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The rules of the church - the Ordnung - must be observed by every member. These rules cover most aspects of day-to-day living, and include prohibitions or limitations on the use of power-line...
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Ya I saw a documentary on this in Sociology first semester. It's some really weird stuff. The poor kid in the video decided that he didn't want to be Amish had to leave his family and try to find a...
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I read somewhere that the Amish and the JW are the 2 religions who take the whole ex communication and shunning thing to the extreme... It said they were the 2 worse religions in their treatment and...
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My greatgrandmother was Amish. Anyway, yes they are even stricter than JWs. The bishop of the order determines what the members are and are not allowed to do. In some orders, the church also acts as...
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Where I grew up in Ohio, our congregation territory was the heart of the largest amish settlement in America at Kidron, OH. We went door to door and had bible discussions with these folks. as you are...
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Citizen, I remember years ago, my family doctor (who was mennoinite) also was the amish's doctor. The doctors that the amish used finally raised enough hell about the retarded inbred kids that they...
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I live in Ohio and we have what is called "Amish Country" about 45 minutes away from me. Believe it or not, it is actually a tourist area. My husband used to work in Middlefield Ohio (Citizen probably...
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i live close to Amish country and they're semi-respected here as they make nice furniture they sell here. However, many of them farm dogs and run the most wretched puppy mills which even the governor...
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fashionplate08 wrote: Please do not EVER gbuy a dog from them; they're abusers, who routinely inbreed and mistreat animals. NO pet shops either; they end up there from puppy mills. "In some areas of...
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How come they get away with it?. I do not know what the laws are in America, but in England people can go to prison for severe animal abuse.
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Citizen, the amish sects in around Brookfield OH and below Wooster, OH tend to be a lot more animal friendly than the Lancaster, PA and the Somerset, PA Amish. The PA amish treat animals like we would...
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How come they get away with it?. I do not know what the laws are in America, but in England people can go to prison for severe animal abuse. Taking them to task for their abuses means exposing public...
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Please take some time to read about the horse Boomerang who was abuased by the Amish for 12 yrs, then dumped at a horsemeat auction....
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I've heard they found a gene or two associated with bi-polar because of the Amish inbreeding. And I've seen them at our sons' school for the deaf, so I'm guessing that trait is running in their...
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The doctor's standing court order is in the state of Missouri. I think each state has their own (or not) rules on that sort of thing.
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CitizenReign wrote: fashionplate08 wrote: Please do not EVER gbuy a dog from them; they're abusers, who routinely inbreed and mistreat animals. NO pet shops either; they end up there from puppy mills....
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I saw a documentary on puppy mills. I'm not sure if the folks were Amish or not. They really didn't want the cameras showing too much but the things that were shown were VERY disturbing. No animal...
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