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This must be a joke in response to all the questions on this board about churches and where people can find activities for certain ethnic groups.
A member of the Amish community would never be on an internet board. They don't use computers! They don't even wear buttons or drive motor vehicles. Ever see "Witness" with Harrison Ford?
Don't drive motor vehicles, eh? If that's the case then we saw a couple who were not following rules in Pennsylvania! In all honesty, we spotted an Amish lady driving a van down the highway.
Don't drive motor vehicles, eh? If that's the case then we saw a couple who were not following rules in Pennsylvania! In all honesty, we spotted an Amish lady driving a van down the highway.
Sorry, but Amish people DO NOT drive motor vehicles. They travel in wooden carts pulled by horses. Did you ask this woman "are you Amish?" People who are not even in the medical profession wear scrubs all the time. Camouflage wear that soliders use in combat is also very popular among young people these days. You can call yourself anything you want, but it doesn't make it so or represent that particular group of people. Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, I doubt if they use computers, since they do not even use electricity. So it's doubtful an Amish community would have a web site, although I am sure there is plenty of information available.
There's another possibility. Another religious order that people often confuse with the Amish is the Mennonites who drive cars and use telephones. The Mennonites have similar cultural practices, but are members of an entirely different religious order.
Last edited by justNancy; 12-19-2007 at 04:04 PM..
Reason: correct spelling
Haha, i'm not trying to argue with you. No, I didn't ask her if she was amish because we were traveling down the highway at about 70mph. I am, however, about 90% sure she was. We were only a minute or so out of a large Amish community in Pennsylvania. She was dressed exactly like the women we had just seen. And yes, they DO use telephones. We toured an Amish house and we were told by an Amish man that they can have them and use them, but they can't be in the main house. (which is why it was in a barn or something)
I lived in Philadelphia in the mid 90s. There is a very large Amish Community in Lancaster County, PA, and they also have Amish markets in the greater Philadelphia, New Jersey area. They definitely drive trucks.
One of the biggest city markets that is Amish-run, has a huge cut-out figure of an Amish horse-and-buggy on the roadside hawking customers to their market. They drive trucks from many miles away with their produce, meats (all natural) home-grown herbs (cheap), hand-made furniture & crafts, and so on. They even have a cafeteria style dining area in the market with their free-range chickens, wonderful baked goods, veggies, soups - yummy! They may use straight pins to fastens their clothing, and never use zippers (that I've know) but I've seen them drive trucks. They make a fortune at the Amish markets! People come from 100s of miles away to get the all-natural foods & beautiful handmade furniture (very expensive, but worth it).
So, don't trust a movie like Witness to describe these people. They've gotten more liberal, or at least a sect of that religion has moved a little further into the American culture.
Last edited by PeggyM; 12-19-2007 at 05:53 PM..
Reason: change wording
I lived in Philadelphia in the mid 90s. There is a very large Amish Community in Lancaster County, PA, and they also have Amish markets in the greater Philadelphia, New Jersey area. They definitely drive trucks.
I wasn't relying on the movie Witness (just kidding when I wrote that) but on everything I've read & seen in the past. You are correct when you say that people often have different rules. When I was in PA they weren't allowed to drive, but I guess that's changed. It was over 30 years ago.
FYI, this is from a site about Lancaster PA
"[FONT=Arial]Today there are over 25 different Amish, Mennonite, and Brethren church groups in Lancaster County, all holding to slightly different traditions and their own interpretations of the Bible. The more traditional groups are called 'old order'. They do not permit electricity or telephones in their homes. By restricting access to television, radio, and telephones, the Amish are better able to keep the modern world from intruding into their home life."[/FONT]
So, although I might be mistaken about the vehicles used for transporting produce, I doubt if they have computers and web sites, but I'm really not here to dispute that. I only thought the OP was a joke, that's all. Thank you both for answering me.
There are less restricted sectors of the Amish Communities that do use cars and telephones. They don't normally use them on a regular basis though.
I'm pretty sure the Amish people who were visiting their children in Philly after the shootings there didn't ride a buggy. So even, for the more conservative - I'm sure they're are circumstances when the rules need to be bent.....and they know God understands.
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Did you ask her?
