Amish in the City

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: Kleaner2

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
If the people really are Amish, why did they agree to live in NY and be on TV? Doesn't that go against what they believe or something?

When Amish get around the age of 17 they can choose to go on rumspringa. During this time they are allowed to leave the amish lifestyle and experience a non-Amish lifestyle for as long as they want. During this time they are no longer restricted to Amish clothing and rules (no makeup...etc). At anytime they can go back to the Amish lifestyle and get baptized and stay with the church for the rest of their life, or they can leave the amish church all together.

I thought the show was interesting in a documentry sort of way. The amish kids havent experienced many things the city kids take for granted like the beach or the large variety of food available to them.

I didn't know that. That's probably the most open-minded thing I've ever heard come out of a religious community.

:thumbsup: for the Amish.

yup, i live like 20 minutes away from what i believe is the largest amish area in the country. I went down to cancun with my dad for a business trip and one of the people who went was amish. dressed totally normal, and was trashed 24x7. i dunno how you could ever go back after that. but yea, the amish can have a phone in their barn, but not their house. they can use electricity as long as it is not at their house etc. its more open than ppl think.

MIKE

 

[lobadobadingdong]

the vegitarian "vegan" or whatever the heck you wanna call the wack job reminds me wayyy too much of phoeby on Friends. never actually thought that anyone would be quite so strange irl.

 

[nageov3t]

amish people are cool ever see a barn raising? it's impressive as hell.

(I went to college out in Amish country... had to drive past Amish farms every time I went to Walmart.)

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: virtueixi

Originally posted by: Vaerilis

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Cracked me up how stupid the "city kids" looked. They were really shallow @ssholes. Ignorant b1tches. And that vegan girl "Eggs are chicken abortions." WTF? Anyway, I missed the last 45 minutes. Kids are at grandma's, so we had to go have some fun in the hot tub. What did I miss?

you missed Arielle's "cows are from outer space theory"

she apparently believes that cows are aliens or were sent to earth by aliens to poison humans with their evil milk

In other words, reality TV just hit a new low?

She also said milk is cow puss? WTF is she nuts?

There is pus in milk, albeit not much. Each state has a maximum amt of pus allowed.

 

[imported_weadjust]

There was a documentary on HBO a couple of years ago about the amish kids and rumspringa.

If I rebmeber correctly they have from age 17 to 20 to live the normal amreican life and on there 20th birthday the must choose the amish life or be shunned from the amish community.

One of kids they showed in the documentary was gettng wasted all the time and was heavy into crystal meth. He went back to the amish community to avoid the meth heads from kicking his butt. On his 17th birthday a buddy picked him up in a Firebird and handed him a 6-pack of beer. He freaked out after two beers and the speed of th Firebird . He threw up and said that he had never riden in anything faster than a carriage pulled by horses.

They showed some other amish kids that did not have electricty in their house but played xbox using power inverters and marine batteries charged by solar battery chargers.

Excellent HBO Undercover Documentary if you get a chance to see it.

 

[Liviathan]

it was pretty funny.

 

[nageov3t]

Tivo just confirmed it.

there's a re-showing of the first episode tonight at 8 pm. I got my season pass all lined up