tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post1563455770798016766..comments2024-02-26T15:44:52.779-07:00Comments on A View From Planet Boulder: SWARTZENTRUBER AMISH - CONTINUEDDEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03535087176533944091noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-89799168061284855162014-09-17T18:13:33.613-06:002014-09-17T18:13:33.613-06:00Anon - I do not believe that 'cleanliness is n...Anon - I do not believe that 'cleanliness is next to godliness' is in the Bible; the phrase is attributed to Bacon and Wesley.DEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03535087176533944091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-28097859333223627242014-09-15T00:00:24.680-06:002014-09-15T00:00:24.680-06:00The bible teaches "cleanliness is next to God...The bible teaches "cleanliness is next to Godliness. Instead of cutting beards and hair they should take more baths, women shave pits and legs. Put on deodorant and that will give them something to keep themselves busy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-17145449825902111942013-03-02T11:56:07.054-07:002013-03-02T11:56:07.054-07:00Thanks for the link. Quite a dilemma. Just think...Thanks for the link. Quite a dilemma. Just thinking out loud here, there are two requirements for being truly Amish. First is to be a Bible believing Christian, second is to adopt the Amish culture - beards, buggies, etc. Sam Mullet met the second requirement, Amish culture, but failed the first, being a Christian. I know some will say we are all sinners and he was just a sinning Christian. His sins go way beyond the "sinning Christian" standard, however. He is most likely some kind of sociopath or psychopath, extremely deceived, and deceiving.<br /> <br />There comes a time when a Bible believing Amish has to tell her Bishop to go to hell. The Bishop forcing her to commit adultery has to be such a time. Unfortunately, the status of the Bishop in the Amish culture as "holy high priest" makes doing the right thing difficult. The adulteress "drank the Kool-Aid." (Actually, in Jonestown it was Flavor Aid.) I separate the adultery from the beard cutting as the adultery was forced upon an unwilling victim while the punks gleefully trimmed beards and cut hair.<br /> <br />The solution might be an Amish Bill of Rights. "I have the right not to commit adultery with the Bishop," for example. "I have the right to refuse an order by any Amish Bishop or leader to violate civil law, "<br /> <br />My personal hunch is that if Jakob Ammon had to do it over again, he would not have made such a drastic and dramatic departure from the Mennonites way back when.<br /> <br />I believe the sentence for Sam Mullet was way to harsh as the average time served for murder in the US is about eight years.<br /> <br />The S Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-29044465488963134622013-03-02T11:54:18.838-07:002013-03-02T11:54:18.838-07:00Interesting take on the Amish beard cutters - be s...Interesting take on the Amish beard cutters - be sure to read all of the comments - real question is what does it mean to be an Amish person?<br /> <br />http://www.mennoworld.org/2013/2/18/expert-beard-cutters-not-amish/Dr Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-35221918330391688212013-01-11T11:14:33.965-07:002013-01-11T11:14:33.965-07:00I do believe that I heard this a very long time ag...I do believe that I heard this a very long time ago, from an Amish kid in New Paris Elementary School - Owen Hirshberger.Dr Shttp://dougandrhonda.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-28025382350149244872013-01-11T08:01:18.135-07:002013-01-11T08:01:18.135-07:00JA: Dr. S, do you know the difference between a d...JA: Dr. S, do you know the difference between a donkey's tail and a pump handle?<br /><br />Dr. S. Why, no, JA.<br /><br />JA: You'd be a heckuva one to fetch a pail of water!6th Grade Joke Timenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-50662200510110050982013-01-10T09:14:03.447-07:002013-01-10T09:14:03.447-07:00Good one JA - I like it!! Also it just struck me ...Good one JA - I like it!! Also it just struck me the JA could also stand for a different donkey-like handle :-)hoosierdaddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-28426114402026693352013-01-10T08:25:26.720-07:002013-01-10T08:25:26.720-07:00Where are the CPT (Christian Peacemaker Teams) whe...Where are the CPT (Christian Peacemaker Teams) when we need them? LOL!Just Askin'noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-17684941122185277912013-01-09T10:31:09.075-07:002013-01-09T10:31:09.075-07:00Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm Ummmmmmmmmm AhhhhhhhhhhhhHmmmmmmmmmmmmm Ummmmmmmmmm AhhhhhhhhhhhhGlobal Harmony Folknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-15527436677732486992013-01-09T10:28:02.141-07:002013-01-09T10:28:02.141-07:00This kind of behavior may shatter the illusions (o...This kind of behavior may shatter the illusions (or is that delusions?) of the global harmony folks.Ava G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-15618143057485996892013-01-07T12:30:19.382-07:002013-01-07T12:30:19.382-07:00Agreed, hoosier, a part of them is certainly way o...Agreed, hoosier, a part of them is certainly way out of this world.Bizzy Brainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-38719375786131515342013-01-07T12:28:31.658-07:002013-01-07T12:28:31.658-07:00I think it is narcissistic personality disorder. ...I think it is narcissistic personality disorder. Those beard cutter Amish think they are totally good, sooo good, in fact, that their take on everything is good and righteous. No need for self-examination needed. What they feel, what they think, what they do is no problem in their eyes. Have renegade Amish neighbors? Go cut their hair and beards off, "teach 'em a lesson, nothing wrong in that because we are good and right." [And off their rockers.]Playin' Freudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-35573806514404163602013-01-07T08:51:42.204-07:002013-01-07T08:51:42.204-07:00Gives new meaning to their claim to be "in th...Gives new meaning to their claim to be "in the world but not of the world" eh fellas??hoosierdaddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-75296450654814718842013-01-07T08:33:56.746-07:002013-01-07T08:33:56.746-07:00Would agree with Hugh. Their behavior is detached...Would agree with Hugh. Their behavior is detached from a comprehension of the consequences. They assault people, end up in jail, then bitch about lack of privacy and the low lifes around them they have to pee in front of.Phil L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-24438362132498767602013-01-07T08:09:52.241-07:002013-01-07T08:09:52.241-07:00Schizophrenic is the word that pops into my mind.Schizophrenic is the word that pops into my mind.Hugh G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-83065944369682381092013-01-07T07:26:01.275-07:002013-01-07T07:26:01.275-07:00It's okay, S3, you can come out and say those ...It's okay, S3, you can come out and say those hypocrites are totally crazy.Phil L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-87120980283330597012013-01-07T07:23:43.009-07:002013-01-07T07:23:43.009-07:00I am of the opionion it is a serious mental illnes...I am of the opionion it is a serious mental illness of sorts. Would anyone know the name? You have people who supposedly fervently believe in the God of the Bible, yet whose conduct is in direct opposition and conflict with Biblical teachings. Rationalization is rationalization, but taken to the extreme of the beard cutters seems definitely pathological.S3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-8928234146659495552013-01-05T14:13:15.856-07:002013-01-05T14:13:15.856-07:00S3 - I would make a wager that these folks would c...S3 - I would make a wager that these folks would consider themselves much more Christian than thou - you heretic.hoosierdaddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-11931128258932749562013-01-01T13:24:47.816-07:002013-01-01T13:24:47.816-07:00Maybe if they were Christians and believed in the ...Maybe if they were Christians and believed in the God of the Bible in the first place. they wouldn't be in this mess. Parable of the tares, anyone?S3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-8612511677669282802013-01-01T11:02:28.794-07:002013-01-01T11:02:28.794-07:00Maybe if they believed in electricity, the culprit...Maybe if they believed in electricity, the culprits could be sentenced to home detention with ankle bracelets, but no electricity, no home detention option.Bizzy Brainnoreply@blogger.com