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is there a religion that forbids...
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AznAnarchy99
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sandorski
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sandorski
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Yes, but almost certain to be Mennonite. We have a Mennonite community where I live and the surrounding area. As with the Amish, there are more progressive Mennonite sects that allow more modernity, such as driving cars and use of cell phones, while there are the more conservative sects who frown mightily upon it unless its used for the benefit of the community rather than the individual. e.g. electrical devices such as a PA system or phones may be acceptable if its used for a public auction or meeting, but not if the electricity is used in a private home for the benefit of the individual alone. i.e. everything cuts to the question of a greater community benefit vs. an individual benefit and there is much debate over it all, even to the point of some sects deciding to branch off and separate from more conservative sects (or vice-versa).
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mikeymikec
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Also maybe German Baptists, at least the ones I knew. They used technology for work, but didn't watch TV except maybe news, play computer games, or listen to music on the radio.
lxskllr
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I don't see the need to tie it up with senseless religion. That just adds pointless complexity, and is a logical jump, logical people can't make.
Live more primitively. People used to do it all the time, and still do. I could live without power at all. There's stuff I'd miss, with the internet, and my computer being the primary things, but it's easy. Have a no electric night. Turn all your crap off, light an oil lamp, and drink some whisky while reading a book. It's a good way to spend an evening.
Live more primitively. People used to do it all the time, and still do. I could live without power at all. There's stuff I'd miss, with the internet, and my computer being the primary things, but it's easy. Have a no electric night. Turn all your crap off, light an oil lamp, and drink some whisky while reading a book. It's a good way to spend an evening.
Ichinisan
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I was cursing and swearing this morning because AT&T data wouldn't work. I tried to load my company's payroll website to clock-in and noticed that my signal was saying "E" (Edge) instead of the usual "4G" (3G HSPA+). I toggled airplane mode on / off and it was still stuck on Edge. Still, it let me get past the login page, but the next page would not load completely. I stopped at a store next to where I work and the page still would not load. I spent about 15 minutes trying, then drove over to work and clocked-in manually.
Basically, mobile technology made me spend far more time trying to clock-in than if I had never tried to use it. Made me late, actually.
Of course, the manual clock-in machine at work is a network-connected biometric hand scanner thing, and it has been known to have trouble before too.
Technology...ugh!
Basically, mobile technology made me spend far more time trying to clock-in than if I had never tried to use it. Made me late, actually.
Of course, the manual clock-in machine at work is a network-connected biometric hand scanner thing, and it has been known to have trouble before too.
Technology...ugh!
Bateluer
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IronWing
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Parole requirement?
Anyway, you can just start your own religion, it's free and easy. All you need to get started is a sock puppet and a tin cup.
Some of what folks might call the more "extreme" versions of Christianity, like Assembly of God, would come close. The youth minister at a church I used to attend, years ago, asked permission of the head minister of the church, before he would accept a wedding present of a big screen TV, and assured them he only wished to use it to watch sports.
Why? Because certain parts of the Bible are interpreted by that religion to exclude anything in your life that could lead to temptation/sin. And let's face it.....commercial TV nowadays is pretty much full of that sort of stuff.
rudeguy
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they are not allowed to have them in their house....
their barn is a different story.
IronWing
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Weren't
<runs off to Wikipedia>
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Yep for Jim Bakker
Yep for Jimmy Swaggart
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See, point proven. If people didn't have a TV, they wouldn't have been tempted into watching Baker or Swaggart.
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Start your own religion with your own rules.
Also, now that you have "religion" makes yourself a leader of it.
register yourself with the IRS.
No taxes then.
Problem solved and additional benefit created.
Later on, show yourself to be a hypocrite and break the rules as you desire. :biggrin:
Also, now that you have "religion" makes yourself a leader of it.
register yourself with the IRS.
No taxes then.
Problem solved and additional benefit created.
Later on, show yourself to be a hypocrite and break the rules as you desire. :biggrin:
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