A 10 minute clip the Buller Films LLC production, The Amish: How They Survive. A DVD of this video can be purchased on Amazon.com at www.amazon.com/.... For information or orders, contact info@bullerfilmsllc.com
My grandparents live in south eastern New York and they have a lot Amish neighbors and communities. Perfectly logical cause Pennsylvania was land set aside for them. They’re the sweetest people and are incredible hard workers, plus they make amazing donuts... the ones that I’ve met treat their animals amazing, absolutely beautiful horses dogs and cows.
@@yosemite735 why treat terrible ? I see the horses healthy working ? They used for what they purposed too ? So what are you saying you ignorant about farming you ignorant about the reality
I am blessed in that where I live in a very small, rural community in Northeast Iowa - we have Amish farms all around us. Most of the farms have dry goods stores and a wonderful selection of things like raw honey, free-range chicken and eggs and bulk items as well. They are the ultimate in 'preppers' and as I get to know more of them, by frequenting their stores, I am really happy that doing business with them is part of my routine. I feel it keeps me grounded as well. We also have an amazing Amish hardware store and you can get almost anything you would ever need! In fact, I need to go there this afternoon and pick up a new 240v. electric heating element for my water heater that just bit the dust! Only $10. Love their prices too. They don't gouge like the larger hardware stores - and they're very helpful!
The Amish survive by working harder than everybody else and believing in God and family. That's family with both mother and father, with the father in charge, like its supposed to be.
Work harder? The Amish refuse to served in the military because of their religious beliefs while millions of Americans have given their life in wars to protect this country. The hard labor of millions of "English" has made Amish living possible. What sacrifices are they making?
@@phildontno647 Hard work providing for their large families and being productive citizens for their communities. The Amish will do a lot of things for other people if given the opportunity but they will not take a gun and shoot another person.
I never heard of the Amish, until I came to the U.S. from a former soviet block country, 40 years ago. When I learned who they were and about their lifestyle, I felt a very closeness to them. I grew up mostly like them. Religion was not allowed by the government, we couldn't go to church, but the community was like this. We helped each other, we grew our own food, we traded with each other, what we didn't have. We pretty much lived cash free, we paid the doctor with chickens or eggs. I wish, I could live close by them, even if not belonging, but just observing their lifestyle.
@Alex Gregis Don't say most Amish. Most Amish respect their animals as part of God's Creation and take very good care of them. Some Amish sects (the Swartzentruber) are not only horrible to their children and women, but also their animals. Many Amish churches do not have Communion with the Swartzentruber sect... That means they may not even visit each other's churches. There are good and bad among the Amish just as there is everywhere. However, PA needs much stricter animal welfare laws, then puppy mills could be investigated more.
that's the outside appearance. Depending on the type of Amish, different levels of technology are allowed with a purpose. So if you look in some of those barns and you'll see modern machine shops, robot welders, cnc milling machines, hydro forming systems, etc.
I wish I could live there for a couple of years. It’s not easy to adopt their lifestyle but definitely it’s much better than living in the so-called modern states. It’s like given the option to lead a simple yet tough Amish lifestyle or stay where complicated technology is your leader and stress is what you get!
Very fair presentation. We live at the edge of a large Amish community, interact with Amish frequently, and have Amish friends. The best summary is sincerity, striving to do your best. The statements about compromise with technology and coping with the modern world are well stated. For another look, I have posted a large number of videos of Amish work parties, 2 long videos of silo filling with steam, many of steam powered sawmilling, and just having fun.
But, they aren't cheaply made to last 2 years, constantly buying new ones. They are like simple Nokia phones with a battery cell lasting weeks at a time, and not having to be constantly plugged into an outlet. They'd rather live the simple life surrounded by family and hard work that pays off, instead of everyone always glued to screens and keeping up with the Kardashians. :-) I respect their culture, as long as no one is actually forced into it like a cult or anything.
I love going to visit the Amish community in Ohio, where that I have been several times . They are hard working people and very skilled craftsmen and craftswomen . They make some of the most absolutely beautiful quilts and fabric crafts and indoor and outside furniture and all kinds of wood crafts and they make cheeses and canned vegetables and fruits, and grow good looking fresh vegetables and fruits to sell . 🤗👍❤️💫
when my dad was a kid,he lived on a farm and do lots of work.in 1987,he moved into a house because he did to much work and they needed a break from all of that.
The Amish are priceless and wonderful people ❤ Where can you buy American made furniture? Good souls and live by God's word. Amish people are a good example to the human race with their values and morals.
The peanut gallery replied... I wrote a positive comment about the Amish... Their sins, are not my business or yours... I didn't asked to replied on my comment. So keep your personal opinions about others to yourself, because no one cares about your opinions...
There return to expense ration sheets would be astounding. There balance sheets would beat any other modern system on the entire Planet. Long live AMISH PEOPLE. Great keepers of culture, christiaity,faith, respect,diginity,goodness!!! I thy bow!!
It’s weird that they refer to the Amish in the opening as a “utopian society”. No Amish person believes in utopia. The Amish, and other Christian sects, recognize the imperfect nature of man. They believe that man cannot be made perfect in this life, only forgiven his sins. They believe man is made perfect through He who is perfect(God), while Utopianism is the believe that man can make HIMSELF perfect.
strong families, strong men, folks are clean of mind, of body, and of dress, work hard, eat well but not of excess, pray hard, respect the land, make things that are good and last. Best decision William Penn made was to invite them here and give them the freedom they needed. Don't come to see them as being odd, rather look at their success and try to emulate it in your life.
@reality check: Correct, and where would you like to keep felons, murderers, rapists, thieves, and child molesters? Oh, wait, that's right, you'd like to make them college professors. Um, we've done that already.
Just cause i do not live exactly like them it does not mean am a sinner or live a life that encourage hate, adultery or bad stuff. I just want to live with necessary items, every time i say i want a home free of electricity, regular toilet or plumbing am labeled as Crazy
@Misa Misa: ,Well if the people you are telling that to are calling you crazy then you're hanging out with the wrong people. Get some new friends that will encourage and support you. I did. It wasn't easy but I'm a lot more happy now. By the way we're all sinners. Some of us are saved by accepting the sacrifice of Christ's death, burial and resurrection.
Their lifestyle has to do with refraining from sin... essentially, making use of technological conveniences makes one more susceptible to commuting more sin... sin is essentially anything that is bad for a person... an example might be how we have convenienced ourselves into dietary choices based on convenience and it takes its toll on most of our lives in terms of poor health and lack of well being... this is not Gods Will for us. The Amish aim to create a society in which it is easier to make the righteous choice and refrain from sin. This does not mean that those of us who drive cars and keep food in a refrigerator are sinners. Although some of the Amish may believe that. I know of some who’ve left and their parents are concerned about their souls. But I’m sure some Amish realize the tech is not a sin and understand the real purpose for rejecting most of modern technology. But in the end, the more tech we get and the more they carryon without it, the more valuable THEY are to humanity IMO ... it’s valuable to have people around who know how to survive like that. Maybe I’m getting off topic.
There are issues in every society but the Amish seem to overcome just about everything. I completely respect and admire them. They are proof that diversity is not a strength. When people have common morals and goals and beliefs, they are more willing to help their neighbors and sacrifice for their community. When people have different beliefs and goals they are less likely to go out of their way to help someone. This is the main reason that the Amish are not only maintaining their communities, but they are growing their communities. They have grown tremendously in the past century and are continuing to grow even while faced with the temptations of the modern world. Diversity is not a strength. Likemindedness and common beliefs and goals are what make people strong and united more than anything else. It is also what makes people more successful on the whole.
The reality is Amish communities have alcoholism, sexual abuse, drug use and high illiteracy rates along with physical and mental disorders caused by inbreeding. There is NO utopia.
I almost bought a Amish house for sale, But i don't know how to live without electricity. I imagine i could figure it out, sense i am from the country, and have spent most of my life outside. It would be a new world for me to learn to live off grid. I lived with my grandfather on his farm, but he had electricity in his house. He didn't watch TV, but he listened to his radio. The main reason i didn't buy the house, Because it didn't have any trees on the land. I would need wood for the wood burning stove or fireplace. I could have bought other land with trees, But transporting wood it time and money. So i will keep working and buy a small land to work on till i retire, Then i will move out to the land when i retire. I need to keep my city job to keep money coming in. I don't have the money to keep a farming land going as a business. But i can use the land to grow food in the summer times. Will save me much money having extra food to eat in the summer. And i love the country. Much better place to live then the crowded noisy city's.
The house was too far from city power to run a line in? I know people who live off the grid and they have battery banks in out buildings that charge on gas generators and, to some extent, solar panels. Solar panels have come a long long way in the past 5 years. look into the project again. You're out of luck for the wood heat unless you can maybe pay to get home heating oil delivered.
@@littlegoobie I knew a guy and his house was 300 feet from the power pole and they wanted $35,000 for a 300 foot run and that was 10 years ago. He used solar and a battery and a generator for backup and he has no monthly fee to pay. I on the other hand have grid power. I installed solar with battery and I started to heat with wood which is cut and split already, but I have to pick it up. The wood for one season is $200 and my only heat source.
@@FloryJohann It was a similar situation for a friend of mine. he needed 50 yards of poles from the main line on a service road. If i remember right, it was $9000 to run the line in. This was probably close to 20 years ago. He had a neighbor in another off-grid log cabin also without power. He asked the neighbor to split that infrastructure cost and they could both have power. The neighbor said he didn't want it. The problem is, once it's done, you can't stop anyone else from connecting to it and that's what the neighbor did.
The Amish still have an Ingalls style life style from the 1870a 1980s and 1990s. Then they used a minimal number of mechanised tools and children went to one room school houses. American farming styles changed but the Amish have kept change to a minimum Laura ingalls Wilder however had a motor car, a fitted kitchen running water , farm machinery and electricity on her farm in Missouri until her death in 1957. In their last home in De Smet, Ma and Pa had electricity and a wall telephone in 1915. Keeping an 150 years old life style is not always a good thing.
an amish family lives across the road from an English farmer . the English farmer goes to school and becomes an engineer. the boy moves to another part of the country , and become to lazy to farm . the English farmer has no sons to work so he sells his land to the amish farmer . and that's how a lot of them spread .
My best dog leashes are Amish made. First, they were shorter than 6 ft. and are so soft in the hand. Every time I had someone off, "Where did you get that leash?"
Yeah, we should be able to do whatever we like! Who does this Government think they are making laws to control us? We should be allowed to rape and steal and kill at will!
@@Frankowillo Yes the government will protect you! If someone is trying to rape or steal from you then just call the police! The police will show up in 30 - 40min and document the crime scene after the criminal steals all your stuff & flees.
2021 I am ready to leave covid19, and CRAZY american life!!!!!! can I move here???????? NO RIOTS, PROTESTS, VIOLENCE ETC.........my nerves are SHOT!!!!!
there is an honesty to a clean face and simple dress that is fundamentally attractive. Likewise a man who is strong thru honest and hard work, proficient in his trade, and devoted to his family and his community.
This is so nice. I wish nobody discovered electricity or invented machines or modern appliances, so that we all can get stuck in 18 century America. No stress, beautiful landscape, fresh air, organic food, etc. Wow this is so good.
Ah yes, "the good old days", when infant mortality was as high as 1 in 4, autism was non-existent because those awful vaccines hadn't been invented, blah, blah, blah. You people yearning for "the good old days" are so full of shit (not to mention, just plain fucking ignorant)!
samuel bloch Really , right? I think I may use that word in only one sentence, to describe someone as in, “yeah you know that guy, he’s an old hippie””
He said in the beginning 'they live without electricity and automobiles" then I see them working with tractors and bandsaws... I respect them but somehow I can not understand them.
tax breaks. most communities are a bit scammy with a religious underpinning. Many of these communities are supported by running modern high tech industrial businesses from those primitive looking buildings.
They have a gasoline engine powering a drive line, to power saws, planers, and all kinds of power tools. Including a small generator to recharge batteries for their cordless tools. The tractors have steel wheels, and all equipment have steel wheels.
I bought my beautiful pure bred German shepherd dog from the Armish 7 years ago, he is the smartest most wonderful dog I have ever brought into my life.
I wish I knew how much $$$ was made by them every year simply because the moniker “Amish” is on the label? Are Amish sugar cookies in ANY way better or different than Methodist sugar cookies? I think not!
All major decisions r about how they effect the family I was one a lot of restrictions some Baptists r more conservative a good way to live it's more romantic being on the outsideooking in than being in looking out but the temptations are the same
A quick question for those who know a heap about armish, and their farming practice: you know how they don't use vehicles, cars, tractors etc with rubber tires. Are tractors with crawler tracs acceptable? I know they use tractors with steel wheels, but I'm just curious
They can ride in car as long someone else drives it and pays all of the expenses. They can use generators for their home. They can use telephone as long it is on a pole in a shed outside of their home.
ARE THOSE HORSES...BELGIANS?? THE AMISH ARE THE TRUEST OF RELIGIONS. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO RUN THEIR FARMS AS THEY WANT, AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT HURT OTHERS!!!! I HAVE AMISH FURNITURE...ALL WOOD AND...TRUE, WONDERFUL...CRAFTSMANSHIP......YOU CANNOT FIND BETTER...QUALITY!!!!!
My personal experiences with the Amish have me questioning a lot about their living truths. Their image does not always align with honesty and doing what is right - especially when financial transactions take place.
It means they need to be baptized. They don't go in for the pop notion of being "born again". They use the Christian understanding of being born of water and Spirit (baptism).
The Amish modify their beliefs in step with the changes in the iron laws of economic survival. And who can blame them? If they can satisfy themselves with their reasons for doing so, then what business is it for the rest of us?
6:30 they could use homemade veggie instead of imported fuel. if anyone knows more, it will be appreciated 7:30 true, the population may increase but the fertile land does not 9:17 the tourism is not reliable due to travel restrictions
It is, I have been all over that part of Ohio, Der Dutchman is in Walnut Creek, Lehmans is in Kideron and Mt Hope, Ashury's is a wonderful bulk food store, Guggisburg Cheese , Kiem Lumber in Charm and do not forget Mrs. Yoders Kitchen, I sort of forgot the settlement name, but never forget how to get there. if you want good home cooked food, these wonderful people are the ones to be friends with
