Hey - what about the Amish?

[texan1]

I was just thinking that it would be interesting to talk to an Amish person about their views and their lifestyle. But I guess they don't use computers.

Are there any factions that do? Does anyone know?

 

[Nanda]

Amish youth in their Rumspringa can use computers.

 

[Phasmid]

YouTube - Weird Al' Amish Paradise

 

[BFD_Zayl]

hmm, not sure, maybe you could go and interview some Amish, then post your results here. or maybe an ex Amish will eventually find his and or her way here.

 

[Father Heathen]

Mennonites splintered from the Amish I believe. They use electricity and automobiles.

 

[Nanda]

You could always read a book on the subject - there are several.

 

[Lindsey-Loo]

I get to talk with Amish and Mennonite people about once or twice a year when my granparents go down to the Tennessee communities to buy vegetables and fruit preserves from them. If there's one thing I can say for the Amish, they make some dang good blackberry preserves. They're definitely interesting people, very hardworking, and fiercly proud of that. I always look forwards to the times we can visit them.

 

[KingCastled]

What exaclty do you want to know, i probably have the closest believes to them

 

[ἀλήθεια]

Mennonites splintered from the Amish I believe. They use electricity and automobiles.

The Amish splintered from the Mennonites originally. Now the Amish sometimes leave and join the Mennonites.

 

[McBell]

Because God demonstrated love for us through the gift of Jesus Christ and the promise of eternal life:

• We believe that faith begins with a decision to turn from sin to new life in Christ.
• We believe that it is reasonable to follow Christ daily, totally, in life.
• We believe that it is practical to obey the Sermon on the Mount and the whole New Testament literally, honestly and sacrificially.
• We believe that it is thinkable to practice reconciling love amid human conflicts and warfare.
• We believe that it is possible to confess Jesus as Lord above all nationalism, racism or materialism.
• We believe that it is feasible to build a voluntary, disciples’ church of sisters and brothers who are mutually committed to each other in Christ.
• When these beliefs are maintained by the boundaries of Christian community, they destroy false boundaries – leaping generational gaps, bridging theological gulfs, linking East with West, right to left, red with brown and yellow and black and white.

Anabaptist Beliefs - Who We Are - Menno-Hof - Amish/Mennonite Information Center, Shipshewana IN
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Amish 101 - Amish History & Settlement in America - Daily Lives & Beliefs of the Amish

Menno-Hof - Amish/Mennonite Information Center, Shipshewana IN

The Amish and the Plain People of Lancaster County, PA

 

[Comicaze247]

Yeah, we need to have an Amish presence here on RF. So what if they can't use computers. They can tell their friends to type for them right?