Growing up Amish - with Link

Boing-Boing did a post on the good and bad about growing up Amish. Kind of interesting - deep Christian roots in that community that isolates itself from the modern world. They separate themselves from the rest of society so they can focus on the teachings of Jesus. The rest of us in this country rather respect the Amish for their commitment to their religion.

And we all know that a strong religion makes you a better person, don't we? Don't we?

Here's the major "con"...

-The rape, incest and other sexual abuse that run rampant in the community

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