There are two aspects to the human body
- E.
That there are many gods
- 12.What are the two parts to the human body according to dualists?
- A.
Physical Body & Non-Physical Soul
- B.
Non-Physical Body & Physical Soul
- C.
Body & Soul
- D.
Heart & Mind
- E.
Non-Physical Body & Non-Physical Soul
- 13.What do dualists tend to believe in?
- A.
No form of post mortem existence
- B.
A materialist view of the world
- C.
That the world was created by God
- D.
Some form of post-mortem existence
- E.
One single deity
- 14.How would you describe the belief in the afterlife that requires some form of embodied existence?
- A.
Dualism
- B.
Christianity
- C.
The resurrection
- D.
Rebirth
- E.
Buddhism
- 15.What is central to Christian belief?
- A.
The continuation of life after death
- B.
The belief that there is no soul
- C.
Rebirth
- D.
The Bible being absolutely true
- E.
Purgatory
- 16.What is the Christian belief in a resurrected body based on?
- A.
The absolute that Jesus rose from the dead
- B.
What is written in the Bible
- C.
What the Church tells us
- D.
That Jesus may have risen from the dead
- E.
The fact that Judas betrayed Jesus
- 17.Therefore, according to Christians, what was the resurrection?
- A.
Metaphorical
- B.
A story
- C.
A lie
- D.
A physical event
- E.
Something that may have happened
- 18.What is made clear in the gospels?
- A.
The fact that the resurrection was meant to be taken as a metaphor
- B.
The physicality of Jesus resurrection
- C.
That people are uncertain as to whether it really happened
- D.
The spiritual nature of Jesus' resurrection
- E.
That Jesus was crucified
- 19.Which gospel is the story of 'Doubting Thomas in'
- A.
Mark
- B.
John
- C.
Luke
- D.
Peter
- E.
Matthew
- 20.What does Jesus show Thomas?
- A.
That he is a ghost
- B.
That he is the son of God
- C.
His physicality
- D.
How the story is meant to be interpreted
- E.
His reality
- 21.In what state is Jesus in?
- A.
Glorified
- B.
Texas
- C.
Uncertain
- D.
Happy
- E.
Picturesc
- 22.What does Jesus make very clear?
- A.
That he is dead
- B.
That no trickery was involved
- C.
That it is all just a dream
- D.
That God will punish Thomas for doubting
- E.
That belief comes from within
- 23.What is an early account of the resurrection?
- A.
Marks gospel
- B.
Paul's letter to the Corinthians
- C.
Johns gospel
- D.
The dead sea scrolls
- E.
The Bible
- 24.What does Paul categorically defend?
- A.
A bodily resurrection
- B.
Jesus' death
- C.
That Jesus is the son of God
- D.
That the Corinthians are all blasphemers
- E.
Dualism
- 25.In what way will resurrected bodies be different to the previous ones?
- A.
Character
- B.
Shape
- C.
Colour
- D.
Gender
- E.
Personality
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