Posted on 09/15/2005 4:25:55 PM PDT by SJackson
And I forgot to add this...God will not accept us who accept the mark of the beast or Satan.
BTW, are you (or ladysmith) still keeping a WI ping list? The different Vang lists have me confused as to who to ping.
I am on Tuesday and Friday's. Thursday's I am Queen of All Things Great and Small.
No. Actually, the old world Amish are waay ahead of their time.
So...when they decide you need a better I.D. system...will you submit? My guess..is people such as yourself....will be saying what you've just said.
But I could be wrong...( grin )
FWIW-
The Amish are an admirable group of people.
I don't know about admirable. I live close to a few of them. And let me just say there are some good and some bad.
What the hell are they afraid of? They're Amish. What the hell is the government going to do? Track them while they're going into the chickens coop? Maybe, sending in a covert operation to steal their quilts.
The core of their objection was obliquely noted as an objection to the technology itself. It means that they have to depend on big business and The Government for the program, issuance of ID tags, readers of ID tags, etc. You're not supposed to depend on government or big business, you're supposed to depend on your community and God alone. I wouldn't be able to say whether they would object to state-required old-fashioned branding.
The Amish use some "technology", of course, saw blades for example, but RFID or whatever it would be is simply submission.
It's really very much in line with what we post on FR every day.
I don't, and I'm sure the Amish don't either. It is their duty to resist that which would aid Satan. I'm sure they are fine with whenever God chooses to return and defeat him, even if not siding with him means they suffer a bit longer on this earth. I admire the strength of their faith. We could use some politicians with this kind of spine.
Not all are admirable. Some would rather their children die than use modern medicine.
So, we can circumvent our religious convictions when the government decides to create unnecessary laws. No thank you.
I am becoming so cynical that I believe that this law can be traced to a friend of some legislator that has a business that will conveniently profit from such law.
Would be nice to have a general WI ping list.
I think we can talk about this subject without denigrating the Amish and the way they choose to live their lives by their religion....
Don't you think?
Actually they don't have anything against modern medicine. Its just that they try those old home-remedies first and sometimes its too late by the time they seek medical attention.
There's some wisdom in that, but I still maintain that it postpones the happy ending. Why prolong the suffering?
Or, in this case, those who accept the mark of Satan on the beast. Sorry, lame joke..
If I had a choice of 10 neighbors, they'd be Amish. They do sometimes rely on 'special circumstances' to suit their needs, but onthe whole they's good folk. Don't dis' Yoder.
I know first-hand that they do. Disease is "God's will", but for some reason the invention of vaccines is not.
Buffalo is livestock. They want to chip all pets and livestock.
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