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Post by Jedi Knight on Jul 13, 2009 10:41:49 GMT -5
Honestly, I have a certain respect for the Amish. At least they're clever enough to keep away from the internet, unlike other denominations who long for the old times.
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Post by SimSim on Jul 13, 2009 10:54:44 GMT -5
Oh, they can use computers and the internet, just for business related things. They can even have electricity for certain things, just so long as it isn't to their house. It's not uncommon to hear telephones ringing in barns and other outbuildings. They don't think technology is evil, they just like to keep their world as much apart from the modern world as they can. And also when the two worlds meet, try to make it as inconvenient as possible.
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Post by Jebediah on Jul 13, 2009 11:56:57 GMT -5
The Amish market near me is the most amazing thing ever. They have the best food there. --- I've always thought the Unification Church is seriously odd. Admittedly, my knowledge is limited. There were a bunch of kids at my high school who were/are members and most of my information comes from these people. A few of them have gotten out of it, but I know of a few families who haven't. From what I understand (and by that I mean this was the rumor that floated around school), it was a one family who ended up converting most of the families who lived on their street. I found this article which says this: The Stephens family is the family who supposedly converted the others. I graduated with their younger son, so I after reading this, I had to go and Facebook stalk him. He's engaged now, and I have to assume it's arranged. I feel kind of sad for him, but he seems happy. I was over a friend's house the other day. Her little sister's best friend was there also, and she is a Unificationist. She told us that her and her family were told they had to fast for a week. After seven days of not eating all she had to say was, "I feel like I just did something great for God. I'm closer to him now."
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Post by Paradox on Jul 13, 2009 12:31:00 GMT -5
I don't really go for organized religion. I'm a Baptist.
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Post by SimSim on Jul 13, 2009 13:24:00 GMT -5
After seven days of not eating all she had to say was, "I feel like I just did something great for God. I'm closer to him now." That statement scares me. They can't eat at all for 7 days?
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Post by Jebediah on Jul 13, 2009 13:32:00 GMT -5
After seven days of not eating all she had to say was, "I feel like I just did something great for God. I'm closer to him now." That statement scares me. They can't eat at all for 7 days? It's very scary. Something about that I don't understand is why it was just her family. I would understand more if the entire community had to do it, but that wasn't the case. I'm going to see if I can find out more details about it. I would also like to know exactly why they needed to fast for a week.
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Post by SimSim on Jul 13, 2009 13:54:46 GMT -5
Her family might have undertook it just themselves. Many religions promote fasting of some sort for various different reasons. It's often viewed as a way to show devotion and the long the fast, the move given up, the more devoted a person is. Or to understand the suffering of a prophet or god.
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Post by Jebediah on Jul 13, 2009 13:57:18 GMT -5
It wasn't their choice. They were told they had to do it. That's probably the reason they had to, but it wasn't something they just decided to do on their own.
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Post by Jedi Knight on Jul 13, 2009 14:06:41 GMT -5
Oh, they can use computers and the internet, just for business related things. They can even have electricity for certain things, just so long as it isn't to their house. It's not uncommon to hear telephones ringing in barns and other outbuildings. They don't think technology is evil, they just like to keep their world as much apart from the modern world as they can. And also when the two worlds meet, try to make it as inconvenient as possible. Seems it's the myth about the Amish I respect. Isn't that typical.
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Post by SimSim on Jul 13, 2009 14:26:00 GMT -5
It wasn't their choice. They were told they had to do it. That's probably the reason they had to, but it wasn't something they just decided to do on their own. Opps, I misread first time. Just that one particular family was forced to fast. That's doubly scary.
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Post by Old Viking on Jul 13, 2009 15:28:42 GMT -5
Do you know what this is? Clop ..... clop ..... clop ...... clop ..... bang ..... bang. An Amish drive-by shooting.
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Post by SimSim on Jul 13, 2009 15:38:42 GMT -5
Very funny Old Viking.
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Post by ironbite on Jul 13, 2009 19:27:52 GMT -5
Don't laugh. He probably lost many a friend to the Amish.
Ironbite-they hate Vikings don' cha' know?
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Post by John E on Jul 13, 2009 19:31:07 GMT -5
Do you know what this is? Clop ..... clop ..... clop ...... clop ..... bang ..... bang. An Amish drive-by shooting. What do you call a guy on the side of the road with his hand up a horse's ass? Amish mechanic.
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Post by kristine on Jul 14, 2009 0:49:35 GMT -5
I don't really go for organized religion. I'm a Baptist. Yeah, that's a wide range of silly in that one word. being a sometime Unitarian, I can honestly say, organized is okay, it's those 'RULES NO ONE CAN QUESTION' that I always had a problem with.
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