Posted by jimg.allentown on November 26, 2016 at 10:57:12 from (108.36.80.118):
In Reply to: Simple living posted by rrlund on November 26, 2016 at 04:36:47:
The Amish are not always as simple as you think. While they themselves do not have electricity in their homes for the most part, they certainly do use it in their businesses.
Some of my experiences and encounters with the Amish:
Picking up at a supply house for construction materials, I see Amish boys DRIVING forklift trucks all over the place. I inquired about that. While they are not allowed normally to drive, they ARE allowed to drive for the purpose of working at a job. At the discretion of their bishop.
Picking up at an Amish furniture factory, I heard a lot of machine sounds. I took a walk around. I found a stationary diesel engine chugging away in a shed out behind the factory. Inside, radios were playing, lathes, mills, shapers, planers, routers, and every other kind of wood working equipment was running. All running on compressed air. They even had ceiling fans running on compressed air. I inquired about the radios, since they are indeed electric. The answer I got was that because they ran on batteries, they were OK. When loading time came, a neighbor showed up with a forklift and loaded my truck. While not directly using "modern" technology, they sure did take advantage of it indirectly.
While the Amish do not ordinarily drive, they are not above riding in a car. Just let somebody else drive. I am also acquainted with an Amish bishop. His wife has a car and drives. So, he gets a ride to wherever he needs to go.
Simple? Maybe to some extent, but they are not ashamed to take advantage of technology indirectly.
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