tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post4585798129575308315..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Amish ParadiseBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-72133740990075438272009-12-08T14:36:42.183-06:002009-12-08T14:36:42.183-06:00Ooh, I can't wait! What you have achieved is j...Ooh, I can't wait! What you have achieved is just astonishing.Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-33588003639680005662009-12-08T12:12:51.670-06:002009-12-08T12:12:51.670-06:00And Victoria, that pic on the top right if my FAVE...And Victoria, that pic on the top right if my FAVE!!! Some day soon a post will be up showing this garden's two year evolution.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-21375179121332230912009-12-08T12:11:36.929-06:002009-12-08T12:11:36.929-06:00Gack??? :) I will look into those book--thanks! (H...Gack??? :) I will look into those book--thanks! (How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood?)Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-31487670641022222812009-12-08T12:09:26.361-06:002009-12-08T12:09:26.361-06:00I guess it makes sense that you've taken some ...I guess it makes sense that you've taken some abuse for your religious beliefs and upbringing--I can't begin to understand the deep, long, incredible division that existed in the UK with catholics vs prtoestants. As I learn more about anabaptists--which aren't really catholics but aren't really protestants--I find it fascinating to see how divises religion is. I mean, I know it isBenjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-47001248313510617012009-12-08T12:06:29.467-06:002009-12-08T12:06:29.467-06:00Gack, I didn't mean to suggest that Amish, Men...Gack, I didn't mean to suggest that Amish, Mennonites, and etc. were all living saints and above criticism, Benjamin! People are people, whatever their faith. Like Victoria, we profess allegiance to the Church of Rome, and have paid a price in bigotry for that and many other aspects of our backgrounds over the years. The fact that every faith has its demons and its martyrs says sad things our friend Benhttp://ourfriendben.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-53148436239866130472009-12-08T05:58:57.203-06:002009-12-08T05:58:57.203-06:00I am ashamed to say that I knew very little about ...I am ashamed to say that I knew very little about the history of the Mennonites, despite having visited Pennsylvania, and despite being a member of the current holy Roman empire.<br />I'm sure you didn't intend this post to start getting serious, but in the course of a quick surf to find out more, I was very struck by something that Dave and Neta Jackson said about "right rememberingVictoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-37615859741371100782009-12-07T16:52:20.487-06:002009-12-07T16:52:20.487-06:00I'm not dissing my heritage, more accurately I...I'm not dissing my heritage, more accurately I'm dissing the source texts of my first foreray into theological and historical research. I'm a bit jaded by the tilt or bent or skewedness of the authors to present anabaptists as the wonderful martyrs. I understand and appreciate what it meant to die for one's convictions in the face of the brutal holy roman empire, but the trained Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-48597482693188604762009-12-07T16:46:31.717-06:002009-12-07T16:46:31.717-06:00Hey Benjamin! After moving to Pennsylvania Amish/M...Hey Benjamin! After moving to Pennsylvania Amish/Mennonite/Dutch country, and falling in love with old-style Amish quilts, I've read endless academic studies of the culture and (gulp) even become a fan of the endless stream of Amish "romance novels." And, of course, OFB and I see the Amish and Old Order Mennonite buggies almost every time we go on the road, and buy from Amish and our friend Benhttp://ourfriendben.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-29737528295940580982009-12-07T14:56:30.686-06:002009-12-07T14:56:30.686-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-61129893494599013172009-12-07T14:38:43.532-06:002009-12-07T14:38:43.532-06:00OMG, that is my favorite Weird Al video/spoof of a...OMG, that is my favorite Weird Al video/spoof of all time, and I am a big fan of his so that is saying something! HA<br /><br />Frances<br /><br />ps, the video never loaded, but I know it well anyway!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com