> -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 1:45 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re:_"The_Village" > > > I enjoyed watching The Village in Cinema :) > > > I thought it was thought provoking about > > the merits of locking yourself away from > > society to live life based on your own > > moral code. Even with all the medicines > > in the world, would it really be worth it? > > There are some who believe it would be worth it even without all the > medicines in the world. Re: the Amish. I have a lot of sympathy for
(Hey buddy, what email client are you using and why does it always screw up threading? ;^) ) I'm not sure if you can count the Amish in this completely. Superficially the situations are the same, but there are vast differences in motivation (religious for the Amish). Also the Amish do not cut themselves off from others at all - they live simply, true, but as a part of the broader community. They produce and sell their products to non-Amish and buy needed things from non-Amish. As for the medications you might also look to Christian Scientists to see similar beliefs. But these are also primarily religious in nature. In "The Village" religion simply didn't seem to play a role (an aspect of the movie which I liked). Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167454 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
