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founded by Jacob almond in 1693 the
Amish live a simple life free of
electricity and cars and for the most
part they keep to themselves well good
luck with the Future ride spaceman
welcome to watchmojo.com –nt we’re
counting down the five most interesting
facts you may not know about the Old
Order Amish a group who tend toward the
secretive side
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number five those who leave the church
face shunning the Amish don’t take
kindly to those who quit the faith and
if a former member interacts with the
community they play hardball everyone
from the community is expected to shun
all ex members even close friends and
family members when someone is shunned
talking to them is not explicitly
prohibited though it is limited Yodas
also no one can sit down to eat with the
former member or do business with them
this harsh treatment is meant as a tool
to enforce the authority of the church
without which according to some Amish
the culture would cease to exist it’s a
very rigid society everything about your
life we are told what you can and can’t
do number four
despite being pacifists they’re really
into guns this gun of the hand is for
the taking of human life going from the
movie witness you think the Amish were
afraid of guns but that’s not
necessarily the case I just don’t like
my son spending all his time with a man
who carries a gun goes around whacking
people being pacifist they use guns just
not against human beings instead the
Amish used them for hunting or to shoot
pesky critters that get in the crops
andrew Hertzler an Amish man from
Pennsylvania tried to purchase a firearm
in 2015 but was told he had to have
photo ID as required by US federal law
problem is the Amish can’t have photo ID
because they believe it’s a graven image
forbidden by the Ten Commandments which
happens to be the same reason that
almost dolls don’t have faces on them
faced with this predicament Hertzler
chose to file a lawsuit for religious
exemption so he could buy a gun without
photo ID a lawsuit combining religious
freedom and gun rights is there anything
more American
number three Rumspringa is not spring
break for the Amish from the
Pennsylvania Dutch for running around
Rumspringa is a rite of passage for
Amish adolescents which begins at age 16
reality TV shows like all mesh in the
city and breaking Amish tend to
sensationalize the experience somewhat
because well because reality TV I come
to take you home
but most Amish youths going through
Rumspringa don’t experiment with drugs
or alcohol and most don’t even break
their normal customs a core tenant of
Amish beliefs is that only an adult can
choose to embrace their Lord and be
baptized
Rumspringa is designed as a time for
young people to make that decision we
often hear that it can be a hard choice
to make because it means forgoing all
the creature comforts and opportunities
in the larger world nevertheless the
vast majority of all mesh teens choose
to stay in their community number two
there is no Amish mafia the Amish they
believe that God protects them watched
over them but I think sometimes they
need to help from somebody down here
Amish mafia was about an intimidating
gang of Amish led by Lebanon Levi the
mafia was involved in several rackets
including collecting protection money
from Amish stores but their main focus
was to make sure the Amish of Lancaster
Pennsylvania stuck to their ways the
idea of an Amish mafia is seen as
complete fiction by experts such as
Donald crevel a sociology professor who
taught about Amish culture at
Elizabethtown College a police
department in Lancaster County released
a standard form saying Amish mafia was
entirely made up because officers kept
getting asked by concerned viewers what
they were doing to stop the mafia in
2014
seeing Amish mafia as exploitation
several groups and politicians including
the Pennsylvania governor rallied to
demand the show’s cancellation with
three TV shows portraying the plains
society in a negative light and another
to premiere this fall a group of locals
are coming to the Amish defense however
this backlash backfired according to
producer Eric Evangelista who by the way
swears the show is telling true stories
the show was totally over
but this controversy created buzz that
inspired discovery to order another
season
womp-womp
number one Amish tourism is driving away
Amish from Pennsylvania I can be a jerk
and no one can stop me the Amish tourism
industry is big business for
Pennsylvania generating an estimated 1.8
billion dollars per year in Lancaster
County however the increased economic
activity is having a negative impact on
the 30,000 Amish living in the region
shopping malls and housing developments
being built in the area have made
farmland scarce and more expensive this
has forced the Pennsylvania Amish to
look for other states to live in like
Wisconsin and Kentucky where land is
cheaper and more abundant this
displacement is even more significant
when you consider that the Amish
population has grown at a much faster
rate than the national average and at
their current size of nearly 300,000 is
expected to double over the next 20
years ain’t never much the tourists even
if he deserved it an Amish with a tomb
to know that’s unheard of so what do you
think should the Amish be required to
have photo ID to buy a firearm at a gun
shop for more butter-churning top tens
and universally shun top fives be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com English
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founded by Jacob almond in 1693 the
Amish live a simple life free of
electricity and cars and for the most
part they keep to themselves well good
luck with the Future ride spaceman
welcome to watchmojo.com –nt we’re
counting down the five most interesting
facts you may not know about the Old
Order Amish a group who tend toward the
secretive side
[Music]
number five those who leave the church
face shunning the Amish don’t take
kindly to those who quit the faith and
if a former member interacts with the
community they play hardball everyone
from the community is expected to shun
all ex members even close friends and
family members when someone is shunned
talking to them is not explicitly
prohibited though it is limited Yodas
also no one can sit down to eat with the
former member or do business with them
this harsh treatment is meant as a tool
to enforce the authority of the church
without which according to some Amish
the culture would cease to exist it’s a
very rigid society everything about your
life we are told what you can and can’t
do number four
despite being pacifists they’re really
into guns this gun of the hand is for
the taking of human life going from the
movie witness you think the Amish were
afraid of guns but that’s not
necessarily the case I just don’t like
my son spending all his time with a man
who carries a gun goes around whacking
people being pacifist they use guns just
not against human beings instead the
Amish used them for hunting or to shoot
pesky critters that get in the crops
andrew Hertzler an Amish man from
Pennsylvania tried to purchase a firearm
in 2015 but was told he had to have
photo ID as required by US federal law
problem is the Amish can’t have photo ID
because they believe it’s a graven image
forbidden by the Ten Commandments which
happens to be the same reason that
almost dolls don’t have faces on them
faced with this predicament Hertzler
chose to file a lawsuit for religious
exemption so he could buy a gun without
photo ID a lawsuit combining religious
freedom and gun rights is there anything
more American
number three Rumspringa is not spring
break for the Amish from the
Pennsylvania Dutch for running around
Rumspringa is a rite of passage for
Amish adolescents which begins at age 16
reality TV shows like all mesh in the
city and breaking Amish tend to
sensationalize the experience somewhat
because well because reality TV I come
to take you home
but most Amish youths going through
Rumspringa don’t experiment with drugs
or alcohol and most don’t even break
their normal customs a core tenant of
Amish beliefs is that only an adult can
choose to embrace their Lord and be
baptized
Rumspringa is designed as a time for
young people to make that decision we
often hear that it can be a hard choice
to make because it means forgoing all
the creature comforts and opportunities
in the larger world nevertheless the
vast majority of all mesh teens choose
to stay in their community number two
there is no Amish mafia the Amish they
believe that God protects them watched
over them but I think sometimes they
need to help from somebody down here
Amish mafia was about an intimidating
gang of Amish led by Lebanon Levi the
mafia was involved in several rackets
including collecting protection money
from Amish stores but their main focus
was to make sure the Amish of Lancaster
Pennsylvania stuck to their ways the
idea of an Amish mafia is seen as
complete fiction by experts such as
Donald crevel a sociology professor who
taught about Amish culture at
Elizabethtown College a police
department in Lancaster County released
a standard form saying Amish mafia was
entirely made up because officers kept
getting asked by concerned viewers what
they were doing to stop the mafia in
2014
seeing Amish mafia as exploitation
several groups and politicians including
the Pennsylvania governor rallied to
demand the show’s cancellation with
three TV shows portraying the plains
society in a negative light and another
to premiere this fall a group of locals
are coming to the Amish defense however
this backlash backfired according to
producer Eric Evangelista who by the way
swears the show is telling true stories
the show was totally over
but this controversy created buzz that
inspired discovery to order another
season
womp-womp
number one Amish tourism is driving away
Amish from Pennsylvania I can be a jerk
and no one can stop me the Amish tourism
industry is big business for
Pennsylvania generating an estimated 1.8
billion dollars per year in Lancaster
County however the increased economic
activity is having a negative impact on
the 30,000 Amish living in the region
shopping malls and housing developments
being built in the area have made
farmland scarce and more expensive this
has forced the Pennsylvania Amish to
look for other states to live in like
Wisconsin and Kentucky where land is
cheaper and more abundant this
displacement is even more significant
when you consider that the Amish
population has grown at a much faster
rate than the national average and at
their current size of nearly 300,000 is
expected to double over the next 20
years ain’t never much the tourists even
if he deserved it an Amish with a tomb
to know that’s unheard of so what do you
think should the Amish be required to
have photo ID to buy a firearm at a gun
shop for more butter-churning top tens
and universally shun top fives be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com English
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