Amish and Atheism ??

[Logic]

Originally Posted by Seamus

My understanding is if after their Rumpsringa an adolescent chooses not to become a full church member they must leave the community.

Is rumpsringa similar to bourbonpsringa?

[Logic]

Originally Posted by The Irreverent Mr Black

Find out... Next Week! On Jerryspringa.

ROFL.... I can go to bed happy now.

[A Monkey Shaved]

Geeeez!! here is a link to an Amish website
http://www.amishcountry.org/

What hypocrites. One should think an "Amish website" is a kind of oxymoron.They have actually skipped over the 20th century and come into the 21st.

[Annie]

An amish website??? I guess it's run on pedal power. Every time some clicks on their link someone has to pedal faster. ????

[A Monkey Shaved]

Originally Posted by The Irreverent Mr Black

Assumptions have been made... the owners and maintainers of the website are not themselves Amish, but a tourist bureau.

The penny dropped when it said "their beliefs" not "our beliefs"

[Annie]

And when clicking on the link .... http://www.amishcountry.org/the.amish.lifestyle it was written also in third person. I did ponder at the statement "Photography—All forms and methods of photography are strictly forbidden...." when it was bordered by photos of alleged amish children. Clever, but not clever enough.

[GodwinGrey]

Originally Posted by Annie

Sorry to use you here to lighten the mood HPW, but Im going to edit your post in my own odd way......
"You don't need religion to live simply" Given that Im a teacher and the base of the word we are focussing on is "simple", I thought Id simplify it. Sorry. I cant help it. Good point though. Carry on......

Are you quite sure HPW is wrong in their word usage Annie?

'Everything should be simplified as much as possible, but no more than that.' - Albert Einstein

[A Monkey Shaved]

I did find this website http://www.mennoniteusa.org/

I should think the temptation for fundies to proselytize with the internet would be pretty hard to resist and the Amish could be all to ready to take advantage of this given time as it is very difficult to proselytize with a tractor unless they ploughed prayers and passages from the Bible in the middle of a field in Pennsylvania for airline passengers and crew 35,000 feet up to read.

[Annie]

Originally Posted by GodwinGrey

Are you quite sure HPW is wrong in their word usage Annie?

'Everything should be simplified as much as possible, but no more than that.' - Albert Einstein

@GodwinGrey.... I am never sure of anything, (to be sure). I thought the thread needed some lightening and jumped in, boots and all. I hope HPW didnt mind. I guess it was unfortunate for HPW that his/her post was in close proximity to where the thread took a somewhat sombre tone. Sorry HPW. Although his/her use of 'simplistically' was ok, given the need to divert, I threw in my jibberish two cents worth. However, in saying that, I know 'simplistically' is a fine word but 'simply' is just as fine and given the reduction in keystrokes, in economic terms, 'simple' to my mind, seemed the preferred option. thanks for the opportunity to clarify GG.

[Harry, Pirate-Wizard]

Originally Posted by Annie

@GodwinGrey.... I am never sure of anything, (to be sure). I thought the thread needed some lightening and jumped in, boots and all. I hope HPW didnt mind. I guess it was unfortunate for HPW that his/her post was in close proximity to where the thread took a somewhat sombre tone. Sorry HPW. Although his/her use of 'simplistically' was ok, given the need to divert, I threw in my jibberish two cents worth. However, in saying that, I know 'simplistically' is a fine word but 'simply' is just as fine and given the reduction in keystrokes, in economic terms, 'simple' to my mind, seemed the preferred option. thanks for the opportunity to clarify GG.

Nah, I'm not bothered at all! I chose to to use the word because De-Scribe's opening post used the term 'simplicity'. So my logic then was:
since 'simply' has a much broader meaning than 'simplistically' it might be taken differently from what I intended if I was to use it.
Following my own logic a bit further though, it would have been the most clear of me to have said 'You don't need religion to live in simplicity' <<using the exact wording of OP.

But unfortunately as a law student it seems I have been subtly indoctrinated to tend towards the use of superfluous wording

Anyway Annie, thanks for lightening the mood of the thread a bit .

H,P-W