Pinecraft, FL Amish Community

[cruisnfamily]

I'm sure they were real Amish, they were probably teens. Rumspringa.

I disagree, see the quote beow, it was not a teen but a woman.

My new SIL lives in Lancaster. She just posted about how she passed a woman on her buggy talking on a a cell phone. She also mentioned how another time she was next to a buggy and heard country music playing.

 

[Wadecool]

interesting first post.

And Troyers was just sold and will be changing its name back to Der Dutchmen.

Their pies and cakes are very good but all the food is bland...bland, bland, bland. The ice cream is good though

Der Dutchman is a chain of restaurants and isn't even owned or operated by the Amish. I have been to the one in Middlebury, IN and in Waynesville, OH (which is closed) and I wasn't impressed. Reminded my of Cracker Barrel if they had a buffet.

 

[mdsoccermom]

That's crazy! They weren't real Amish then.

I know some Menonite people, they have cars but no radio in the car. No TV in the home. No Christmas tree or presents at Christmas.

Some Amish do indeed use cell phones; cell phone usage amongst the Amish has been on the rise. They do it for practical reasons. Some Amish communities even have phones (though you won't find it in a home). We have an Amish market near us and it's not uncommon to see one of the Amish people on a cell phone there.

As with every community, there are varying levels of acceptance of certain things.

 

[JaneBanks]

I've read that, just like you and I, the Amish do "cheat" a little. Sneak a hand held here, watch tv there.

It has nothing to do with not being "real Amish".

 

[phorsenuf]

Some Amish do indeed use cell phones; cell phone usage amongst the Amish has been on the rise. They do it for practical reasons. Some Amish communities even have phones (though you won't find it in a home). We have an Amish market near us and it's not uncommon to see one of the Amish people on a cell phone there.

As with every community, there are varying levels of acceptance of certain things.

Yes, but do they use them while driving the buggy????

 

[Wadecool]

Some Amish do indeed use cell phones; cell phone usage amongst the Amish has been on the rise. They do it for practical reasons. Some Amish communities even have phones (though you won't find it in a home). We have an Amish market near us and it's not uncommon to see one of the Amish people on a cell phone there.

As with every community, there are varying levels of acceptance of certain things.

Your post reminded me of a funny story:

Back in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, myself and a friend had signed up to haul these travel trailers from rv factories in northern Indiana down to Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and other areas around the Gulf coast. Our trucks had cb radios and as we were driving around this small town late at night looking for this rv factory we pulled up to the one of the few red lights in town. At the light in front of us was this Amish buggy with an impressive display of LED lights all over the back, complete with glass windows, a windshield, etc. I have grown up with a decent sized Amish community nearby in Sonora, KY and they don't have windows and use oil lanterns to signal traffic at night. So, to me this was an impressive looking buggy. Over the cb, I was really bragging to the guy in the truck next to me about how nice this buggy was. After I stopped talking, I hear a voice over the cb... "Thank you". I looked and sure enough there was an impressive cb antenna mounted on the side of the buggy. One of the funniest things I have ever seen/heard!

 

[Wadecool]

I'm sure they were real Amish, they were probably teens. Rumspringa.

One of the reasons (besides that they live in and interact with the modern world) the Amish are not interested in and fascinated by the English is because they all have the chance to experience it all for themselves.

Before they commit to their church and their lives as old order Amish, there's a period of Rumspringa, in which kids can do whatever. They often have cell phones, ipods, get cars, wear jeans and other 'regular' clothes sometimes when they go out with friends or out in town, drink, smoke, etc. They can do all this and still be part of their community. It's a time, basically, in which they're supposed to see what the outside world is like - like a gap year - before they settle down to their real lives.

When they decide to commit to the community and church (which the great majority do), they're then baptised and forsake the modern conveniences and such. After that, you won't see them with those things, then it's a sin, but before they've commited to the church's rules, it's part of the process of choosing what they want for their lives.

Unlike some other religions, the Amish baptise at adulthood, as a marker of commitment to and membership in the church. Like a Catholic confirmation, not like a Catholic baptism.

There were a few interesting pieces on Nat Geo recently (Amish at the Alter, Amish: Out of the Order, and Amish on Break) that pretty much went over everything you mentioned. Very informative.

 

[ilovemk76]

That's crazy! They weren't real Amish then.

I know some Menonite people, they have cars but no radio in the car. No TV in the home. No Christmas tree or presents at Christmas.

They ARE real Amish. All the plain people are anti-baptist. That means thy do not enter the church until they are adults. Most join before they marry. Amish teens will get drivers license, own cars, buy cell phones and use many of those fancy technological devices. A PP noted that it is know as Rumspringa and ALL Amish teens do it. Some even have sex! OMG how can they be Amish.

Amish teens throw some great parties with beer, wine, women and song.

 

[mdsoccermom]

They ARE real Amish. All the plain people are anti-baptist. That means thy do not enter the church until they are adults. Most join before they marry. Amish teens will get drivers license, own cars, buy cell phones and use many of those fancy technological devices. A PP noted that it is know as Rumspringa and ALL Amish teens do it. Some even have sex! OMG how can they be Amish.

Amish teens throw some great parties with beer, wine, women and song.

Anabaptist.

 

[ilovemk76]

Anabaptist.

You are correct. I am not sure why I typed it that way.

 

[cornflake]

I disagree, see the quote beow, it was not a teen but a woman.

Do you really refer to everyone you think may be a teenager by 'teen'? It was soneone went by someone in a buggy, described them as a woman and you're saying that means the person definitely wasn't 17 or 20 or whatever? I'm sure it was a woman in a buggy - on Rumspringa.

 

[SandrA9810]

I watched one of the Amish movies, and some cities are requiring them to have "brake lights" on their buggies.

Each order determines how much technology is allowed in their communities. And it showed that most know how to use modern engineering, when they're working outside of their communities. Like construction equipment.

 

[cruisnfamily]

Do you really refer to everyone you think may be a teenager by 'teen'? It was soneone went by someone in a buggy, described them as a woman and you're saying that means the person definitely wasn't 17 or 20 or whatever? I'm sure it was a woman in a buggy - on Rumspringa.

Um, yeah, pretty much. I pretty much do refer to some one that I think may be a teenage girl by the terms "teen" or "girl" or "young lady" but definitely never "woman". But whatever. No sense derailing the thread over silliness.

My original point was, Pinecraft, a neighborhood that is almost within walking distance from my house, is not worth making a trip to visit.

It's very interesting that so many posters as such experts on the Amish and Menonite people.