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Post by Rodney Farber on Jun 18, 2022 13:35:26 GMT
I was on a bus and there was a woman in Islamic dress glued to her cell phone. That wasn't unusual, but it got me to wondering what Amish teenagers do to communicate with other classmates. It reminds me of the song, "How 'ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen Paree". Are their other religious or societies that shun technology?
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Post by Isapop on Jun 18, 2022 13:52:19 GMT
Cell phones are not as prohibited among them as you assume.
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Post by Catman on Jun 18, 2022 14:25:04 GMT
Don't they use those tin-can-string phones?
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Post by Isapop on Jun 18, 2022 14:36:27 GMT
Don't they use those tin-can-string phones? No. Their goats keep eating them.
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Post by Sarge on Jun 18, 2022 16:35:59 GMT
I've been told the prohibition against electricity doesn't extend to batteries or generators. I don't know if that is true but it wouldn't surprise me.
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 18, 2022 19:09:32 GMT
From Wikipedia"
The Old Order Amish tend to restrict telephone use, as it is viewed by some as interfering with separation from the world. By bringing the outside world into the home, it is an intrusion into the privacy and sanctity of the family and interferes with social community by eliminating face-to-face communication. Amish of Lancaster County use the telephone primarily for outgoing calls, with the added restriction that the telephone not be inside the house, but rather in a phone "booth" or small out-building placed far enough from the house as to make its use inconvenient. These private phones may be shared by more than one family. This allows the Amish to control their communication, and not have telephone calls invade their homes, but also to conduct business, as needed. In the past, the use of public pay phones in town for such calls was more common; today[needs update], with dwindling availability of pay phones because of increased cell phone use by the non-Amish population, Amish communities are seeing an increase in the private phone shanties. Many Amish, particularly those who run businesses, use voicemail service. The Amish will also use trusted "English" neighbors as contact points for passing on family emergency messages. Some New Order Amish will use cellphones and pagers, but most Old Order Amish will not.
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Post by rizdek on Jun 21, 2022 16:08:23 GMT
From Wikipedia" The Old Order Amish tend to restrict telephone use, as it is viewed by some as interfering with separation from the world. By bringing the outside world into the home, it is an intrusion into the privacy and sanctity of the family and interferes with social community by eliminating face-to-face communication. Amish of Lancaster County use the telephone primarily for outgoing calls, with the added restriction that the telephone not be inside the house, but rather in a phone "booth" or small out-building placed far enough from the house as to make its use inconvenient. These private phones may be shared by more than one family. This allows the Amish to control their communication, and not have telephone calls invade their homes, but also to conduct business, as needed. In the past, the use of public pay phones in town for such calls was more common; today[needs update], with dwindling availability of pay phones because of increased cell phone use by the non-Amish population, Amish communities are seeing an increase in the private phone shanties. Many Amish, particularly those who run businesses, use voicemail service. The Amish will also use trusted "English" neighbors as contact points for passing on family emergency messages. Some New Order Amish will use cellphones and pagers, but most Old Order Amish will not.
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