1 posted on
04/02/2004 4:41:26 PM PST by
knak
To: knak
A photograph is no more a graven image than a reflection in a mirror.
2 posted on
04/02/2004 4:44:54 PM PST by
Agnes Heep
(Solus cum sola non cogitabuntur orare pater noster)
To: knak
Gotta keep those amish suicide bombers out?
3 posted on
04/02/2004 4:45:10 PM PST by
cripplecreek
(you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
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4 posted on
04/02/2004 4:46:02 PM PST by
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(If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)
To: knak
Send him back.
5 posted on
04/02/2004 4:47:23 PM PST by
boomop1
To: knak
We don't want no Canuks....
6 posted on
04/02/2004 4:49:22 PM PST by
Drango
(2 FReep is 2B --- 2B is 2 FReep)
To: knak
Sorry. A person's personal religious beliefs are no longer respected in this country. After all, we're at waaahhrrr!
8 posted on
04/02/2004 4:52:28 PM PST by
Possenti
To: knak
Now that I think about it, I question this guys sincerity as an amish man. Its easy to give ones self a name only to use it as validation of an issue.
9 posted on
04/02/2004 4:53:00 PM PST by
cripplecreek
(you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
To: knak
ABC should have included a photo of the guy with this story. ;-)
12 posted on
04/02/2004 5:01:58 PM PST by
Scenic Sounds
(Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
To: knak
Maybe they should compromise and let him use a picture of his @ss instead -- it probably wouldn't make any difference.
16 posted on
04/02/2004 5:33:17 PM PST by
Alberta's Child
(Alberta -- the TRUE north strong and free.)
To: knak
His cult says he can't indulge in the frivolous 19th century invention of a photograph, but he can indulge in the frivolous 20th Century invention of a petty lawsuit.
Some religion.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
To: knak
If he can sue over this issue then he can take the photograph because I thought that the Amish did not believe in suing or taking an oath.
To: knak
I think ALL Canadians should just stay the hell out of the USA and WE will stay the Hell out of Kanada!
31 posted on
04/02/2004 6:39:30 PM PST by
teletech
(Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT!)
To: knak
He has the freedom to worship whomever he wants. Terrorists could easily masquerade as Amish. This is the 21st century.
36 posted on
04/02/2004 6:53:37 PM PST by
tkathy
(Our economy, our investments, and our jobs DEPEND on powerful national security.)
To: knak
I thought the Amish refused to use the courts for anything
40 posted on
04/02/2004 7:14:04 PM PST by
uncbob
To: knak
Take a digital photo, which is by no stretch of the imagination a graven image, or kick the stubborn son-of-a bitch in the balls and throw him in a pile of horse dung. This is our country, and if you want to come here you come here by our rules. Sorry that thou hast to go home, or anywhere, and I don't care, but you have your rules and we have ours.
To: knak
If you want to immigrate
You'all have to assimilate.
Nobody is FORCING him to immigrate, so if he doesn't like the rules regarding it, he can stay home, and his wife can join him.
Matter of fact, isn't it traditional for the Amish wife to join the husband, who makes (builds/buys) a home for her, rather than the other way around? In which case she should be emmigrating to Canada...
I'll have to check with the Little Ol' Schoolmarm, who used to larn them thar Amish in I-Owe-way.
50 posted on
04/03/2004 12:12:43 AM PST by
ApplegateRanch
(The world needs more horses, and fewer Jackasses!)
To: knak
53 posted on
04/03/2004 2:57:48 AM PST by
Glenn
(The two keys to character: 1) Learn how to keep a secret. 2) ...)
To: knak
Interesting article. While I admire the Amish in many ways, it seems to me (from my reading of the Scriptures) that they are being almost as legalistic as the Pharisees that Jesus rebuked. The two passages regarding graven images that come to my mind first off are from Exodus, chapter 20 (the Ten Commandments) and then from Leviticus, chapter 26, which reads:
"Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God."It always seemed pretty clear to me that the prohibition against "graven images" was in regards to making them an idol and bowing down to worship them. I suppose that the Old Order Amish may feel that it is best to go one step further and remove any chance of accidentally making an idol, but, as I said, that seems pretty legalistic and not really what the spirit of the Word is trying teach.
I could be wrong on this, but that's just my two cents worth.
59 posted on
04/03/2004 2:55:09 PM PST by
Pablo64
("Everything I say is fully substantiated by my own opinion.")
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