Any dictatorship you can think of is always accompanied with visions or murder, huge militaries, and fear. Pinochet’s dictatorship was no exception to that rule. Yet, the entire premise of the dictatorship goes against the word of God in the old testament. Throughout the old testament the Israelites asked God for a king and time and time again God told them that it was a bad idea and that He is their king. Yet, the Israelites did not listen and ended up with a string of Kings. While some were good, many were bad and condemned the people of Israel. In the same way the idea of a single ruler represents that same dilemma. People are corrupt and idolize power and money. In the same way so do all the dictators known to man.
That is not saying that democracy is perfect, but in democracy people are able to worship God or whatever they believe in as they see fit. Additionally, power is not centralized in one person minimizing corruption. All of God’s people are represented. They are able to exercise their human rights. Most importantly it is a governmental system created out of respect for thy neighbor and the ability to recognize every man and woman under God. No system is perfect except for when we recognize God as our king and abide by His rules, but that is not something we are privy to as a governmental system. Instead we must settle with a system that derives it rights and beliefs in the Bible and other enlightened ways of thinking. The founding fathers were protestant men and created a system in which those beliefs shone through.
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