Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.--Isn’t ancient Israel in the Bible a monarchy? Wasn’t David sort of well known for being, you know, a King…picked by God…and a man after His own heart?
--Monarchy teaches us good theology about the relationship we have with God, quite the contrary of this heretical democracy stuff.
--Monarchy offers a clear and stable way to transfer political power
--Many people in the American colonies wanted to create an American monarchy, with George Washington as king.
--When you know from birth who is going to be king, it’s a lot easier to train him properly for the job.
--If you hate relativism so much, why are you such a fan of the political system which cultivates and reinforces it?
--Families, churches, sports teams, and jobs all have perfectly fine functioning systems based on authority rather than on democratic values.
--When you don’t get to choose your government, you don’t worry about it as much.
--Freedom brings with it psychological burdens. If you have no power at all to change something, you learn to live with it. When you have the chance to change it, suddenly you can become more disturbed than if you didn’t.
--Ancient philosophers dreaded democracy more than virtually any other system because they knew it would inevitably lead to tyranny.
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