The Amish are people
who form an old community religious, which is considered as a sect. There are different
kinds of Amish which have migrated in America at various moments in their
history, like the Mennonites.
They live in community and are
really helpful toward each other. They choose a farming way of life, but a
rural one, they don’t use tractors but horses.
They keep away the modern life by prohibiting
electricity or telephone in their home and by limiting the use of television,
radio or telephone in general.
By the way, they
have their own interpretation of the Bible.
Their really different
way of life can afraid some people. For
my part I can’t imagine living without electricity or telephone. I’ve always
lived in a modern world so, I would have really difficulties to become an Amish
but I think if you’ve never known internet, cell-phones or TV shows, you can
live without all of these things.
But the fact that they live on the
fringe of our society can afraid me a little, but I was born in a society
rocked by “freedom” and different habits so if I were born in an Amish family I
think my opinion will be different.
Moreover, the rural life could be interesting
in an ecologist point of view but that seem a little idealistic.
Also their community spirit is
attractive, this kind of spirit don’t really exist in our modern society.
But
this community spirit was questioned by recent events. A young girl and a man
have had their hairs and bear cut by members of their community. But they’re
not the only one, others attacks of the same kind have been perpetrated on
other members.
Furthermore, a man, Samuel Mullet
had been accused to force members of his community to sleep in chicken coop and
to force women to have sexual relations with him in order to purify them of the
devil. These kinds of assaults are really disturbing especially coming of a
community which extols the virtues of loving each other and of having a
community spirit.
But all society has its own demons.
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