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It's a shame there are no polygyny communities such as this.
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I know it's a bit random, but I love their house!
It's beautiful. I love everything 
I'm curious why so many Mennonites and Amish live in colder climates? I would think it would put a damper on gardening and farming but I'm a beginner.
I'm curious why so many Mennonites and Amish live in colder climates? I would think it would put a damper on gardening and farming but I'm a beginner.
Probably because they have farming skills for colder climate.It's beautiful. I love everything
I'm curious why so many Mennonites and Amish live in colder climates? I would think it would put a damper on gardening and farming but I'm a beginner.
They probably wouldn't be competitive in Israel.
Agree about it being a shame that there are apparently not any polygamist communities along these lines...well, I suppose one could bring up the fundy Mormons. I don't know enough about real life inside those communities and am always skeptical about how plygs are portrayed in any sort of show.
It would seem to be a really good idea.
The biggest difficulty I think would be one that the fundys don't have is that you would need to have a community with a homogeneous faith. So we could not have one of us turn out to be a surprise billionaire who offered everyone 100 acres and a nice house to come be the kernel of an intentional family.
Could be fooling myself but think to make it work that you would need as much community feeling as the Bruderhof or Hutterite groups but with individual properties etc.
It would seem to be a really good idea.
The biggest difficulty I think would be one that the fundys don't have is that you would need to have a community with a homogeneous faith. So we could not have one of us turn out to be a surprise billionaire who offered everyone 100 acres and a nice house to come be the kernel of an intentional family.
Could be fooling myself but think to make it work that you would need as much community feeling as the Bruderhof or Hutterite groups but with individual properties etc.
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They have the clothes for it too
I'm curious what crops they grow in the winter. Do they use greenhouses? Or do they rush the growing season during the warm climate? From the outside, it just seems more optimal to live in a warmer environment for their lifestyle. Then again, they don't have power; it's easier to heat a home without power in the winter than to suffer during the miserable summer months.
I haven't even begun to think of that aspect of it. My mind is still recovering from the fact that more women aren't flocking to that sort of life to begin with. They're able to stay home with their children, tend to the home, and have a monogamous, family-oriented husband who supports his family and comes home to them every single night. If ladies aren't lined up for this sort of life, then what sort of chance do polygamist living it stand at gaining the attraction of women
Agree.I haven't even begun to think of that aspect of it. My mind is still recovering from the fact that more women aren't flocking to that sort of life to begin with. They're able to stay home with their children, tend to the home, and have a monogamous, family-oriented husband who supports his family and comes home to them every single night. If ladies aren't lined up for this sort of life, then what sort of chance do polygamist living it stand at gaining the attraction of women
We have been manipulated onto a very dark and unnatural path
Cold climates are helpful for organic cropping, as you get a frost kill over the winter and can then sow a new crop in spring into a paddock where the weeds are relatively dead, and the insect pests have been killed also. Without such a severe winter you can only kill off the last crop and weeds and pests artificially, with cultivation or herbicides / pesticides.It's beautiful. I love everything
I'm curious why so many Mennonites and Amish live in colder climates? I would think it would put a damper on gardening and farming but I'm a beginner.
The longer day length in more northern latitudes helps tremendously with plant growth and productivity. Additionally since plants are photosynthetic, they are able to produce sugars optimally within a relatively narrow band of temperatures. In a northern climate with milder summers, those plants have more daylight hours to actively photosynthesize and therefore produce carbohydrates for storage.
Also, the colder weather kills more pest insects.
There’s positives and negatives to both northern and southern latitudes but if I had to choose one for growing food plants, it would be the more northern USA.
And this is one of the biggest reasons IMHO. The deep south is absolutely miserable without AC.
Look, people are communal.They have the clothes for it too
I'm curious what crops they grow in the winter. Do they use greenhouses? Or do they rush the growing season during the warm climate? From the outside, it just seems more optimal to live in a warmer environment for their lifestyle. Then again, they don't have power; it's easier to heat a home without power in the winter than to suffer during the miserable summer months.
Fan of living in warner area would have to convince whole community to move. Not a easy task.
Women are fine with communal living. Real issue is just no man rule thanks to current time.I haven't even begun to think of that aspect of it. My mind is still recovering from the fact that more women aren't flocking to that sort of life to begin with. They're able to stay home with their children, tend to the home, and have a monogamous, family-oriented husband who supports his family and comes home to them every single night. If ladies aren't lined up for this sort of life, then what sort of chance do polygamist living it stand at gaining the attraction of women
EDIT: Whole last sentence. Was written as misdirect.
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I’m trying, and failing, to come up with a reasonable response.
Sissy.
I’m not saying I can’t do it. I just don’t want to if there’s an alternative
Not all women are as patient and long suffering as @windblown when it comes to living without AC.
Some of us ladies like the lower humidity.
I wil edit post to make it more clear.
You should check out the produce at the Alaska state fair, you’d be amazed at what can be grown in northern climates.They have the clothes for it too
I'm curious what crops they grow in the winter. Do they use greenhouses? Or do they rush the growing season during the warm climate? From the outside, it just seems more optimal to live in a warmer environment for their lifestyle. Then again, they don't have power; it's easier to heat a home without power in the winter than to suffer during the miserable summer months.
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1. Stuck is probably the wrong word for the title of this video. I doubt that they feel stuck.
2. For being isolated they are amazingly friendly!
3. There is some overlap between the Amish and Mennonite communities:
en.wikipedia.org
They are not 100% distinct.
4. Loved the holy kiss. I did not know that Mennonites practiced that and this is the first time I have seen anyone practice it. I have always thought that culture should not get a vote and we should just do what the Bible says.
5. I liked the baseball gloves in the cubbies in the schoolhouse.
2. For being isolated they are amazingly friendly!
3. There is some overlap between the Amish and Mennonite communities:
Amish Mennonite - Wikipedia
They are not 100% distinct.
4. Loved the holy kiss. I did not know that Mennonites practiced that and this is the first time I have seen anyone practice it. I have always thought that culture should not get a vote and we should just do what the Bible says.
5. I liked the baseball gloves in the cubbies in the schoolhouse.
This has often been discussed here.
I believe you are also correct that homogeneous faith would be the #1 problem. We all agree on Jesus and polygyny and almost nothing else. We barely get along in a forum. How would we get along in a community?
I once went to a small church of homeschoolers. It was a very nice little church but it had a growth problem. People would come and then they would go and I always thought it was the same problem since they came from all sorts of different faith backgrounds and only agreed on homeschooling and Jesus. I remember at one point we had a big debate about the Sabbath, and I made the point it was more important that we agreed on one way or other, and that we were too small to have a division. But even on this we did not agree on.
P.S. Side note, I once brought up polygamy to the leaders of this same small church and they told me they thought it "not wise" but also not a sin. I wanted to discuss with them further what they would do if a polygamous family visited and wanted to stay, but I have not been able to get back and visit. This was right before the pandemic.
It would be an interesting thought experiment to form a working group to come up with a community plan. How would it be created? How would it work? How would it be a community? What would the rules be? How would it be led? What happens when someone wants out? Etc.