Comments on: Today's Dim Bulb: Kathleen Parker http://www.kipesquire.net/2005/11/todays-dim-bulb-kathleen-parker/ A Stitch in Time Saves Nine ... But Haste Makes Waste Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:53:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jon Konrath http://www.kipesquire.net/2005/11/todays-dim-bulb-kathleen-parker/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 Jon Konrath Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:26:20 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=1776#comment-1226 Must have been a popular week for the Amish. Joel Stein phoned in a particularly drab article in Time recently: <a href="http://www.time.com/time/columnist/stein/article/0,9565,1118526,00.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> <BR /> <BR />I grew up in an area of northern Indiana with one of the largest Amish communities in the country, and I'd agree with your viewpoint. Compared to the various evangelical "Christians" in the area, they were anything but preachy. In fact, if I remember correctly, they are strictly prohibited from evangelizing in any way, and the Mennonite church is a breakoff group who wanted to do so (in a very limited sense, though). Must have been a popular week for the Amish. Joel Stein phoned in a particularly drab article in Time recently: here

I grew up in an area of northern Indiana with one of the largest Amish communities in the country, and I'd agree with your viewpoint. Compared to the various evangelical "Christians" in the area, they were anything but preachy. In fact, if I remember correctly, they are strictly prohibited from evangelizing in any way, and the Mennonite church is a breakoff group who wanted to do so (in a very limited sense, though).

]]> By: Dave http://www.kipesquire.net/2005/11/todays-dim-bulb-kathleen-parker/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 Dave Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:21:37 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=1776#comment-1225 Because the Amish are such an insular community they have many more genetic diseases than the world at large. That seems a rather un-Christian legacy to foist on to their offspring. Because the Amish are such an insular community they have many more genetic diseases than the world at large. That seems a rather un-Christian legacy to foist on to their offspring.

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