OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION An outstanding presentation by Dr Louden here, covering the historical background to these communities. Having visited Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, (albeit briefly), and met and spoken with these people, I can attest to their way of living.......and to its many virtues.....and to their kindness. This is arguably one of the most informative and interesting presentations of the Amish........who they are.....where the come from......and what they believe in as a community. An hour of ones time viewing this presentation would be an hour well-spent by anyone...... James Hennighan Yorkshire, England P.S. Clicking on 'More' in the initial description gives a short biography of Dr Louden.
I understand what you were saying about the health rates They are having an increase with type 2 diabetes, like everywhere else in the states. Not as bad as with the "English/Yankees". Basically, due to the fact that you mentioned about how much movement they do.
Fantastic presentation! I do have a question. Is Pennsylvania Dutch similar to regular Dutch? You said it wasn't a lot like German to begin with because it was already based upon a German dialect. I speak both English and Dutch and I believe I understood a fair bit of your sample. I would even say I understood more of what was said in the sample than I understood of languages that share a lot of words with Dutch like German and Swedish. I really don't know much about German dialects 🤷. But on the map of Amish origin there was quite a large part of the Netherlands highlighted, you even mentioned Friesland. I even recognized part of the history of religion you talked about, I was taught it in preschool in the Netherlands. The Amish clothing is even similar to some Dutch Klederdracht I've seen walking around in the Bible belt.
Hi Sandy! Yes, we Brethren are also Anabaptists. There are a wide variety of Brethren, not only the primarily assimilated Church of the Brethren mentioned here. We use trine immersion baptism, as the Early Church did, whenever possible. (See the Didache.) Most other Anabaptists use some form of pouring for baptism, although immersion is becoming increasingly popular. I believe the preference for pouring came from the greater ease of performing this type of baptism, especially during times of persecution in the 1500s and 1600s. I’m a descendant of the Schwarzenau Brethren, now a member of the Old Brethren. I spent time in my past worshiping with the Old Order River Brethren and the Brethren in Christ, when I lived closer to them. Yesterday I visited a Brethren in Christ camp meeting, and last Sunday I visited a friend’s congregation of Old German Baptist Brethren. In my area, Brethren are the only Anabaptists. 💙🙏🏽💙
You made a mistake, friesen are not sometimes referred to as Dutch. They ARE Dutch people! Friesland is a region within the Netherlands, like Brabant. People living in Brabant are sometimes referred to as Brabanters, people living in Amsterdam Amsterdammers. All those people might speak a dialect or have a accent BUT they are still Dutch. There are 12 province's in the Netherlands; Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel, Gelderland, Flevoland, Noord Holland, Zuid Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland, Brabant and Limburg. All of those people are Dutch, permanently not occasionally. You also can't occasionally be American that's not how that works. All citizens of the Netherlands are Dutch
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OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION
An outstanding presentation by Dr Louden here, covering the historical background to these communities. Having visited Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, (albeit briefly), and met and spoken with these people, I can attest to their way of living.......and to its many virtues.....and to their kindness.
This is arguably one of the most informative and interesting presentations of the Amish........who they are.....where the come from......and what they believe in as a community.
An hour of ones time viewing this presentation would be an hour well-spent by anyone......
James Hennighan
Yorkshire, England
P.S. Clicking on 'More' in the initial description gives a short biography of Dr Louden.
I understand what you were saying about the health rates
They are having an increase with type 2 diabetes, like everywhere else in the states. Not as bad as with the "English/Yankees". Basically, due to the fact that you mentioned about how much movement they do.
A scholar who made a program understandable!
Fantastic presentation! I do have a question. Is Pennsylvania Dutch similar to regular Dutch? You said it wasn't a lot like German to begin with because it was already based upon a German dialect. I speak both English and Dutch and I believe I understood a fair bit of your sample. I would even say I understood more of what was said in the sample than I understood of languages that share a lot of words with Dutch like German and Swedish. I really don't know much about German dialects 🤷. But on the map of Amish origin there was quite a large part of the Netherlands highlighted, you even mentioned Friesland. I even recognized part of the history of religion you talked about, I was taught it in preschool in the Netherlands. The Amish clothing is even similar to some Dutch Klederdracht I've seen walking around in the Bible belt.
I'd say Pennsylvania Deutsch is most similar to southern German dialects with a large influence from english.
Please don’t forget us brethren in Christ and old order River Brethren.
Hi Sandy! Yes, we Brethren are also Anabaptists. There are a wide variety of Brethren, not only the primarily assimilated Church of the Brethren mentioned here. We use trine immersion baptism, as the Early Church did, whenever possible. (See the Didache.) Most other Anabaptists use some form of pouring for baptism, although immersion is becoming increasingly popular. I believe the preference for pouring came from the greater ease of performing this type of baptism, especially during times of persecution in the 1500s and 1600s.
I’m a descendant of the Schwarzenau Brethren, now a member of the Old Brethren. I spent time in my past worshiping with the Old Order River Brethren and the Brethren in Christ, when I lived closer to them. Yesterday I visited a Brethren in Christ camp meeting, and last Sunday I visited a friend’s congregation of Old German Baptist Brethren. In my area, Brethren are the only Anabaptists. 💙🙏🏽💙
You made a mistake, friesen are not sometimes referred to as Dutch. They ARE Dutch people! Friesland is a region within the Netherlands, like Brabant. People living in Brabant are sometimes referred to as Brabanters, people living in Amsterdam Amsterdammers. All those people might speak a dialect or have a accent BUT they are still Dutch. There are 12 province's in the Netherlands; Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel, Gelderland, Flevoland, Noord Holland, Zuid Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland, Brabant and Limburg. All of those people are Dutch, permanently not occasionally. You also can't occasionally be American that's not how that works. All citizens of the Netherlands are Dutch
an Amish 9/11???? What about the "New Order Amish"??
Any other ExAmish on here?
Yes hello