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More of your Amish questions answered
I had originally planned to try a separate post for each question, but realized that would take awhile and that some can probably be answered in shorter form. So here are some more of your questions from the “Submit your Amish questions” page. Â We’ll get to more later: Fr. Andre Leveille, CSC: Â Do the Amish have baptism, communion, confirmation, marriage, ordination and annointing of the…
What is this thing?
SMV triangle, streamlined top, mini-door.  What is this thing?  A road-ready chicken coop? I took this photo yesterday in the Allen County (Grabill) Indiana Amish settlement. Today I’m off to Michigan.  Will have more on this photo tomorrow, but til then, what do you think?
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Levitating Amish horse?
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I found the article absolutely fascinating. I was glad that the author pondered questions about technology and community, rather than hold up the Amish to ridicule as hypocrites.
Thanks for checking it out. On the whole the article is really well done. And it’s actually about 7 or 8 years old. Great point on the Amish not shunning all tech, but being ‘techno-selective.’
I remember the first time I saw an Amish person with a cell. A lady taking a call from her husband at work. Blew me away.
Erik
I have to admit, I would be flabbergasted, too, if I saw an Amish person on a cell phone.