The Good: People are leaving the Amish because they don't want to live by Amish rules.
The Bad: They are leaving to join evangelical churches who are actively "poaching" the Amish.
Leaving Amish Paradise
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Leaving Amish Paradise
This was broadcast on the BBC back in March or thereabouts, and follows an earlier program dealing with the same topic and some of the same people:
The Good: People are leaving the Amish because they don't want to live by Amish rules.
The Bad: They are leaving to join evangelical churches who are actively "poaching" the Amish.
The Good: People are leaving the Amish because they don't want to live by Amish rules.
The Bad: They are leaving to join evangelical churches who are actively "poaching" the Amish.
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It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. - Gary Larson
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Not much of a step up, is it?
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Worse, a big step backwards if you ask me. Yes, they are now living pretty much in the modern world, but their minds are even more warped than ever.Gawdzilla wrote:Not much of a step up, is it?
God has no place within these walls, just like facts have no place within organized religion. - Superintendent Chalmers
It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. - Gary Larson
It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. - Gary Larson
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Modern world?klr wrote:Worse, a big step backwards if you ask me. Yes, they are now living pretty much in the modern world, but their minds are even more warped than ever.Gawdzilla wrote:Not much of a step up, is it?
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Yup, they are driving cars, travelling on planes to foreign parts, etc. ... but they are now 100% full-on fundies who can't go a single sentence without invoking God. At one point in the program, the main character had a dig at Darwin, and claimed that he was now in hell.Gawdzilla wrote:Modern world?klr wrote:Worse, a big step backwards if you ask me. Yes, they are now living pretty much in the modern world, but their minds are even more warped than ever.Gawdzilla wrote:Not much of a step up, is it?
God has no place within these walls, just like facts have no place within organized religion. - Superintendent Chalmers
It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. - Gary Larson
It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
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I watched the first 15 minutes or so and I think the Amish who shunned him were right. Preaching like that is a form of pride and verily he has all of his reward for it in full, even if Christianity is true. Advanced gadgetry is all the guy got from the modern world it seems.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Yeah, I got that vibe as well ... it gets worse if you have the stomach to watch some more.Robert_S wrote:I watched the first 15 minutes or so and I think the Amish who shunned him were right. Preaching like that is a form of pride and verily he has all of his reward for it in full, even if Christianity is true. Advanced gadgetry is all the guy got from the modern world it seems.
God has no place within these walls, just like facts have no place within organized religion. - Superintendent Chalmers
It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. - Gary Larson
It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. - Gary Larson
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Wait? there is more to be got?Robert_S wrote:I watched the first 15 minutes or so and I think the Amish who shunned him were right. Preaching like that is a form of pride and verily he has all of his reward for it in full, even if Christianity is true. Advanced gadgetry is all the guy got from the modern world it seems.
Because the outer world may not have much more to offer in the realm of nice people and human values than buggyland.
More diversity, sure, but it doesn't seem like he is equipped to deal with that, is he?
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My first thoughts. They're going for the toys.Robert_S wrote:I watched the first 15 minutes or so and I think the Amish who shunned him were right. Preaching like that is a form of pride and verily he has all of his reward for it in full, even if Christianity is true. Advanced gadgetry is all the guy got from the modern world it seems.
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I like the cool scooters. Who needs pedals? Pedals are from the devil! Cool Ringo haircuts!
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