Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?

[Aegon]

...you don't see how a dictatorship restricts individual autonomy? I'm not talking about God right now. Even Democratic republics restrict autonomy in many ways (ex: regulating what people are allowed to put in their own bodies)

I would agree, that all forms of government have rules,  even the local authority here at AF have restrictions that need to be abided by, and not everything goes (just ask Zen Classic). 
I also agree, that the discussion/complaint  is not specific to talking about God.   If one is arguing about all government, then I don't see a reason to single out dictatorships or Monarchy, which the only real difference required is the structure or ultimate authority.  

Are you proposing anarchy?   I think that even in that you will that someone is going to impose what they want onto others (there's just no centralized body responsible).  I don't think that anarchy is good.


Personally, I would rather have a good monarchy over a bad democracy.   I think that a good government is always to be preferred to a bad one.  It seems kind of silly to make a case for the bad government over the good.  The main benefit in a democracy is when you have a bad government, not a good one.

I'm not arguing all government is bad. Definitely not. I figured I wouldn't have to explain the level of control a dictatorship or monarchy has over the individual in comparison to a democracy. My point is the liberal democratic republic I live in restricts too heavily in my opinion, but the point was dumb because clearly you must understand how an individuals rights fare under a dictatorship or monarchy... 'm taken aback by how casually you accept the idea of those systems. And obviously you can't just throw around things like "good government" and "bad government" without a definition. Any system that so tightly controls or restricts the populous is bad IMO.

"The only real difference is the structure or ultimate suthority." What? That's like.... the biggest difference possible.