If followers of your particular belief or faith started their own community, much like the Amish, would you be willing to live in it? Why or why not?
2006-10-10 00:35:44 · 15 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-10-10 00:40:15 · update #1
Thanks for all honest and insightful answers. I too do not know if I would join such a community although at times it sounds tempting.
2006-10-10 00:42:29 · update #2
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You know what? I really believe with all my heart, the world is going to get sooooo bad, I might very well, seek a surrounding of Christians only. It could be the world forces us to do this. I'm not basing this on "separate yourselves".
No. When such a time would ever occur, I may very well be a Nike'...and Do-IT*.
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2006-10-10 01:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A community of people always brings good prospects, such as helping each other out, praying together, encouraging each other in good and forbidding each other from evil. Such a community is much more helpful if people living within it belong to the same faith. However, no such community should isolate itself from other (different) communities. There should be a group of people who should act as representatives and convey their thoughts to other communities, interact and share with them.
This is the sole reason that Islam emphasizes community, and daily, muslims have to get together in the mosque five times to exhibit unity by praying together, standing side by side. This also serves as a way of sharing thoughts, helping each other out and listening to each others' problems.
Its the nature of man that motivation for anything diminishes with time. A community can always serve as a heartbeat for the motivation of an individual and therefore he/she can go along well.
Moreover, a community always has a self healing mechanism as people care for each other and try to help.
2006-10-10 07:45:18 · answer #2 · answered by mutmainnah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What challenges my faith is also what makes it stronger. If too secluded from others who might now hold your views, you run the risk of becoming complacent in your belief structure. The more I am questioned the more I truly begin to understand the complexities of my own beliefs. I tend to approach religion like Maya Angelou, who once said she was trying to be Christian- that to actually declare oneself a follower of a religion was difficult in that it meant so many things were already in place. Instead, most of us work towards being a follower, and we all have setbacks along the way. (that is a rough paraphrase!) So I guess I am working towards being a Buddhist, and the more I live in the world with people who are kind, hostile, and even curious, the more i continued on my own path.
2006-10-10 08:02:30 · answer #3 · answered by William B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would have no problem live in one. I think it is wonderful. I do want to point out that the Amish do not live in their own community though. They live among everyone else. Children are sent to church schools but the community is not in an area by itself.
The hutterites have their own community and so do the brudderhoff but not the amish.
God bless
2006-10-10 09:25:49 · answer #4 · answered by kramerfam2000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Rather live in a community full of people from all levels and paths. We learn by interacting with each other. Even some Amish send their children out into the world when they're of age- called Wilding- and if they come back, it's of their own choosing.
Segregation breeds fear.
2006-10-10 07:39:03 · answer #5 · answered by auld mom 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I have no problem with small groups of believers separating themselves for lives of prayer and devotion like cloistered nuns. We all have been given different gifts and ministries.
But I think separating yourself from the "real" world is not in keeping with the teachings and example of Jesus Christ.
Jesus immersed himself in the "real" world and ministered to the people most in need to healing and forgiveness.
It is our mission to help bring the "real" world closer to being the Kingdom of God.
With love in Christ.
2006-10-11 01:44:53 · answer #6 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not yet . My karma at present can best be worked out in the wider community but in the future I might consider living in a Buddhist commune.
2006-10-10 07:43:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I hope to move into community in the next couple of years or so. I share my house with other church members. I already work with Church members., so I am half way there.
2006-10-10 08:14:42 · answer #8 · answered by waycyber 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
seriously doubt it as there are many things I like doing in the
" outside world " and doubt if these would be available in such a community.
2006-10-10 07:51:46 · answer #9 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think I'd enjoy it as a place to come and go from. Return there, get refreshed and recharged, and head back out into the world again strengthened.
2006-10-10 07:49:04 · answer #10 · answered by angk 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋