2006-12-13 01:59:57 · 10 answers · asked by its me 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
possibly they do. Not sure about the ex-communication part who ex-communicated them Luther? The Amish live a pseudo-monastic lifestyle. They try to be self-supporting and shun new technology. The downfall of this group is the total lack of sacramental theology and ancient liturgy both of which were always central to monastic Christian life.
2006-12-13 02:08:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know...I am not a Amish. But I and most everyone knows their Order is very strict and you perhaps have to be raised in it in order to adhere to it. The Amish allow there member to leave in their teens to experiment with "the English." Some leave and some return but it has little to do with their belief or understanding of Jesus. Personally, I have a great admiration for their way of life. My late Aunt was one of the few "English" one family were friends with. Her husband was a Greyhound Bus driver living in PA. He encountered two Amish men on a road who had gone deer hunting (w/bow) and their buggy had broken down. He stopped for them, put the deer in the boot and drove them right to their front door. They were forever grateful and invited he and my Aunt (but not their children) to a family dinner and they were friends forever until the older Amish man died. They were invited to the funeral services as well. She had many of their family and Order stories she related to me as well a giving me many Amish recipes given to her. I still use them and think about her and them when using them. I have read much about them as well and go to Amish country when I can. There is just something about going there that feeds the soul. Simple, hardworking people who earn their keep honestly and productively and expect nothing in return but to be left in peace to be who they are. They have much to teach us...at witnessed (no pun intended) by the recent school house murders of their children in Nichols Mines, PA. So you tell me...is there or has there every been a more forgiving group of people who live and believe in the teachings of Jesus? I think not.
2006-12-13 10:14:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard that one before. I know a family that is Amish and they seem pretty happy together. I went to a birthday party for the father of a group last year and he is in his 60s. He and his wife have been married for 40 years and his immediate family-kids and grandkids is more than 100 people.
2006-12-13 10:03:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People think that the Amish are some kind of gentle souls wanting to live a quite life.They are like every "Cult".Full of useless rules and regulations that stifle people.So when a person comes out of that nonsense it is very freeing.Now they can learn about th freedom they have in Christ,instead of being bombarded by Old Testament Law which doesn't apply ti Christians anyway.
2006-12-13 10:05:57 · answer #4 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Guess agian Tiffany... Amish who leave the community are not ex communicated. They are welcomed back anytime. With open arms.
2006-12-13 10:05:03 · answer #5 · answered by Eva 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Amish have never been excommunicated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish
Perhaps they 'know Jesus better' because they live a simple life, like he did.
2006-12-13 10:04:27 · answer #6 · answered by Yngona D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you can tell us.
Most people know nothing of the Amish.
2006-12-13 10:03:41 · answer #7 · answered by Desperado 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dated an "ex" Amish girl for awhile, and she was so tired of that religion that she never even went to church.
2006-12-13 10:05:55 · answer #8 · answered by pastor_fuzz_1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because - God did not intend for people to live the way they live. That plain and simple!
2006-12-13 10:05:20 · answer #9 · answered by Gladiator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
were they "ex comminicated"?
2006-12-13 10:02:40 · answer #10 · answered by Sean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋