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 Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:33 am
I'm really not trying to sound ignorant here but I thought that the Amish/Mennonites, etc. shunned technology? I've seen a lot of posts around with links to amish websites, etc. and there is an Mennonite settlement right in the middle of a city I used to live in. They only used one van when they absolutely had to because of where the settlement happened to be and it has a major road practically down the middle of it confused
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:43 am
Well, as I understand it, the mennonites use very little technology. Usually only like artifical lighting and only few cars and such and thats about it. The Amish use no modern technology. The ones that have websites probably have someone else put the website together for them.
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:53 pm
Really depends on the specific group, so far as I understand it, on exactly HOW much technology they can use.
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:00 pm
I remember seeing an Amishfamily of four in a bus station when I was on my way with a (now) ex girlfriend to Utah. They looked very wary of all the stuff around them, and the kids were just fascinated with everything (they were like... 4 and 5 or something).
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:43 am
old order amish shun most technology with various groups' rules on the matter differing slightly from one area to another.the beachy amish are a mix between mennonite and amish beliefs and they caan be as conservative as the old order when it comes to technology or as liberal as have electricity,cars and computers.amish do not shun technological advancement but shun anything that many corrupt.some many via emails on a computer fine but the internet ittself as corruption.i am in contact with a beachy amish family via...internet eek but we do write to each other too.for vidence i will show you some liberal amish sites-
www.beachyam.org and .www.fbep.org/
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:48 pm
PoppyDadswell old order amish shun most technology with various groups' rules on the matter differing slightly from one area to another.the beachy amish are a mix between mennonite and amish beliefs and they caan be as conservative as the old order when it comes to technology or as liberal as have electricity,cars and computers.amish do not shun technological advancement but shun anything that many corrupt.some many via emails on a computer fine but the internet ittself as corruption.i am in contact with a beachy amish family via...internet eek but we do write to each other too.for vidence i will show you some liberal amish sites- www.beachyam.org and .www.fbep.org/ Thanks for the websites! Question though.. Why exactly are they called "Beachy" Amish? Am I taking it too literal and associating them with the ocean? (Probably LOL). mrgreen Also, if the Internet is corrupt but you use the Internet what makes it okay to use it for Emails and such? neutral
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:42 pm
The Goddess Aradia PoppyDadswell old order amish shun most technology with various groups' rules on the matter differing slightly from one area to another.the beachy amish are a mix between mennonite and amish beliefs and they caan be as conservative as the old order when it comes to technology or as liberal as have electricity,cars and computers.amish do not shun technological advancement but shun anything that many corrupt.some many via emails on a computer fine but the internet ittself as corruption.i am in contact with a beachy amish family via...internet eek but we do write to each other too.for vidence i will show you some liberal amish sites- www.beachyam.org and .www.fbep.org/ Thanks for the websites! Question though.. Why exactly are they called "Beachy" Amish? Am I taking it too literal and associating them with the ocean? (Probably LOL). mrgreen Also, if the Internet is corrupt but you use the Internet what makes it okay to use it for Emails and such? neutral they are called beachy amish because "The Beachy Amish church arose from a 1927 division in the (Casselman) River Old Order Amish congregation in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.[1] Bishop Moses M. Beachy led the congregation during that time and, though he objected for the sake of humility, his name became associated with the faction. The Beachy Amish favored a milder discipline for members whose only offense was transferring membership to other Anabaptist churches."wikipedia. like i said it varies from group to group.some beachy amish use the internet but others just use the email only or the computer without internet.
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:10 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 2:52 am
Poppy Dadswell The Goddess Aradia Thanks for the websites! Question though.. Why exactly are they called "Beachy" Amish? Am I taking it too literal and associating them with the ocean? (Probably LOL). mrgreen Also, if the Internet is corrupt but you use the Internet what makes it okay to use it for Emails and such? neutral they are called beachy amish because "The Beachy Amish church arose from a 1927 division in the (Casselman) River Old Order Amish congregation in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.[1] Bishop Moses M. Beachy led the congregation during that time and, though he objected for the sake of humility, his name became associated with the faction. The Beachy Amish favored a milder discipline for members whose only offense was transferring membership to other Anabaptist churches."wikipedia. like i said it varies from group to group.some beachy amish use the internet but others just use the email only or the computer without internet. I knew I was being too literal... rofl
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