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From: "John C Steiner" <>
Subject: Re: [Mennonite] Mennonites as per David
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 01:30:58 -0400
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The Amish want to remain separate and independent and on their own terms,
and much depends upon the local interpretation of what is "essential" and
what is a "luxury".

For this reason, many Amish are NOT connected to the power grid of the local
power company, but see nothing wrong with having their own generators for
their own equipment - milking, cooling, etc.

Then, in some areas, they can work in places which are not owned by them,
and can work with the modern conveniences installed by the owners and then
they pay the owner rent. As a consequence, with the development of Amish
furniture, requires the use of various electric powered equipment - which
can be owned by someone else - but used to make Amish furniture and the
business itself is owned by the man who is Amish. Thus, someone else can
own the building, not Amish, often Mennonite. Much of the adaptation of
technology comes from the approval of the local bishop and of the
congregation itself and for some congregations, the approval of doing
something falls to a vote requiring 100% agreement.

In an other area, the Amish are quite open to working with those in medicine
via their genealogical databases, as well as cooperating with various
studies on life span, bipolar illness, hypertension, premature
atherosclerosis, basal ganglia disease, etc. Some of the databases are
operated by the NIH - and boil down to the congregation involved deciding
whether this work is "essential" or a "luxury."

One extraordinary genealogist has done more than 80,000 entries - on paper,
but has had another person enter the information on computer. Another
Mennonite, interested in genealogy, has hired an Amish girl to come and work
in his office to enter data, but when she marries, that aspect of her life
must come to a stop.

John Steiner
OMII-Coordinator 2002-2004
www.omii.org




----- Original Message -----
From: "David Patterson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Mennonite] Mennonites as per David


| I am glad it helped. In addition, the Brethren and Dunkards are another
| group of the Anabaptists. Dunkards were a group of Brethren that believed
| in baptism by dunking. Mennonites practice baptism by sprinkling. Most
| Mennonites today are no different in their appearance than the average
| American. Most Mennonite woman no longer wear the cap and the men no
longer
| have beards. The Amish are even using computers in their businesses that
| they are opening because of the scarcity and high cost of farm land.
Their
| are many Mennonites around, many of my relatives are still Mennonite. For
a
| view of Mennonites see www.mennonitecc.ca and be sure to see the list of
| offices they have all over North America. Also the low German Mennonite
| section lists Mennonites in Mexico and South America.
| David Patterson
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: <>
| To: <>
| Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 11:23 PM
| Subject: [Mennonite] Mennonites as per David
|
|
| > Thanks. That was very helpful and very interesting. Paulette in NM
| >
| >
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