Comments on: If an Amish person needs medical English help, such as diabetes insulin, are they shunned? http://www.prayforpaul.com/if-an-amish-person-needs-medical-english-help-such-as-diabetes-insulin-are-they-shunned/ Diabetes & Treament Questions Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:29:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: peacefuldisaster http://www.prayforpaul.com/if-an-amish-person-needs-medical-english-help-such-as-diabetes-insulin-are-they-shunned/comment-page-1/#comment-765 peacefuldisaster Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:43:44 +0000 http://www.prayforpaul.com/if-an-amish-person-needs-medical-english-help-such-as-diabetes-insulin-are-they-shunned/#comment-765 The Amish have no aversion to modern medicine. I live in area with a large Old Order Amish population and I regularly see Amish people in my doctors office whenever I go there. Shunning in the Amish culture is rarely done any longer. It would typically only be done to a person who leaves the Amish faith after they join the church, and is usually only done by the strictest of Amish groups. The Amish have no aversion to modern medicine. I live in area with a large Old Order Amish population and I regularly see Amish people in my doctors office whenever I go there.

Shunning in the Amish culture is rarely done any longer. It would typically only be done to a person who leaves the Amish faith after they join the church, and is usually only done by the strictest of Amish groups.

]]> By: Matthew V http://www.prayforpaul.com/if-an-amish-person-needs-medical-english-help-such-as-diabetes-insulin-are-they-shunned/comment-page-1/#comment-764 Matthew V Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:52 +0000 http://www.prayforpaul.com/if-an-amish-person-needs-medical-english-help-such-as-diabetes-insulin-are-they-shunned/#comment-764 Of course, yes, it would be allowed. You may be confusing the Amish with Christian Science (ironically, the least science-friendly branch of Christianity), who don't believe in medicine. Amish do not reject everything modern, but they do have stricter standards for living a simple life than most who wish to do so. I've seen Amish people at hospitals, at ice cream stores, and so on. What they are opposed to are things like taking pain medicine for a buzz, there is a huge difference between getting insulin to live and taking methadone or vicodin because it makes you "feel good". Of course, yes, it would be allowed. You may be confusing the Amish with Christian Science (ironically, the least science-friendly branch of Christianity), who don’t believe in medicine. Amish do not reject everything modern, but they do have stricter standards for living a simple life than most who wish to do so. I’ve seen Amish people at hospitals, at ice cream stores, and so on. What they are opposed to are things like taking pain medicine for a buzz, there is a huge difference between getting insulin to live and taking methadone or vicodin because it makes you “feel good”.

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