Depends heavily on the sect. Theres a group near me who are quite modernized and I have regular contact with them. They are nice people with an off-grid lifestyle and religion makes up a substantial part of their lives, but are otherwise largely like everyone else.
They have solar panels and in floor heating, they don’t milk by hand or anything, and they scoff at groups who don’t have such leniency. They visit non-amish and watch tv with them and stuff. Very chill.
Basically, the specific group near me I’d almost be willing to join. But I’m an atheist, so that wouldn’t work all that well for me.
The group I grew up around is a totally different bag. Very regressive, very insular community, not a great situation and not people I want to spend time around. They also weren’t very nice to anyone not part of their community, almost like they wanted to be hated. Persecution complex shit.
Depends heavily on the sect. Theres a group near me who are quite modernized and I have regular contact with them. They are nice people with an off-grid lifestyle and religion makes up a substantial part of their lives, but are otherwise largely like everyone else.
They have solar panels and in floor heating, they don’t milk by hand or anything, and they scoff at groups who don’t have such leniency. They visit non-amish and watch tv with them and stuff. Very chill.
Basically, the specific group near me I’d almost be willing to join. But I’m an atheist, so that wouldn’t work all that well for me.
The group I grew up around is a totally different bag. Very regressive, very insular community, not a great situation and not people I want to spend time around. They also weren’t very nice to anyone not part of their community, almost like they wanted to be hated. Persecution complex shit.