Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > I asked Google, "Do Amish own property?" and was quickly referred to this: > > [Arlo] > I've interviewed dozens of Amish around Centre County and Lancaster County, > Pennsylvania. I can only tell you what they have told me. That their notion of > "own" is different that ours. That is they "own" something but if it is needed > it is relinquished without thought. In this sense, they see themselves more as > stewards or custodians. > > As for them paying taxes, they have to play the larger game, Platt. Many > despise it, but they realize that they do. So they just go along with the > lingo > to avoid trouble. > > [Platt] > Is he lying? Would you agree the Amish are more Christian than Marxist? > > [Arlo] > Certainly. Indeed, Jesus and Marx share many ideas in common, not the least of > which is social action, community-oriented behavior and the disavowment of > material acquisition. Marx, of course, felt that the need for religion _as a > neoconservative orientation myth_ would no longer be necessary, and that > people > would act this way by nature. > > As for the article, I don't know how much time the author has spent among the > Amish, but I can only surmise there was an obvious political need to distance > Amishness from that dreaded monster of socialism. > > Also, in several instances I was told that "God is the only one who owns > anything", echoing a very Native American sentiment towards "how can anyone > own > the land?". > > Now, since I assume all I'll get for my trouble is more of your insipid bunk, > I'm backing out of the Amish thread too. There is plenty on the web, and in > your local bookstores, for people to make up their own minds as to which > perspective is correct. (But don't let that stop you from a final barrage of > distortion!)
You were doing so well -- up until the last paragraph. Constantly amazed at your rabid intolerance of any views but your own, assigning devious motives to others but blithely ignoring those you have. But then again . . . :-) ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
