Creation Stories
This is the first thing God created in Genesis 1.
Answer: What is light?
What is the ultimate goal in Buddhism, which refers to the state of enlightenment and liberation from the cycle of rebirth?
What is Nirvana?
Who built an ark to save his family and animals from a great flood?
Who is Noah?
Who proclaimed the Declaration “Nostra Aetate”?
Pope Paul VI
Which Bible verse says, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want"?
What is Psalm 23:1?
Which book of the Bible contains the Christian creation story, including two accounts of how the world and humanity were created?
Answer: What is Genesis?
Who is the founder of Buddhism, known as "The Enlightened One"?
Who is Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)?
Who was the strong man who lost his strength when his hair was cut?
Who is Samson?
In which year was Nostra Aetate issued?
What is 1965?
In which book does Jesus say, "I am the way, the truth, and the life"?
What is John 14:6?
This sacred text of the Maya contains their creation story, including the gods' attempts to create humanity.
Answer: What is the Popol Vuh?
In Buddhism, what is the name of the core teaching that outlines the path to end suffering, often referred to as "The Middle Way"?
What is the Noble Eightfold Path?
Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, according to the Bible?
Who is God?
Nostra Aetate condemns all forms of what, emphasizing the dignity of all people?
What is discrimination?
Which Bible verse contains the words, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son"?
What is John 3:16?
In the Mayan creation story, the gods made two unsuccessful attempts to create humans before succeeding. The first two were made of these two materials.
Answer: What are mud and wood?
In Hinduism, what is the term for the spiritual law of cause and effect, where one's actions determine their future fate?
What is karma?
Who performed the miracle of turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana?
Who is Jesus?
Nostra Aetate teaches that all religions seek answers to the great questions of human existence, such as the meaning of life and death, and about what other concept?
What is God?
Where in the Bible can you find the quote, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"?
What is Philippians 4:13?
This goddess in Mayan mythology is associated with suicide and is believed to guide those who die by their own hand.
Answer: Who is Ixtab
In Hinduism, which river is considered the holiest and is often worshiped as a goddess?
What is the Ganges River?
Who led the Israelites out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai?
Who is Moses?
What is one key aspect that all religions discussed in the Nostra have in common?
All religions seek to answer the unsolved riddles of the human condition, such as the meaning of life and human suffering.
Which verse begins with "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"?
What is Genesis 1:1?