Amish

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http://www.religioustolerance.org/amish.htm

The Amish are congregational communities--by which i mean that each congregation of the Amish, each group which attends a single church, can vary a great deal. So, for example, the company i once worked for purchased all of their fabricated metal from an Amish company located in a nearby town. That congregation of the Amish use electricity, and drive automobiles, although they otherwise follow the stereotypical Amish fasions in dress and speech. I would go to their office when we had an order for fabricated metal (such as custom-made poles to mount outdoor cameras, or aluminum boxes in which to mount outdoor intercom telephones), and the women who worked there wore dresses and mob caps (a small lace cap on top of their heads), and otherwise looked like any Amish woman you might imagine. But they would got to a computer, look up your order, give the command to print the order on a tractor-feed dot matrix printer, and then tear off your invoice, which you would present at the shop to pick up your order.

The man who took your invoice and found your order would be dressed as one would expect an Amish man to be dressed, in a blue chambray work shirt and heavy blue serge pants, with heavy leather work shoes. He would wear a beard with no mustache. That community of the Amish had kept many of the old ways, but were taking advantage of many modern conveniences.

Other communities of the Amish adhere to the older practices, and will not have electricity in their homes, and will not drive automobiles. My Sweetiepie Girl was driving through Ohio, and stopped at an outlet mall (a place in which goods are sold at a discount by the manufacturers). She saw an Amish man there who had pulled up his horse-drawn wagon by the side of the access road which lead to the mall. He was selling woven baskets and furniture which he and his family had made in the home. He had transported the merchandise he was selling to the mall with his horse-drawn wagon, because he was part of a congregation which did not use automobiles.

There are other communities of charismatic christians who retain to varying degrees their lifestyle from the nineteenth century who are often erroneously lumped together with the Amish, such as Moravians and Mennonites. You might look them up, as well.

As i walk throught the valley where i harvest my grain,
I take a look at my wife and realize she's very plain.
But that's just perfect for an Amish like me,
you know I shun fancy things like electricity.
At 4:30 in the mornin' i'm milking cows,
Jebediah feeds the chickens and Jacob plows, fool
and I've been milking and plowing so long that
even Ezekial thinks that my mind is gone.
I'm a man of the land, I'm into discipline,
got a Bible in my hand and a beard on my chin,
but if I finish all of my chores, and you finish thine,
then tonight we're going to party like it's 1699.

we've been spending most our lives living in an Amish Paradise,
I churn butter once or twice, living in an Amish Paradise,
It's hard work and sacrifice, living in an Amish Paradise,
We sell quilts at discount price, living in an Amish Paradise.

A local boy kicked me in the butt last week,
i just smiled at him, and I turned the other cheek.
I don't really care, in fact I wish him well,
cause I'll be laughing my head off when he's burning in Hell.
I ain't never punched a tourist even if he deserved it,
an Amish with a 'tude, you know that's unheard of.
I never wear buttons, but I got a cool hat,
and my homies agree i really look good in black, fool
If you come to visit, you'll be bored to tears,
we haven't even payed the phone bill in 300 years,
But we ain't really quaint, so please don't point and stare,
we're just technologically impaired.

there's no phone, no lights, no motorcars, not a single
luxury,
like robonson Crusoe, it's as primitive as can be,

we've been spending most our lives living in an Amish Paradise,
we're just plain and simple guys, living in an Amish Paradise,
there's no time for sin and vice, living in an Amish Paradise,
We don't fight, we all play nice, living in an Amish Paradise

Hitching up the buggy, churning lots of butter,
raised a barn on Monday, soon i'll raise anutter
think you're really rightious?
think you're pure in heart?
well i know i'm a million times as humble as thou art.
I'm the pioust guy the little Amletts want to be like
on my knees day and night scoring points for the afterlife.
so don't be vain, and don't be whiney,
or else my brother might have to get medieval on your hiney.

we've been spending most our lives living in an Amish Paradise,
We're all crazy Mennonites, living in an Amish Paradise,
there's no cops or traffic lights, living in an Amish Paradise,
But you'd probably think it bites, living in an Amish Paradise,

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yech!

Weird Al Janovic