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To: ConorMacNessa
Not to sound dense, but if he's a Mennonite, what's he doing on a tractor?

Mennonite is not Amish. They are both offshoots of the Anabaptist movement. Something like the difference between Conservative and Ultra-Orthodox Jews, with the Amish being the Ultra-Orthodox.

6 posted on 02/04/2012 3:29:03 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (I'd agree with you, but then we would both be wrong.)
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To: PapaBear3625

Exactly. And what most people don’t know is that the Amish broke away from the Mennonites, not the other way ‘round.

The Mennonites don’t have proscriptions against all technology, and various sects are mostly completely modern in their use of technology. I’ve known Mennonite sects that drive pickups and tractors the same as any other farmer. Their wives don’t dress in severe clothing, only plain, full, shin-length dresses and a bit of cotton lace over their hair. The men wear Wrangler jeans or Carhartt overalls, same as everyone else. Most of the men don’t wear straw hats, only seed and fertilizer caps from the local dealers.


8 posted on 02/04/2012 3:41:46 PM PST by NVDave
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