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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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.
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.
Oh boy, aren't they. they are old fashioned Christian.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
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.
It's called a bitless bridle.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.
I used to work with a former Amish man. He always treated me with respect, so I like the Amish.
Many of those old homes i post are built before water grids or electric grids and or built without the grids serving themYeah, the Amish are cool but I don't know how they live without electricity. They do have good meat and bake great bread though.
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.
People got by without modern technology for thousands of years, but that methodology only supported a fraction of the current world population. If everyone went back to subsistence farming with horses and oxen like the Amish, what would happen to all of those billions?
People got by without modern technology for thousands of years, but that methodology only supported a fraction of the current world population. If everyone went back to subsistence farming with horses and oxen like the Amish, what would happen to all of those billions?