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How do the Amish feel about technology?
The Amish don’t believe technology is evil in and of itself. When it comes to technology, the Amish seek to be its master rather than allow it to master them. They are selective about the things they allow into their lives and use those things intentionally to help them live in harmony with their values.
What do Amish people believe?
The Amish share traditional Christian beliefs, such as the Trinity, inerrancy of the Bible, adult baptism, atoning death of Jesus Christ, and the existence of heaven and hell. However, the Amish think the doctrine of eternal security would be a sign of personal arrogance.
How do the Amish communicate?
When it comes to verbal communication, the Amish are trilingual and use phrases uncommon to outsiders. During church services, the Amish use a dialect of German, called high German. At home and during informal gatherings, they speak low German, sometimes called Pennsylvania Dutch.
What is the Amish lifestyle?
The Amish are a traditionalist Christian based community with a common lifestyle: simple living, plain dress, and no technology. I had the incredible opportunity to get to know a family and live with the Amish for one week.
What do Amish kids speak?
Children raised in Amish communities are taught Pennsylvania Dutch while limiting their exposure to English. Most communities feel that Pennsylvania Dutch is a more important language since it’s what their beliefs and structure were originally founded upon.
What is Amish lifestyle?
The Amish believe in one God. They believe that their faith calls for them to lead a lifestyle that consists of hard work and discipline. In addition to discipline and hard work, their religion also calls for them to lead a lifestyle in which they practice humility, calmness, and placidity.
What is the Amish response to human troubles?
There is a genuine ritualistic response to human troubles in the Amish close knit family environment. The Amish father is responsible for providing for his family through farm work or by employment in the local community. Many Amish men are working away from the farm with the declining availability of farmland.
What do Amish people do for a living?
Many Amish men work as carpenters, masons or laborers in factories. Some have home based businesses such as furniture making, harness repair or the shoeing of horses. Amish culture teaches girls to serve and please others such as their parents, husbands and relatives.
Where do the Amish stand on the spectrum?
Today the Amish stand somewhere between the parent body, the Mennonites, and the four groups of Amish: Swartzentruber (ultra conservative), Andy Weaver (conservative), Old Order (conservative), and the New Order (less conservative). The New Order leads a more progressive path that diverged from the Old Order in 1968 (Blair & Hurst 1997).
What kind of prenatal care do the Amish use?
Amish express their preference for prenatal care that promotes the use of nurse midwives, lay midwives, home deliveries, and limited use of high technology. The Amish desire culturally congruent and safe health care services. In preparation for childbirth a five week formula (5-W) is sometimes used in the last five weeks of pregnancy.