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Claping (pronounced "clay-ping") refers to hate crimes and harassment directed against Amish people. Non-Amish hooligans may try to force Amish horses and buggies off the road, throw firecrackers at the horses of Amish people, throw stones at Amish people, or otherwise engage in acts of petty vandalism, harassment, and violence.
In the Anabaptist tradition, an Ordnung is a set of rules describing the way of life of church members.The term is mostly used by Amish and Old Order Mennonites. Ordnung (pronounced [ˈɔʁdnʊŋ] ⓘ) is the German word for order, discipline, rule, arrangement, organization, or system.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2025. It has been suggested that this article be merged with Amish in Canada. (Discuss) Proposed since December 2024. Group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships This article is about a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships. For other uses, see Amish (disambiguation ...
The Amish are conscious of the advantages of exogamy. A common bloodline in one community will often be absent in another, and genetic disorders can be avoided by choosing spouses from unrelated communities. For example, the founding families of the Lancaster County Amish are unrelated to the founders of the Perth County, Ontario, Amish community.
Pain empathy is a specific variety of empathy that involves recognizing and understanding another person's pain.. Empathy is the mental ability that allows one person to understand another person's mental and emotional state and how to effectively respond to that person.
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Rumspringa is a Pennsylvania German noun meaning 'running around'. It is a cognate of the colloquial German verb rumspringen. [7] [8] Dialects do not derive from standard languages, but as a cognate, this expression is closely related to the Standard German verb herumspringen meaning 'to jump around or about'.
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