Comments on: Where I Am and How I Got Here http://declineofgenius.com/my-life/where-i-am-and-how-i-got-here-26112009/ ... and the decline of genius was soon followed by the corruption of taste. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Will S. http://declineofgenius.com/my-life/where-i-am-and-how-i-got-here-26112009/#comment-275 Will S. Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:49:58 +0000 http://declineofgenius.com/?p=108#comment-275 To clarify, could you envision an Israeli monarchy without theocracy? To clarify, could you envision an Israeli monarchy without theocracy?

]]> By: Will S. http://declineofgenius.com/my-life/where-i-am-and-how-i-got-here-26112009/#comment-272 Will S. Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:02:43 +0000 http://declineofgenius.com/?p=108#comment-272 I'm Canadian, and an ardent monarchist myself; to me, it ties in with my patriotism, and my faith as a Christian (of the Protestant variety), and my disposition as a Canadian. Monarchy, though, is always at least outwardly religious; whether the Christian monarchs of Europe, or the Islamic kingdoms like Morocco, or Japan, almost all monarchies, if not all, either credit their authority to govern to God, and are seen to at least outwardly conform to a particular faith. And most of the most ardent monarchists one encounters online tend to be religious, and particularly, Roman Catholic. As a Jew, but not a religious one, would you welcome a religious monarchy for Israel, a return to (what I call) the Old Testament monarchies? How comfortable could you, as a modern, non-observant type, fit into such a society? Just curious. I’m Canadian, and an ardent monarchist myself; to me, it ties in with my patriotism, and my faith as a Christian (of the Protestant variety), and my disposition as a Canadian.

Monarchy, though, is always at least outwardly religious; whether the Christian monarchs of Europe, or the Islamic kingdoms like Morocco, or Japan, almost all monarchies, if not all, either credit their authority to govern to God, and are seen to at least outwardly conform to a particular faith. And most of the most ardent monarchists one encounters online tend to be religious, and particularly, Roman Catholic.

As a Jew, but not a religious one, would you welcome a religious monarchy for Israel, a return to (what I call) the Old Testament monarchies? How comfortable could you, as a modern, non-observant type, fit into such a society?

Just curious.

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