Amish-made houses are a modern trend

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/4524378.html ^ | Feb. 3, 2007 | By PHILIP RUCKER

[Dan Evans]

I don't in any respect hold them as peculiarly unique role models. I think their pacifism, the very thing that many point to as a virtue, is specifically un-Biblical and borders on irresponsible.

Role models? I think thing that's the wrong way to look at it. Yes, if all Americans were all to become pacifists the country would not survive. Pacifists need us for protection.

But do we need them?

There are those that say we need to workers from South America to maintain our population and to insure a supply of cheap labor. I think we can do the same thing a lot better by nurturing fundamentalist Christians who are willing to do menial work and have about six kids per family.

I think we need the Amish as much as they need us.

[RockinRight]

I could be speculating, but technically, I think that's a MANUFACTURED home, not a modular. Big difference.

[RockinRight]

So would I! I also prefer Amish built over illegal-built.

[Calvin Locke]

I know what you mean. My mother bought some at a state fair (through a store). I think she had to wait about 8 months. It's very solid.

[napscoordinator]

Not for me, but I bet they are built well. The Amish are very hard working. In Annapolis, there is an Amish Market and EVERYTHING is fresh. I love it.

[Dan Evans]

"And so it came to pass that in 1965, the Medicare bill was passed by Congress. As Wayne Fisher writes in The Amish in Court, "Tucked into the 138 page bill was a clause exempting the Old Order Amish, and any other religious sect who conscientiously objected to insurance, from paying Social Security payments, providing that sect had been in existence since December 31, 1950. "

Amish and social security

The Amish objection to insurance is expressed as a reluctance to trust God. Amish insurance is the family and community. When they get old, they rely on family to take of them. That is their social security. If their house burns down, 100 neighbors get together and rebuild it by the end of the week. That is their fire insurance. If they get sick, the community will gather funds to pay for the hospital bills. That's Amish medicare.

We rely on government to take care of us. The Amish have a better way.

[CDHart]

We are in central Missouri, and have many Amish communities nearby. They are, by and large, good people with a good work ethic. Everything they build is quality and well-made.

Carolyn

[Mygirlsmom]

The stuff is expensive.

Not really when you look at it in terms of cost vs price. The price is what you pay. Cost factors in how long it will last, how much use you'll get, etc. Most Amish built furniture will outlast its original owner - they become true heirlooms.