The AMISH---on PBS tonite........

8Nr--WI · Feb 28, 2012

Just a coincidence.....special on the Amish tonite...

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For those that still watch a little bit of TV

rrlund · Feb 28, 2012

The best show I ever saw about them was a PBS show years ago called "The Amish,Not to be Modern". I taped it on VHS. Still watch it from time to time. Not a whole lot of commentary or naration,just Amish off camera telling their own story. Very informative stuff in that one by some exAmish as well.

Rich Iowa · Feb 28, 2012

Just got home and was flipping through the channels and saw it was on. Watching it now.

rrlund · Feb 28, 2012

I just got done watching it. Excellent! Powerfull! Best Amish documentary I've ever seen. Even covered the whole building permit issue. They talked to somebody in a prosecutors office who was sent to prosecute five of them for building without a permit. He was sympathetic to them. Said it wasn't like they went out and developed a religion for the purpose of skirting the law. They've been around for centuries and the laws have changed that make their religion illegal.

gtractorfan · Feb 28, 2012

The best lines I heard was when an amishman was on a bus and was asked by an "Englishman" "what's the difference between amish and us"? The amish asked the busload how many of you have televisions in your house? Everyones' hands went up. Then he asked "how many of you think your family would be better off without it"? Again everyones' hands went up. Next he asked "how many of you will get rid of your tv's when you get home"? No hands went up. He said that's the difference between you and us, we give up what we believe will be better for our families.

Paul from MI · Feb 28, 2012

Just finished watching it. Very informative and really points out the problems they face with increasing numbers, expensive farmland, trying to make a living in the "acceptable" occupations. Lots of them around here and like veryone else, some good, some not so good.

Pete in MD · Feb 28, 2012

I think it was a good program but don't see why they spent so much time on the school shooting in Nickle Mines, PA.

Would've been good to tell the original roots of the Amish and why they call themselves Amish.

The term,Pennsylvania Dutch, was used without explaining how it came into use and that it's not correct.

Anonymous-0 · Feb 29, 2012

Don't belive everthing you hear on TV. They do a lot that isn't better for the family.

641Dave · Feb 29, 2012

I sat down and channel surfed last night and ended up watching this show. Very informative and it taught me some things I didn't know about the Amish.

rrlund · Feb 29, 2012

They're "Amish" because they follow the pacifist teachings of Jacob Amon.

Pete in MD · Feb 29, 2012

I agree though his name was Jakob Amman.

He was a Mennonite who thought they were not strict enough in their beliefs so he split off and his followers became known, as you said, as the Amish.

rrlund · Feb 29, 2012

Didn't spell check the name. The Mennonites took their name from Meno Simon didn't they? Probably didn't spell that right either.

Pete in MD · Feb 29, 2012

Close enough for me. Menno Simons

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