Just a thought

[Roadie 8]

No pun intended, just a thought, Being terrafirmacraft shuns technological items, couldn't it be also known as AMISH CRAFT?!?

 

 

[AllenWL 186]

Um, AMISH?

What's that?

[soulion 9]

Um, AMISH?

What's that?

its a culture that doesnt use oil,electricity or any modern era technology,they tend to use colonial era stuff like in the vid

[Ithildae 2]

Is it an environmental movement or religious?

[Roadie 8]

Christian denomination.

 

 examples : Chatholic,Prodestenat, Mormon, Amish, Lutheran, babtist, Pentecostal, excedera.

[subwayatrain 1]

Yes, most of them live in the Southeastern portion of the U.S. State of Pennsylvania, although there are some Amish Communities in other areas.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish

[TomatoThief 53]

To clarify on the Amish and technology:

 

They do not shun modern technology for the sake of being simple and old fashioned. They shun technology which they feel harms the sense of community. A good example of this is telephone use. If you can can call your friend across town, then you have no reason to travel to their house to have meaningful face-to-face conversation. Most Amish communities do have a phone or two for emergencies. Another example is construction. The Amish - who are by no means poor - could hire a builder to come in with excavators, and cranes, and crews to quickly build houses and barns. But doing so would deprive them of the ability to have an entire community gather together for an entire day to raise a barn for one of their members.

 

Regards,

TT

[Gwtheyrn 70]

The doesn't explain why they still drive horse-drawn buggies though.

[TomatoThief 53]

Automobiles would allow them to travel further from the community, which would subject them to modern temptations that lure individuals from the community.

 

Note that I was not offering an all-encompassing justification for the entire Amish way of life. I was just providing a piece of oft-unknown insight into why they choose what (and what not) to shun.