The Amish apparent aversion to technology isn't about technology itself but about staying away from consumerism and maintaining a high degree of self sufficiency. If you never have a tv or car, you never feel the need to get a better tv or car. If you dress in a very regimented traditional manner, you don't feel the need to go buy the latest fashion. and so on..
-- We are all just people.
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Amish technology By Pinnell, Gary Publication: Central Penn Business Journal Date: Friday, March 9 2001
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This is a great example of hypocrisy, and an amusing one at that..
Ignorance is Bliss -- And the Opposite is True -- Genius is Madness
I knew one day they would come around.
The Amish, in general, have nothing against technology; they just avoid what they consider to be distractions.
For instance, the buggies do have electric turn signals, and many farms have electrical generators to run machinery.
The Amish apparent aversion to technology isn't about technology itself but about staying away from consumerism and maintaining a high degree of self sufficiency. If you never have a tv or car, you never feel the need to get a better tv or car. If you dress in a very regimented traditional manner, you don't feel the need to go buy the latest fashion. and so on..
We are all just people.
Amish technology
By Pinnell, Gary
Publication: Central Penn Business Journal
Date: Friday, March 9 2001
http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/united-states-pennsylvania/1069152-1.html
I missed the hypocrisy. Could you explain it for us?
Are you aware of the differences between mennonites and amish believers?
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