Tag: Amish

Traveling Back in Time — Life Lessons From the Amish

Via Mercola

Story at-a-glance

  • The documentary, “The Lives of the Amish in the U.S.,” shares how “an encounter with the Amish is like traveling back in time” and why, in this day and age, this could be a very smart move
  • The Amish typically avoid technology and other modern-day conveniences like electricity and cars
  • There are significant benefits of living in concert with your community — off the grid without being dependent on anyone or any technology
  • The Amish typically produce the majority of their own food and aren’t reliant on the public control grid
  • A reliance on modern-day comforts and technology leaves you incredibly vulnerable should they collapse, while embodying the preparedness and resourcefulness displayed by the Amish protects your autonomy and freedom

Technology and other modern-day conveniences have become so engrained in our daily lives that most people would be hard-pressed to live without them. This isn’t the case for the Amish, who are still living life much the way it was 300 years ago.

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No Exceptions

Guest Post by Eric Peters

There’s a kerfuffle in Wisconsin over threatened application of The Law to the Amish.

Up to now, they’ve successfully dodged Uncle – been exempted on religious grounds from a great many busybody-isms, including laws requiring the presence and use of seat belts and child safety seats in all motor vehicles.

Their horse-drawn buggies lack motors, of course – as well as seatbelts and child seats.

They don’t have air bags or back-up cameras or tire pressure monitors, either. The Amish don’t believe such things are necessary and therefore do without.

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