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   From: ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk   
      
   In message , Commander Kinsey   
    writes   
   >On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:04:17 -0000, Tim R  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 8:10:30 AM UTC-5, Peter W. wrote:   
   >>> > >Note also: Amish may use a (Cell) Phone, but may not dial one.   
   >>> > >And they may ride in a IC vehicle, but may not drive one.   
   >>> > Where in the Bible does it state they may not dial cellphones and   
   >>> > drive cars?   
   >>> Another blissful person! The Amish way of life is not based on the   
   >>>Bible, but on their history of persecution before they left   
   >>>Switzerland and later, Germany. There are many peculiarities within   
   >>>the religion - for instance, they eschew buttons and zippers, they   
   >>>are non-violent, use long-guns, but not hand guns, and much more.   
   >>>Again, nothing at all to do with the Bible - but to keep themselves   
   >>>separate from the "English", their generic term for what is Not-Them.   
   >>> Peter Wieck   
   >>> Melrose Park, PA   
   >>   
   >> I would think most of the Old Testament laws - dietary restrictions,   
   >>clothing restrictions, circumcision, etc. - are exactly the same. The   
   >>purpose is simply to maintain a separate identity.   
   >   
   >I thought only Jews did the barbaric practise of circumcision?   
   >Something they should be locked up for.   
      
   No - also Muslims, and also common in many parts of the world (although   
   it's mainly the Jews who make a big religious thing of it).   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision   
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   Ian   
      
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