Saturday, June 24, 2006

What is the Kingdom?

I just took this quiz, after Jay pointed it out in his blog:

You scored as The Kingdom as Earthly Utopia. This utopianism is found in the extremes of Liberation Theology and some early radical Anabaptism. It recognises the importance of the social and political aspects of the Kingdom but perhaps doesn't take the reality of human sinfulness into account.

The Kingdom as Earthly Utopia

83%

Kingdom as a Christianised Society

67%

The Kingdom is mystical communion

42%

The Kingdom as a counter-system

42%

The Kingdom as Institutional Church

33%

The Kingdom as a political state

33%

Inner spiritual experience

25%

The Kingdom is a Future Hope

8%


What is the Kingdom of God?
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Hmm. I'm not sure I'd agree with that assessment! I think most of my responses to the quiz were in the middle. Don't agree, don't disagree exactly. I'm not sure I think the Kingdom is only any of the viewpoints listed. What do you think?

posted by Elizabeth at 12:35 AM  

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Karen said...

Based on my scores (below) I really don't like this quiz ... it just doesn't seem to be all that accurate ... especially considering the fact that I'm not exactly a big fan of the "institutional church" and I really don't see any reason why a CHRISTIANIZED society is necessary.
I took a look at some of the other quizzes written by the same guy and just sat here shaking my head. The only one I agreed with the outcome for was "What's your theological worldview?" (http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=43870) which labelled me as Emergent/Postmodern which I had pretty much already figured out years ago if you couldn't tell by some of those books I gave you :-)

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You scored as The Kingdom as Earthly Utopia.

Earthly Utopia 75%
Christianised Society 67%
Inner spiritual experience 58%
Institutional Church 33%
counter-system 25%
political state 25%
mystical communion 17%
Future Hope 8%

6:12 PM  
Sally said...

Interesting quiz, I scored almost the same as you, and like you, not sure I agree.
The Kingdom as Earthly Utopia

75%
Kingdom as a Christianised Society

75%
The Kingdom is mystical communion

50%
The Kingdom as Institutional Church

42%
The Kingdom as a counter-system

42%
Inner spiritual experience

33%
The Kingdom as a political state

25%
The Kingdom is a Future Hope

3:53 PM  
Taylor Walters said...

I tried it and took issue with many of the very questions. Many of them I considered to be false dichotomies. However, I do agree with the statement it assigned me...all except the part about believing the kingdom to be a chrstianised society

You scored as Kingdom as a Christianised Society.

Christians shouldn't withdraw from the world, but by being present in it they can transform it. The kingdom is not only spiritual, but social, political, and cultural.

Christianised Society 92%
Earthly Utopia 75%
mystical 58%
counter-system 58%
Institutional Church 42%
Inner spiritual experience 17% political state 8%
Future Hope 8%

5:40 AM  

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