The Amish religion; varied and explained
How Do Amish groups Differ from Ours?
We have been writing about cultures that are distinctive and different from our new zealand cultures. While the Amish believe in a life called upon by god to live a simple life of faith, lots of discipline, and overbearing dedication as well as to face humility to their beliefs, they still follow what they know from the past and decide to live a life of hardship. Amish men have long scruffy beards and clean shaved face because back in the day, mustaches were not a fashion style so in the closer future, having one would mean wealth or somebody that had participated in the military, this would go against what Amish believe and would be unordinary while New Zealand culture includes many hairstyles belonging to Polynesians or elsewhere. Secondly, anybody outside their religion, no matter ethnicity or otherwise race, size, or origin, you would be known as English and nothing else when New Zealand culture tries to identify others by how they look or what they say and sometimes, act differently around certain people sadly. Thirdly, unlike questionable people and religions, Amish people understand that their teenagers can be rebellious and so they don’t punish them or disagree with them. Amish give their teenagers their own opinion but only wish that their mokopuna remain in the community, Unlike New Zealand culture who don’t let their kids find their way, Amish give them a chance to decide from 14-18 years old what they want to do most stay in the religion and others leave. Amish young ins are usually not to rebellious because they were raised right and understand wrong. Amish people don't offer technical stand points and only wisdom, it makes sense for teens to care much about their Amish family. Amish allow a passage for teens to see the ‘English way of life’ as its referred to in their religion. They do this because it wouldn't be fair on them if they never got to see what they're missing out on or give them their own decision before they are baptized at age 20, this is called Rumspringa. Lastly when Amish build barns or houses, since they are only using what had been provided to them by locals or their own, they have to resort in many to help build it because they do not use construction vehicles, this is significantly different because they are trained by watching others build it for themselves, no qualifications, no trade just good old fashioned strength and endurance they bring from working everyday.
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ReplyDeleteI'm the Secondary Specialist for Manaiakalani and I am always on the look out for good blog posts like yours.
Congratulations on an excellent project. You've put your slides together beautifully with some interesting information about the Amish culture. Isn't it fascinating how they live with such different values.
I had no idea they were originally from Swiss German people decent. It's amazing that very little has changed within their own culture since that time.
You have lots of interesting information that would be easier to read if you added some paragraphs. You could use a paragraph each time you introduce a new idea. You will have heard your teachers talk about PEEL paragraphs. The acronym PEEL stands for, make a point, explain your idea, give an example and then link to the next paragraph.
I wonder what it means to live a life of hardship? What do you think they have to go without?