Monday, November 19, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
What is difference between the Amish and the Mennonites?
What's the difference between the Amish and the Mennonites?
—Anonymous
The simple answer is that while all Amish are Mennonites, not all Mennonites are Amish. The Amish are a subgroup of the Mennonites. After that it gets more complicated, as with trying to sum up any group of people based on religious beliefs, you are left with the not very helpful "there are as many different Mennonites as there are people who are Mennonites."
As a quick reference guide, in Lydia Gilmore's book, Rumspringa and Coke (2000), she sums it up this way: "If you think in terms of motorcycles, and people are 'people who ride motorcycles,' then Christians are Bikers, Mennonites are Outlaw Bikers, and the Amish are the Hell's Angels."
This might not, however, be an analogy popular with the Amish and the Mennonites.
—Anonymous
The simple answer is that while all Amish are Mennonites, not all Mennonites are Amish. The Amish are a subgroup of the Mennonites. After that it gets more complicated, as with trying to sum up any group of people based on religious beliefs, you are left with the not very helpful "there are as many different Mennonites as there are people who are Mennonites."
As a quick reference guide, in Lydia Gilmore's book, Rumspringa and Coke (2000), she sums it up this way: "If you think in terms of motorcycles, and people are 'people who ride motorcycles,' then Christians are Bikers, Mennonites are Outlaw Bikers, and the Amish are the Hell's Angels."
This might not, however, be an analogy popular with the Amish and the Mennonites.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Would Jesus Send Mass Emails?
Would Jesus send mass emails?
—anonymous
Quick answer: hell yes!
A more thoughtful answer could easily go on and on, for literally thousands of pages. You would have to discuss everything from who Jesus was to who Jesus is, and include questions like, what language would he be speaking, primarily, and is he taking a quantity over quality approach, or vice versa?
Here at the Think Tank, then, we are exercising our authority to present the definitive answer:
Trying to reach the most people possible while alienating the fewest, Jesus is operating under an assumed name, is not claiming to be the son of God, and is steering clear of AM radio and TV infomercials. He has a low key singing songwriting career going, occasionally publishes humorous pop philosophy books, tours the public radio talk shows and bookstore signings, uses facebook, twitter, etc, has a blog, a website, an alcoholic publicist, and sends out an irregular mass email at least once every couple of months, but no more frequently than once a week.
—anonymous
Quick answer: hell yes!
A more thoughtful answer could easily go on and on, for literally thousands of pages. You would have to discuss everything from who Jesus was to who Jesus is, and include questions like, what language would he be speaking, primarily, and is he taking a quantity over quality approach, or vice versa?
Here at the Think Tank, then, we are exercising our authority to present the definitive answer:
Trying to reach the most people possible while alienating the fewest, Jesus is operating under an assumed name, is not claiming to be the son of God, and is steering clear of AM radio and TV infomercials. He has a low key singing songwriting career going, occasionally publishes humorous pop philosophy books, tours the public radio talk shows and bookstore signings, uses facebook, twitter, etc, has a blog, a website, an alcoholic publicist, and sends out an irregular mass email at least once every couple of months, but no more frequently than once a week.
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