Amish

Went to the Blue Moon Cafe this morning for coffee. There were two young Amish couples enjoying breakfast and probably waiting for a bus to somewhere.

The following info was obtained from HERE.

"Be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." (Romans 12:2)

"But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat" (I Corinthians 5:11)

Mennonites = followers of Menno Simons, a Catholic priest from Holland who joined the anabaptist movement in 1536.

Amish = followers of Jacob Amman a Swiss Bishop who broke away from the Mennonite church.

Amish and Mennonites differ in matters of dress, technology, language and interpretation of the bible but have similar beliefs concerning baptism, non-resistance and basic bible interpretations.

As you know we got a new oak dining room buffet made by an Amish guy. He has a great shop that had several power tools run off a belt drive system probably powered by a generator. Amish communities decide for themselves what they will and will not accept concerning technology. Amish people consider electrical lines as a link with the outside world, so I guess a generator would solve that problem.

Old order Amish do not have to educate their children beyond the 8th grade (the Supreme Court so ruled in 1972).

Amish women wear a white cap if they are married and a black cap if they are single. Amish men grow beards after they have married. The Amish get married in November.

Amish do not play musical instruments.

The Ordnung is the Amish blueprint for expected behavior.