Category: Amish Religion
4 Disturbing Ways Amish Culture is Seen in The Handmaid’s Tale
Gilead, like most fundamentalist societies, requires a strict uniform for all citizens according to their societal role. Similar to the handmaid’s uniform, Amish women are required to wear long, often dark-colored, dresses with white caps to cover their hair.
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True or False? The Truth About 12 Interesting Amish Stereotypes
From clothing to music to modern medicine to the size of the Amish population, consider this your ultimate guide for accurate information about Amish stereotypes.
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What Is Amish Culture? The History of the Amish in the United States
Despite many internal differences, one similarity holds true for all traditional practicing Amish communities: there is no schooling past the 8th grade.
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Wisconsin v. Yoder at 50: What You Need to Know If You Care About Learning
Let our intern take you on a quick dive into the facts of the 1972 landmark Yoder case, where she’ll explain key legal terms and introduce you to the main characters and their roles.
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Wisconsin v. Yoder at 50: What You Need to Know — Protect Yourself & Amish Women
Being patriarchal and exclusionary in structure, today’s practicing Amish society fundamentally prevents women from leading financially and educationally successful lives. Read on to see how this affects you and your loved ones, not just Amish.
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Why Celebrities Uma Thurman, Seth MacFarlane, and Millions Don’t Believe in God (Part 3)
The word “faith” is often used in the marketing of religion, which has the singular aim of selling hope at a profit to cover for other things. Faith makes an acceptable smokescreen for the dogma of religion.
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Why Celebrities Uma Thurman, Seth Macfarlane, and Millions Don’t Believe in God (Part 2)
The word “faith” is meant to confer immunity from criticism on religious opinions held by believers. To the believer, the excuse of faith is the perfect get-out clause: “It’s my faith; how dare you question my personally held beliefs?”
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Why Celebrities Uma Thurman, Seth Macfarlane, and Millions Don’t Believe in God
The word “faith” is meant to confer immunity from criticism on religious opinions held by believers. To the believer, the excuse of faith is the perfect get-out clause: “It’s my faith; how dare you question my personally held beliefs?”
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How Working for a Nonprofit Quickly Shattered All I Knew About the Amish
What’s so wrong about the Amish? I thought to myself. Aren’t they just harmless farmers?
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One Intern’s Useful Perspective on US Supreme Court Case Failing 1000s of Kids
The US Supreme Court admits that the decision in Wisconsin v. Yoder could be used in a way that deprives children of any opportunity to build a life outside the Amish Church.
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How 4 Perceptions of the Amish Helped Them Win at the Supreme Court
William Ball, the lawyer defending the Amish, spouted several hyperboles during his arguments. For instance, he said that “Amish life is a garden of nurturing for children.”
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Plain & Pious or Greedy?: Why the Amish Don’t Go to High School
If your son or daughter’s school released a statement declaring, “We feel that if we give the child an education that allows ‘it’ to get a job and also be a good, moral person, we have done our duty as a good school”, wouldn’t that statement enrage you?
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4 Disturbing Ways Amish Culture is Seen in The Handmaid’s Tale