[TheForge] Amish

[Shannell]

Terry, you interested me with your post, you never actually stated whether
you yourself were Amish or just followed their beliefs? I agree with the
sentiment that todays society needs to slow down.
PS do Amish believe in Jesus as their saviour and that he is God?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry L. Ridder" <terrylr@blauedonau.com>
To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Amish


> hello;
>
> to clear up some misunderstandings concerning amish, old order mennonite,
> mennonite, and other similar groups.
>
> commonsense is used concerning the use of telephones, computers, etc.
>
> while i use computers, telephones, etc i have a propane refrigerator
> and freezer. i do not read newspapers mainly because i find them too
> depressing. i have propane gas lights, and kerosene lanterns in the
> house. my friends in arthur, illinois, who have businesses have telphones,
> fax machines, copiers, etc. kenneth, who is a cabinet maker, still powers
> the shop by line shaft. in the office is a telephone, fax machine, copier,
> etc. kenneth, has a web page. you will not find a telephone, fax machine,
> copier in the house. their use is viewed as the cost of doing business.
>
> i have propane gas lights in my computer room. it is a joke with
> people around here that i type my e-mails by gas light.
>
> a better joke is that i troubleshoot cellular remote sites and wrote
> part of the software used to plan where cellular sites should be located
> but i do not use a cellular telphone, pager, etc.
>
> as of this wednesday i now have an 11mbps 802.11 wireless ethernet
> connection to the internet. i just canceled the 128k isdn circuit
> this morning.
>
> the lifestyle is not rigid there is room for variants.
>
> i have tutored for years several mennonite and amish children in
> math and computers. the one boy is now 19 years old and doing well
> working on computers and building computers. we joke that we are
> an amish/mennonite computers users group of five. ( there are others
> in the group. ) i do know that there is at least one amish linux
> users group.
>
> some groups allow the use of tractors while some have choosen to
> use only draft horses. some groups allow the ownership of a car
> but not drive it. ( they hire someone to drive it.  very long story. )
> some groups do not allow the ownership of a car. it boils down to what
> the community is comfortable with.
>
> the issue of "wires", whether they be telephone, electric, etc is not
> a black and white issue. to someone looking at the communities from
> the outside it looks like 'hair splitting' but it a subject matter that
> is difficult to explain. their use is really governed on a case by case
> basis.
>
> if anyone has questions i will be happy to try an answer them to the best
> of my ability.
>
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, schade@acegroup.cc wrote:
>
> bob>
> bob> maybe not stupid but i have to wonder about anyone who would
> bob> willingly give up so many personal freedoms. like reading
> bob> books that might interest you, listening to radio, recorded
> bob> music, tv, newspapers, computers, the list goes on and on....
> bob>
> bob> amish around here are able to use cell phones since they don't
> bob> use wires...talk about splitting hairs! like somehow all those
> bob> towers are less "wordly" than wire!
> bob>
> bob> please don't get me started on this...oops too late.
> bob>
> bob> bob s.
> bob>
>
> --
> Terry L. Ridder
>
> digging deep, i feel my conscience burn
> i need to know who and what i am
> this hunger jolts me from complacency
> rocks me, makes me meet myself
> ----kendall payne---closer to myself---
>
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