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I don't know much about the Amish but I love their simplicity. Don't get me wrong I love my electricity but I love simplicity as well. The Amish are hard working farmers as well. I've talked to a few of them at flea markets. Sometimes they own the market place.

But their religion must be lacking somewhere because they dont evangelize. Isn't it the churches mission to evangelize? I don't judge them however because I myself am nothing. I barely keep my head above water. But I like things about the Amish. I just don't know what they teach.
 

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I assume you know already that the Amish are one of the Anabaptist groups. They may not often evangelize, but they take the Sermon on the Mount very seriously.

One good source of information is Amish Studies – The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College , the Amish Studies website of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The website describes Amish history, beliefs, and practices, and it includes references to scholarly books and articles, if you want more detailed reading.
 
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I assume you know already that the Amish are one of the Anabaptist groups. They may not often evangelize, but they take the Sermon on the Mount very seriously.

One good source of information is Amish Studies – The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College , the Amish Studies website of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The website describes Amish history, beliefs, and practices, and it includes references to scholarly books and articles, if you want more detailed reading.
Thank you
 
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They are of Swiss-German or Dutch background and do not marry outside their religion. Thus, they often marry distant cousins or other relatives for generations and much of their community is (distantly) related to each other. This causes many genetic disorders.
 
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They are of Swiss-German or Dutch background and do not marry outside their religion. Thus, they often marry distant cousins or other relatives for generations and much of their community is (distantly) related to each other. This causes many genetic disorders.
Other peoples dress and act like prostitutes with their wealth and vanity that they flaunt.
 
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