The Unexpected Rules and Customs of the Amish Community

Political Beliefs in the Community

For the Amish, the word of God is above all governmental rule. At the same time, they commonly support the separation of church and state. Their religious beliefs will not affect laws, and in turn, the laws cannot affect their religious beliefs. 

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The More You Know

  • In the 2011 census for the Czech Republic, over 15 thousand people listed their religion as Jedi.
  • About 700 grapes go into one bottle of wine.
  • In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
  • A chameleon's tongue is twice as long as its body.
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