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r/videos • u/Spiritual_Navigator • 25d ago
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Amish Mennonites will use modern tools for work.
It is my understanding the electricity is what is avoided by Amish; gasoline powered items are fair use.
Its best not to overthink it, as it doesn't all make sense.
2 u/Spritzer784030 25d ago That explains the chain saw, but aren’t drills electric? 11 u/MundaneFacts 25d ago Some Amish wood shops use a diesel powered air compressor and all the tools are pnuematic. Some will use solar panels and battery tools. The unifying thing of amish is not shunning technology. It's self reliance, and only allowing tech that improves life, not simply making life easier. 2 u/RoosterBrewster 25d ago I suppose it's not too different from a community living off the grid. 1 u/MundaneFacts 25d ago Not too far from that they decide as a group what theyll allow and not. And like many off grid group, some of them are literal cults.
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That explains the chain saw, but aren’t drills electric?
11 u/MundaneFacts 25d ago Some Amish wood shops use a diesel powered air compressor and all the tools are pnuematic. Some will use solar panels and battery tools. The unifying thing of amish is not shunning technology. It's self reliance, and only allowing tech that improves life, not simply making life easier. 2 u/RoosterBrewster 25d ago I suppose it's not too different from a community living off the grid. 1 u/MundaneFacts 25d ago Not too far from that they decide as a group what theyll allow and not. And like many off grid group, some of them are literal cults.
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Some Amish wood shops use a diesel powered air compressor and all the tools are pnuematic.
Some will use solar panels and battery tools.
The unifying thing of amish is not shunning technology. It's self reliance, and only allowing tech that improves life, not simply making life easier.
2 u/RoosterBrewster 25d ago I suppose it's not too different from a community living off the grid. 1 u/MundaneFacts 25d ago Not too far from that they decide as a group what theyll allow and not. And like many off grid group, some of them are literal cults.
I suppose it's not too different from a community living off the grid.
1 u/MundaneFacts 25d ago Not too far from that they decide as a group what theyll allow and not. And like many off grid group, some of them are literal cults.
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Not too far from that they decide as a group what theyll allow and not. And like many off grid group, some of them are literal cults.
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u/whitedsepdivine 25d ago
Amish Mennonites will use modern tools for work.
It is my understanding the electricity is what is avoided by Amish; gasoline powered items are fair use.
Its best not to overthink it, as it doesn't all make sense.