Amish

Ironically, Gingerich himself grew up in a strictly principled Christian environment, in a family of Amish Mennonites in eastern Iowa.

Within a week of the murders, Amish forgiveness was a central theme in more than 2, 400 news stories around the world.

Amish have taught us: the wisdom of life is not just a few of the gift, it can be a tough cultural heritage.

That correlates nicely with the fact that among the Amish, men and women are equally long lived.

Her Amish background combined with her big-city law enforcement expertise make her the perfect candidate.

He said some of the farmers are Amish.

It's a new millennium, George. The only people who aren't like that are the Amish and, apparently, you.

They show both the great technical skill of Amish women quilters and their ability to create traditional patterns in new and inventive ways.

Just how conservative are the Amish A group of Amish looks like a cast from a biblical movie set.

They did not want to speak to outsiders, but the non-Amish society around them was grieving, too.

The new school has more sophisticated locks, a steel door and is close to non-Amish homes providing a quick way to summon help if needed.

An Amish farmer in Loganville, Pennsylvania uses a horse-drawn wagon to spread manure over a shimmering, snow-covered field.

The Amish study involved 704 people; blood samples determined which of those had a variation in the FTO gene linked to obesity.

In Amish areas, horse-drawn buggies still serve as a local transportation device, and the faithful are not permitted to own automobiles.

An Amish girl roller blades with her groceries along a road in Middlefield, Ohio.

"Now consider this, " he continues. "The Amish are the smartest people on the planet. " I laugh again, harder. "What? "

As modern life becomes more and more complicated, the Amish way of life seems to make more and more sense.

Phone calls to egg farms in the mid-Atlantic region led to Pennsylvania Dutch Country, where many Amish people live.

Police said the family wasn't Mennonite, although many Amish and Mennonite families live in the area.

Amish families gather to bury four of the five young girls gunned down inside their rural Pennsylvania schoolhouse.

Their websites turned into amish-mash of tweets , psephological studies, videos and links to newspaper and television reports.

At such times, I become downright Amish, religiously committed to avoiding all modern communication technology.

As she was about ready she put on some gloves, because it was to be cold that night, and the Amish still ride in buggies.

Amish young men and women working together in the field, hands-on building his own house.

Organic natural fill mattresses can cost $200-$300, sometimes more (Amish communities make some of the most affordable ones).

The forgiveness went beyond talk and graveside presence: the Amish also supported a fund for the shooter's family.

An Amish splinter group has gone on a crime spree, forcibly cutting the beards off of their rivals.

In addition, as the Amish increase in number, it is becoming impossible for all of them to be farmers, as is the tradition.

The Pennsylvania Amish had lived in quiet obscurity for hundreds of years until they were "discovered" as a tourist attraction.

Since the Amish value seeing each other face to face, they oppose having telephones in their houses.

Amish quilts from Midwestern states often have blue or black backgrounds with repeated designs.

Their lives are uncomplicated and few Amish leave their homes to enter the mainstream American society.

It includes thirty colorful quilts made by different groups of Amish people in the United States.

Amish children attend one-room school houses through grade eight and farming is the mainstay of Amish life.

"Was this girl raised on an Amish farm or something? " asked one.

To make a long story short, the Mennonite Amish were so conservative that they made more enemies than friends.

Amish youth leave their parents at the university studies by working for tuition.

Six months after a horrific shooting, Amish children entered the brand-new one-room schoolhouse.

Right-living is the highly mutated, commodity-hardware-based, public and free Internet. I'm QWERTY-Amish, in otherwords.

in a phone less , dateless , amish existence.

These attacks appear to target cherished symbols of Amish identity.

The floor is wormy maple. It is made locally by the Amish community. They cut down maple trees, plane and finish them into floor panels.

I wanted it to be about religion in America. So I spent time with evangelical Christians , and Hasidic Jews and the Amish .

The county with by far the most barns is Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Amish country.

He says the Amish people choose to live a simple life based on their religious beliefs.

Its centre is Zhongyang Dajie, a street lined with early 20th Century buildings in amish-mash of European architectural styles.

"The Amish, " Raj repeats. "Really, look into it. "

There are plenty of Amish who use cellphones, so they're fucking hypocrites.

Another important Amish belief is that people should not "get above themselves. "

People think the Amish are technophobes.

It's for such reasons that most Amish don't use public electricity.

The Amish also settled in other areas of North America.

Certain Christian denominations such as the Amish and the Mennonites still retain a head covering for women.

The Amish religious group is well known for their inventive and bold quilt patterns.

The Amish people are living peacefully in our midst, slow development.

The first Amish settlement in America was in Lancaster County in the eastern state of Pennsylvania.

What we lack is the Amish inner guidance - faith and belief in the implementation of daily life.

These people are the Amish.

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"Ninety-five percent of themgo back to their Amish life, " Raj says.

For example, Amish quilts from Lancaster County are often made up of larger pieces of cloth in very bright colors.

The Amish reject cars because they like having tight communities where everyone lives close together.

I have Amish friends who celebrate Thanksgiving.

I'm eating with the Amish?

Rarely do the Amish marry outside their sect.

Amish not only lag behind the idea, and even quite advanced.

Three weeks after the shooting, "Amish forgiveness" had appeared in 2, 900 news stories worldwide and on 534, 000 web sites.

The Amish, a group of people who live without the use of modern technology, live in the countryside of Pennsylvania.

The Amish, for example, cut themselves off from apostates, including their own children; some Orthodox Jewish communities do the same.

Yes necessarily! I mean, I don't know what it is, maybe it's the Amish thing.

Amish family life, the most important principle is this: everyone including children, must bear a family responsibility.

This turned out to be a good day: A group of Amish men and boys with their distinctive straw hats visited the Lincoln Memorial;

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