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Garmand3r t1_j79l8hb wrote

Haha I got yelled at for trying to take a picture of a buggy for a school project. They believe it steals their soul I guess?

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BelligerentSeaOtter t1_j79mzfb wrote

Not true. They just don't like to be photographed going about their daily lives -- especially when it's a photo of a child. It happens to them multiple times whenever they go in public, especially in the summer / tourist season.

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Hazel1928 t1_j7c4w6i wrote

You are both wrong. They believe that humans are created in the image of God and that it is wrong to make “graven images” so they don’t agree with photos or drawings of people, and their dolls have blank faces.

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BelligerentSeaOtter t1_j7c815y wrote

No, I'm not wrong. I'm ex-Mennonite with Amish family. Their dolls do not have blank faces. Maybe the extreme white toppers, but not the conventional black toppers. You're right that they're biblical literalists though.

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Garmand3r t1_j7crldq wrote

I'm not wrong either. The guy who yelled at me was wrong.

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Plastic-Lawfulness55 t1_j7dgkho wrote

posing for photos is "proud" and generally they won't do it. not saying all Amish follow the same hard and fast rules. my son in law saw an Amish woman in a train station and was surprised she was carrying a handbag! I told him of course she had a bag, was she supposed to carry all her stuff in her hands?

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