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__Language__:The Amish originated in Switzerland, but most Amish in America speak Pennsylvania Dutch and English. Many Amish people everywhere adapt to the language that is in the area that they preside because it is important for them to be able to communicate with anyone in the world that is around them. The Amish in America speak Pennsylvania Dutch because the first sizable group of Amish people to settle in America was in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. __Behaviors__: Most Amish people cut themselves off from the rest of the outside world. They do not believe in anything modern, including electricity, indoor plumbing, and modernized clothing. They wear what you would find people wearing in the 16th or 17th century. They also do everything the 'old fashioned way'. They hang their clothes out to dry, farm with horse drawn plows, and they even build their own houses. The only two reasons the Amish will communicate with the outside world is to use medicine or hospitals for their own well being, and they sell there goods to outside companies. __Values__: The Amish believe that you should have your own decision to go into the Christian Faith so you decide that when you are 18 years old after spending time in the modern world. You can than decide if you want to continue being Amish or chose to go into the modern world, in which you will be shunned from your family for the rest of your life. __Beliefs:__They Amish believe in the Christian Bible but they take the lessons and readings a little more seriously and literally than most other Christian religions.g

The Amish, otherwise known as 'plain people' were established in 1693 in Switzerland going off of the Anabaptist movement in 1525 (Amish Studies 1). The man that officially started the Amish was a man named Jacob Amman. They believe that infants should not be baptized because it should be an individuals decision to join the Christan Church at the age of 18. The first sizable group of Amish people settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania around 1730 (Amish 101 2). Lancaster, Pennsylvania is still known for being the "Amish Capital" because that is where the Amish were first established in America. The Amish people in America speak Pennsylvania Dutch which is some form of German; this was established when they settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania after coming from Switzerland. The Amish saying, "You can teach a better sermon with your life than with your lip." is used in their everyday life (Amish Proverbs 1). This means that you should treat your life as a way to preach to others. The Amish base their religion on the Christian Bible, but they take the lessons a little more literally than other forms of Christianity do. http://www2.etown.edu/amishstudies/FAQ.asp http://pittsburgh.about.com/cs/pennsylvania/a/amish.htm

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