I live and work with, amongst and alongside thousands of Mennonites (as well as hundreds of Amish - they make fun of each other).
Currently in my fridge are 12 dozen brown eggs, purchased for $2.50/doz, from an old order (horse/buggy, no electricity) Mennonite , and I have a freezer full of meat from the same farm.
I hear ya! Pretty well all the Amish are horse/buggy/non-worldly as far as possessions, etc, even to the point of extremely-limited contact with outsiders, even for commerce.
That being said, I’ve seen a few Amish breaking clothes colour barriers, with very vivid blues (even men!), and purples.
Mennonites’ lifestyles vary hugely. I can rhyme off a few dozen multi-millionaires I’ve known, pilots, dentists, international business owners, etc.
On the other hand, there may be a single phone (cell phone nowadays) for a single farming community of the ‘old order’ kind. For the most part, all ‘orders’ of Mennonites conduct commerce, often dividing hitech business activities (dairy, modern milling) with no-tech personal/home lives, on the same property.
Never ask a Mennonite why it’s ok to use car springs on their horse buggies.
You mean Amish. They’re both Anabaptists, but Mennonites are generally fine with technology, they just dress weird.
I live and work with, amongst and alongside thousands of Mennonites (as well as hundreds of Amish - they make fun of each other).
Currently in my fridge are 12 dozen brown eggs, purchased for $2.50/doz, from an old order (horse/buggy, no electricity) Mennonite , and I have a freezer full of meat from the same farm.
Huh. That’s basically how you can tell the difference around here.
I hear ya! Pretty well all the Amish are horse/buggy/non-worldly as far as possessions, etc, even to the point of extremely-limited contact with outsiders, even for commerce.
That being said, I’ve seen a few Amish breaking clothes colour barriers, with very vivid blues (even men!), and purples.
Mennonites’ lifestyles vary hugely. I can rhyme off a few dozen multi-millionaires I’ve known, pilots, dentists, international business owners, etc.
On the other hand, there may be a single phone (cell phone nowadays) for a single farming community of the ‘old order’ kind. For the most part, all ‘orders’ of Mennonites conduct commerce, often dividing hitech business activities (dairy, modern milling) with no-tech personal/home lives, on the same property.
tl;dr - I have a Mennonite fetish.
The animals we create are morally equivalent to our own children and are owed the exact same unconditional love and protection.
– Michael Scott ?