On 10/5/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Helping others. The barn raisings are a great example. I think they tend more toward isolationism....they're helping others, but only their own kind.
> Live and let live. along the isolationism idea again. > Rugged Individualism. Doing your own thing, regardless of the opinion of > others. I really don't think individualism is a prized commodity in the faith at all. > Practicing freedom of religion. Considering that you can only marry inside the Amish faith, I don't think they practice freedom of religion either. > also: ...limited education ...submission of women ...they do nothing to improve the next generations lot in life. > > On 10/5/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > oh don't be going all Jebediah on us! > > > > hmmmm....I don't doubt that they're good people, but representing > > what's good in America....nah, I can think of other, better examples > > of that. > > > > > > On 10/5/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No doubt. > > > > > > I was watching them in their buggies, and was actually wondering why > > > we gave those up. I could use a little "slow down" at the moment. > > > > > > The exemplify much of what I consider good in people, and in America. > > > > > > On 10/5/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This story just keeps getting more amazing.....respect and admiration > > > > for > > > > the Amish just continue to grow: > > > > > > > > http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2531138&page=1 > > > > > > > > -- > > > > "Lend our voices only to sounds of freedom. No longer lend our strength > > > > to > > > > that which we wish to be free from, and we shall live a life uncommon." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:216916 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
