Amish Essay

The Amish are a subculture group of the Christian Church who believe that tradition is everything. The Amish have a Material and Nonmaterial culture, which means physical and nonphysical items shape their lives. They are group of people who simply don’t associate themselves with the outside world. They abide by a set of rules that will ultimately get them into heaven.

The Amish reject the modern way of life and have certain norms; which means that they shun all modern technologies; they do not have electricity, and are far away from the outside world. The Amish ride in buggies that are pulled by horse; they usually farm for food and work, and are also very religious. In traditional Communities, all males dress the same, as well as all females. Men usually wear button up shirts with suspenders and black pants. Women typically wear long dresses and scarves over their head. Each Amish district has a Bishop leader who sets rules for their community. These rules are merely folkways because they are passed on from family to family and everyone in the community conforms to these rules.

Many communities may have different rules/laws and may be more lenient however; they are all pretty much the same. The Amish folk are forgiving with some circumstances but by breaking the laws too many times can result in being shunned, which means you must leave and can never return. Breaking any rule within the community would be considered a taboo, an unthinkable norm, because breaking any rule would put you at risk of not going to heaven. If there’s one thing that is going to be the same within every Amish Community, It’s their religion.

Amish groups have many goals but their ultimate goal is to get to heaven and the only way to do that is praise th...

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...ron struggled with his decision because he let rumspringa get the best of him but he decided to go home and live his parents but not join the church. Choosing to return to the church is basically saying, “I would like to go to heaven”. This means you become baptized and live under the same rules in the community until the day you die and go to heaven. On the flip side, choosing to stay in the outside world results in you being shunned from the Amish community and never being able to return. You are accepting to stay in the outside world and in the eyes of the Amish, accepting your fate in hell.

The Amish faith is very different from other religions and isn’t seen too often in the modern world. They cut off the outside world to that they can achieve their ultimate goal and going to heaven. Amish folk may seem strange to us but in their eyes, we’re the strange ones.