The Amish is a
religious community, they live like American pioneer. They live in
North America, they are Christians and their beliefs are very strong.
They settled in America and Canada around the XVIII century. They
keep themselves away from the American society because of their
religious beliefs; they think that if they stay away from the rest of
their fellow citizens, they will avoid sins. Not only they separate
themselves from American but also from the rest of the world, in
fact, they don’t use modern technology: they don’t have TVs,
electricity, computers, modern clothes, phones, etc….
They try to live
exactly like their ancestors were living. They try to respect
religious rules. Family is extremely important for them. This is why
it is common to see an Amish family of fifteen persons. Also they
don’t use contraception because it is forbidden by their religion.
Divorced is forbidden too. Amish men can have several wives and they
can’t decide who they are going to marry because the leader of
every community decides for them. They speak a dialect cold
“Pennsylvania Dutch”. They refer to non-Amish as “English”.
My opinion, is
that their way of life must be really difficult, they are not allow
to use technology and their religious beliefs bereft them from a lot
of things. I think that they should try to make coexist their
religion with the evolution of our society. Also, according to me
Amish women are bereaved from liberty, for example they can’t use
contraception and I think it’s already a lot. But in another way if
they are happy in their faith, they should be allowed to live their
lives as they want.
In November 2012,
some people of the Amish community were victims of attacks by
fundamentalists. The causes of those attacks were spiritual
differences. If they want to be safe should they keep living this
way??
