[TheForge] Amish

Sat Mar 16 02:16:01 2002

Here's a few urls for you- might be quicker than having Terry try to explain.
Bottom line, Amish folk are good folk, if a bit.....hardheaded ;-)

http://www.religioustolerance.org/amish.htm

http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/amish.html

http://www.geocities.com/amishchurch/beliefs.html

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Shannell wrote:

> 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" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> 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, [email protected] 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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