How do the Amish view technology?
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:}\nAn austere lifestyle would help us sty focused on the important things in life.\nI know that i for one often allow the unguent to precede the important things in my life\nsomeone said technology came into our lives as a servant but now lives there as i Master.\n\nHaving said all that, I would really miss mot being able to use electronic text to study issues in my faith, and would really miss being able to discuss issues of faith in forums like this one.\n\nNot I am sight impaired and the accessibility options on my computer make an active study of my faith possible.
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What you see in that movie is pretty much what you get.  However, the farming way of life is going by the boards, because they will sub-divide a farm for newlyweds.  After a while they are running out of land.  Many Amish are now involved in light manufacture of funiture and even mobile homes.  Living with them is out of the question.  They don't like outsiders and consider their whole way of life as a meditation, to which you would be a distraction
663874
I lived there for about 15 years.. there isn't a best place.. though The Amish sure do know a good time.
524843
People don't see the use of things.  It was never thought that people would want computers in their house, because the applications hadn't been invented.  And plus computers were as big as a house back then, no one realized they would get smaller.  My mom still doesn't think she needs wireless.  A friend doesn't think she needs a cell phone, even though it is getting really hard to find pay phones to stop at.  People can't see the use of things that haven't happened yet.  You never know what will catch on.
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Yes... I grew up around Amish country in Ohio.  My great-greandparents were Amish, but they "jumped the fence" (left the religion) before they committed to be baptized.  I still have Amish relatives in Indiana, and the family goes there for a huge family reunion in the summer.
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Most Amish are trilingual. They speak a dialect of German called Pennsylvania Dutch at home; they use High German at their worship services; and they learn English at school. They speak English when they deal with anyone who is not Amish.\n\nMy Mennonite girlfriend, who was allowed to attend high school, did take French classes with me.  Old Order Amish, however, fight to keep their children out of public schools.  The Amish schools they attend only go through 8th grade and do not teach anything more than what is necessary to maintain their simple, family oriented lives.
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Interesting question...\n\nIn western society, we certainly live in an artificial world supported by technology. Technology allows instant gratification, more convenience, and a faster pace of life. Some homes have so many appliances, that if the electricity goes off, people can't do anything... wash, cook, heat/cool the rooms. That is rather dependent, I'd say!  And there is an obsession with technology trying to control nature through genetically modifying plants and animals.  Bigger, newer, and more profitable are seen as better.\n\nI see medicine as a branch of technology. It depends on what you are trying to accomplish... save a life, create comfort, or do a facelift for a celebrity, or whatever.\n\nReligion fills a basic human need to believe (or not, if you wish). I think religions which are based on a respect for nature (such as those of many indigenous peoples)  are not obsessions in the sense that you are using. It's hard to generalize about religion when there are so many different types in the world.
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it is possibile but not with the technology we posess today
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Our technology and communications is changing at a rapid rate.\n\nThink about the fact that when I was 3 years old, we had a black and white TV, a rotary dial telephone, a washing machine, an oven and a refrigerator.  We had a car and a truck.  I grew up on a farm.\n\nMy grandparents did not have TV, they had radio.  They had no cars.  \n\nMy first grade teacher graduated college - called normal school - in 1919.  Her father made saddles for a living.  When she started teaching, there were only a few cars on the road.\n\nOur society is changing because we are changing.  How many people do you know who make their living on a farm?\n\nIn 1996 how many people had personal computers?  How many people do not have them now?  Ten years ago, a computer was not a necessity in a home.  We haven't even touched on TV, satellites, and all of the choices available in how we use them.
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Since Amish people don't use electricity or modern appliances, I would say no.
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they are great, all the advancement in technology is great, it is the people who abuse of it that make others think of it as bad, \n\ni can see and have video conversations with family and friends from different countries all over the world, web cams definitely great!
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hmmmm good qusetion by the way....\n\nWe are see now that every bit of tecnology is growing closer to gether, PDAs, laptops, phones, Home PCs, Home TV all have a lot in common like OS's, web, wireless etc. its looks like to me that the internet will spread as a funtion over new tecnolgy, allowing us to take our digtel lifes everywere. the internet will be the seemless movment of infomation of this new world, no longer confined to the dark rooms and offices, everything will be at our fingertips. as long as well keep the net open and free!
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Just like the rest of us, the Amish are not exempt from life's two certainties -- death and taxes. However, there is a reason behind the persistent myth that the Amish do not pay taxes.\n\nThe Amish live within self-sufficient communities and do not collect Social Security, unemployment, or welfare benefits. According to their religious beliefs, paying Social Security, an insurance premium for the elderly, is tantamount to not "taking care of their own." Amish people who are self-employed are not obliged to pay Social Security tax, but they do still pay all other taxes, including property, income, and sales tax. If an Amish person decides to work outside of the community, he or she must also pay Social Security tax like any other American.\n\nIn 1955, the IRS extended the Social Security Act of 1935 to include farm operators. At the time, some Amish people immediately complied with the tax, while others conscientiously objected to it. Many felt that it violated the separation of church and state, some did not want to accept monies for government programs, and still others believed that paying a commercial insurance for the elderly went against their trust in God to take care of them.\n\nThe IRS and the Amish played a convoluted shell game for close to a decade, until it all came to a head with the seizure of a struggling farmer's horses in 1961. The Amish elders stuck firmly by their principles, and the ensuing media and community outrage over the incident led the IRS to relent four years later. Tucked away in the 1965 Medicare Bill was a clause exempting the "Old Order Amish" and other religious groups that conscientiously objected to paying insurance premiums from Social Security tax. To be exempt, the group or sect must have been established prior to 1950 and maintain reasonable provisions for their elderly.
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Technology is Physics put to good use.
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What technology?\nBoth of what? benefit and exploitation?\nCould you ask again in the form of a question?\n-->
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LOL. there's drivel on now. I can't picture the Amish breaking out just to catch the latest episode of Deal or No Deal.
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No, it is not true. All citizens of the United States are obliged to pay taxes. However, the Amish do not collect Social Security, unemployment, or welfare benefits, and through an arrangement with the IRS do not pay Social Security Insurance. They still pay income, property, and sales tax.