There are no "Religions of peace".....

[Brian37]

Nuke the Amish I always say!

I knew someone would bring them up at some point.

In all seriousness, we in the west perceive minorities as never being capable of oppression.

First off, "Amish" is STILL a sub sect of Christianity, and the reason the west does no perceive them as a threat is precisely because they are a minority. Christianity in it's total history has not had 100% peaceful sub sects. So again, Christianity has never had a 100% peaceful history.

And again, this assumes falsely that peaceful now means peacefully forever.

The Amish are not currently perceived as a threat because they are not currently a majority.  If they were Catholic or Protestant as a majority instead, I am pretty sure they'd have a different outlook on non Amish. Just like Buddhists in America are seen as placid, but Myanmar's Buddhists have murdered Muslims.

Just like Catholics and Protestants in Ireland have been at war, just like Sunni's and Shiites have been at war. The Amish are not a majority currently, but they still are a sub sect of Christianity. 

Just like many do not want to face  that Rasta, is simply a splinter sect of Jewish/Catholic African spin off.

The point is it is absurd to point to current time, and assume that nothing ever changes. I will continue to say and stand by my stance, that any group if given enough power can become abusive. Not because of a label, but because humans in a majority can loose sight that at one time they were not the majority.

FYI the Amish have a very insidious practice of self denial of of children, and deep indoctrination into gender roles. They claim to "let their teens or young adults" go out to "experience" the rest of the world. The problem with this "tactic" is that they have been so deeply indoctrinated by the time they do they become dependent on the old ways, and when they get exposed to the outside world, they don't know how to cope and end up going back to their old ways. 

And they can be and are as hypocritical as any other religion. They claim to shun modern technology, but if you go to Amish counties today, the younger ones use cell phones and make religious excuses as to why it is not the same.

And again, this isn't about just "Amish" my point is about human behavior. 

Minorities in history have a tendency to be placid and more empathetic in history, but when times change and powers shift over time, that lion cub can be cute and cuddly while it is young, but if it gets big enough, it can grow to afford to not care about the other populations surrounding it that are not as great in numbers.

So yea, the Amish are cute, RIGHT NOW, but they are still a splinter sect of Christianity and Christianity has not always been good to non Christians.

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7 billion Amish would look the same as 7 billion atheists. Would look like 7 billion Christians and 7 billion Jews and 7 billion Hindus and 7 billion Muslims. A population still divided over competing over resources and greedy power mongers in respective ranks of each, convincing humanity we are a separate species when we are not.

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The Amish really are not that far from the LDS.. Just like far too many sects of Islam worship gender roles.

https://www.amazon.com/Tears-Silenced-Am...1505679443

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Listen guys, in the entirety of our species history, the usage of "minority" and "majority" are always based on geographics and time in history.

There are in every religion bar none, individuals and sub sects that define themselves by roles. And more conservative that individual, family or sect are, the more females and outsiders are seen as second class, and guests at best.