'Mark of the Beast' drives away Amish

Depends on the region. Some areas are stricter than others. I have seen Amish on computers in their homes selling on Ebay. It happens!! I swear!

 

Yea but the only marry in the family rule still stands
I read some where the gene pool is all messed up because of relative marriage

 

I've read the same things. I heard the apostolics have a problem for the same type of reasons. Strict rules on relationships and marriage.

 

I grew up in Northeastern Ohio, many Amish communities. The Amish don't have electricity, computers, etc., as someone stated before, they use agents that work on their behalf. Amish can marry outside of the community. The prospective spouse just converts and agrees to like within the rules of the community. Needless to say it doesn't happen very often. (I know of one guy who worked at a cabinetry co. with my brother that married an Amish girl--whenever he wanted to watch TV, he went to his parents.)

The Menonites look like the Amish, they also live in close-Knit communities, however they do have electricity, have in-door plumbing and most likely have computers.

 

I, too, grew up and still live within a stone's throw of a large Amish community. Just as we have Lutherans, Presbyterians, Baptists and so on, the Amish have their sects, too, with somewhat different doctines.

I don't profess to know a lot about the various sects, but I believe the New Order permits both telephones and electricity... and also use gas-powered farm equipment.

 

I was raised Penetecostal, lol. I didn't realize the apoltolics was a sect of the Pentecostal church. That might explain some things.

The information I read was a report done here in Indiana. Wells County Indiana is a big apostolic and amish community, and it also has the highest level of childern with down sydrome in the state. The report suggested that the rules regarding marriage and relationships from both these religions might play factor in this problem. I don't really no much about either church to have an opinon about it.

 

Well, that explains a lot, 1stcav. Not being derrogatory, but the attitude that you have toward religion, in general. I've visited the old Pentecostal churches with all their 'Holiness' rules and regulations (no makeup on women, dont cut their hair, rituals, etc); and the 'Neo-Pentecostal' (dont beat me for using that 'prefix!' It's their idea---not mine ha ha) churches and the various Charasmatic 'non-denominational' churches out their. BUT, I dont 'throw the baby out with the bath water.' Yes, I've 'been around the horn,' and can see why all that would turn somebody off.

 

They can take their marks and shove them up their ###!
I ain't taking it.