As somebody who has Amish and Mennonite in her blood, I'm just curious,.. how close are their beliefs related to Christianity? What is really the difference between Ami
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Are The Amish Considered Christians?
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The Amish follow the teachings of Jacob Ammann, a 17th-century citizen of Switzerland. The Mennonite follow the teachings of Menno Simons (1496-1561). I've never researched those teachings, but both groups do believe in the OT and NT and believe Jesus is the Son of God and died for our sin and that God raised Him on the third day as He now sits at the right hand of God.
We have both in our area of NW Pennsylvania where I live. They interact more within the communities they live in as they buy groceries,( meat, vegetables, bread and junk food) and eat out in Restaurants and socialize with what they call the Yankees (ordinary people), which you would have never seen years ago. They don't allow phones in their house, but do use cell phones. Around here their main business is sawmills and making storage buildings they sell and all the electric machines they use they run them off of gas generators. They are a lot more tolerant to the world then their ancestors were.
Mennonite are more modern and drive vehicles, but the Amish maintain not allowing themselves to own one. They have finally been made to put electric lights on their buggy's that they run by gas generators as you can't see them at night when you are driving and to many have been killed in car vs. buggy accidents. I came close to hitting some a few times as you can't see them on the road at night.
OK, I rambled enough, sorry.
We have both in our area of NW Pennsylvania where I live. They interact more within the communities they live in as they buy groceries,( meat, vegetables, bread and junk food) and eat out in Restaurants and socialize with what they call the Yankees (ordinary people), which you would have never seen years ago. They don't allow phones in their house, but do use cell phones. Around here their main business is sawmills and making storage buildings they sell and all the electric machines they use they run them off of gas generators. They are a lot more tolerant to the world then their ancestors were.
Mennonite are more modern and drive vehicles, but the Amish maintain not allowing themselves to own one. They have finally been made to put electric lights on their buggy's that they run by gas generators as you can't see them at night when you are driving and to many have been killed in car vs. buggy accidents. I came close to hitting some a few times as you can't see them on the road at night.
OK, I rambled enough, sorry.
The Amish follow the teachings of Jacob Ammann, a 17th-century citizen of Switzerland. The Mennonite follow the teachings of Menno Simons (1496-1561). I've never researched those teachings, but both groups do believe in the OT and NT and believe Jesus is the Son of God and died for our sin and that God raised Him on the third day as He now sits at the right hand of God.
We have both in our area of NW Pennsylvania where I live. They interact more within the communities they live in as they buy groceries,( meat, vegetables, bread and junk food) and eat out in Restaurants and socialize with what they call the Yankees (ordinary people), which you would have never seen years ago. They don't allow phones in their house, but do use cell phones. Around here their main business is sawmills and making storage buildings they sell and all the electric machines they use they run them off of gas generators. They are a lot more tolerant to the world then their ancestors were.
Mennonite are more modern and drive vehicles, but the Amish maintain not allowing themselves to own one. They have finally been made to put electric lights on their buggy's that they run by gas generators as you can't see them at night when you are driving and to many have been killed in car vs. buggy accidents. I came close to hitting some a few times as you can't see them on the road at night.
OK, I rambled enough, sorry.
That's alright thanks for explaining it to me since we have a bit of Amish country a little ways from where I'm at too. So really, they're not all that different from us. I have always wanted to ride in one of those buggies. It looks like fun and I love horses!
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SytheF
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Unfortunately, the horses hate the bits in their mouths that are situated there to pull those buggies. 
Yes, they're Christian. Though they're not in your blood as those are faith traditions not race.
Yes, they're Christian. Though they're not in your blood as those are faith traditions not race.
Unfortunately, the horses hate the bits in their mouths that are situated there to pull those buggies.
It's not really any different from other horses that you ride. Or are you against that too?
Unfortunately, the horses hate the bits in their mouths that are situated there to pull those buggies.
Yes, they're Christian. Though they're not in your blood as those are faith traditions not race.
Actually the bits are attached to the harness that the reins are attached to, not the buggy. The buggy is attached to a collar harness different from the bit harness.
th1b.taylor
Member
Oh boy, aren't they. they are old fashioned Christian.
Yes, Amish are Christians.
As an aside, I was a groom for racehorses for years. And Amish are all over my home State. In my opinion, bits are of the devil. I've ridden many a horse without one. And would never ride unless that was the case.
Not speaking for anyone here, just personal experience chirping in.
As an aside, I was a groom for racehorses for years. And Amish are all over my home State. In my opinion, bits are of the devil. I've ridden many a horse without one. And would never ride unless that was the case.
Not speaking for anyone here, just personal experience chirping in.
As somebody who used to ride horses, how is that even possible? The bit is the part the horse bites down on so the halter stays on. Unless you used the mane to steer.
Creative
Member
spare the whip spoil the horse...
The Amish for the most part are exemplary Christians. There are good and bad though in every group. I remember back in the 1990s when a teen killed like a dozen Amish kids walking home from school when his pickup he was speeding in went out of control The Amish parents with grace and dignity forgave him.
The Amish for the most part are exemplary Christians. There are good and bad though in every group. I remember back in the 1990s when a teen killed like a dozen Amish kids walking home from school when his pickup he was speeding in went out of control The Amish parents with grace and dignity forgave him.
Yeah, the Amish are cool but I don't know how they live without electricity. They do have good meat and bake great bread though.
jasonc
Member
Many of those old homes i post are built before water grids or electric grids and or built without the grids serving them
If you notice the one I posted that has a fire place it's how I know the age.but we digress
Creative
Member
I read that when they take out mortgages on their homes the banks force them to have power hooked up. So when the mortgage runs out, many of the Amish will take out a second mortgage to keep their electricity.
Creative
Member
Up until after WWII most rural American farms had no electricity or power or even indoor plumbing as the power kings focused on dense city populations for easy profit. After the war it was through government intervention that finally brought power and plumbing to our farms so that today the USA has the capability to produce 7x the amount of food its population needs,
Today we find a similar problem getting internet to our rural farmers and legislation is being enacted to bring those services to rural farms.
I realize that people still got by without modern technology, and that it's not a necessity to live your life, it's just amazing how much we depend on it. Unless we want to light a few candles, we can't even read the Bible or any book for that matter without modern technology.
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