Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC Without a PC for Amish

It is more complicated than that. They shun outside connections and
they shun ornamentation. The women's clothes do not use buttons,
they are held on by pins. Buttons are considered ornamentation.
This does not apply to men. It would be hard to keep your clothes
on while doing hard work if pins were used.

Also you need to understand that there are a number of sects within
the Amish and Mennonite communities. Mennonites have cars
but used to paint the chrome bumpers black because chrome was
considered ornamentation. Some sects may allow phones at home
but the Amish that I saw did not. Business is different as I
discussed before.

Perhaps you are confusing them with orthodox Jews who do not make fire
on the Sabbath. They try to live within walking distance of their
synagogue so they do not have to use their cars. A furnace in their
house is OK because it makes fire automatically. A car only makes
fire when you start it. They believe that you may not make fire on the
Sabbath.

Pete.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Elson" <elson@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC Without a PC for Amish


> Peter Reilley wrote:
>
>>I took a tour of Amish country and this is the way that it was
>>explained to me;
>>
>>The Amish object to a connection to the outside world. Thus,
>>no electricity or phone. Those are connected by a wire to the
>>"English" (their term for outsiders). They cannot use generators
>>because they require gas which comes from the outside. This
>>describes their home life.
>>
>>
>>
> We're going to get yelled at by the moderator any second, now, but ....
>
> My understanding was that they couldn't use gasoline engines, as they
> used an electric spark for ignition, but that Diesel was OK, as long as
> it was hand-cranked. The phone thing is solved by having a phone booth
> OUTSIDE the house.
>
> Jon