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My family background for a lot of generations is Mennonite which shares it's Anabaptist roots with the Amish.


I can tell you from family history and a bit of my own experience that the Amish, Mennonites, etc. are every bit as human as the rest of the population.  Yeah, when they "sign up" as adults in the fellowship, they make some tough choices about lifestyles and creature comforts but trust me, the "temptations of the flesh" are just as real to them as anyone else and they have a very practical sense about it and like everyone else, don't always meet the their own standards.


I used to have a Mennonite friend who had been Amish but he admitted that he'd been kicked out of the group.  When I asked him "why?" he sort of smirked and said "I bought a car and they found it!"


I never "officially" joined the Mennonite church because I knew I'd just break all the rules the first week and why fight it?


BTW, here's some religious conserative political humor:


Moving away from the fellowship is often called "backsliding" (you guys raised baptist will know the term).


Here's how the sequence goes:


Amish backslide to become Mennonites.

Mennonites become Baptists.

Baptists become Methodists.

Methodists become Lutherns.

Lutherns become New Agers.

New Agers become Pagans.

Pagans become Satanists.

Satanists become....


Democrats!

  :eek:


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