After a decade, South Dakota's Amish are moving on

Re:After a decade, South Dakota's Amish are moving on by monero-xmr on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:04AM (#35336153)

The point of my comment was to make HN commenters question their thinking a bit. I think the decrease in religion and lack of faith in God is a major reason for the pain in modern Western society. Yet we are all shrugging our shoulders and sighing about why there are so many unhappy and suffering people in society.

I pointed a finger at another group I believe is doing great harm. I’d prefer we leave the Amish alone considering for most on HN the Amish may as well be aliens. There are other groups with serious problems closer to home.

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Re:After a decade, South Dakota's Amish are moving on by nonethewiser on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:33AM (#35336328)

What lack of religion? It's just a different god.

Take the DEI deans' refusal to participate in the debate on DEI at MIT.

> There is a sense that this is an issue that is kind of above being debated

That is basically the definition of 'sacred.'

https://www.thecollegefix.com/a-debate-on-dei-will-be-held-a...

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Re:After a decade, South Dakota's Amish are moving on by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:48AM (#35336433)

> I think the decrease in religion and lack of faith in God is a major reason for the pain in modern Western society

I'm never going to agree with you about that. But had you phrased it is "a decline in obvious purpose and a loss of a sense of community (which may once have had religion at its center)", we could maybe find some common ground.

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Re:After a decade, South Dakota's Amish are moving on by RangerScience on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @05:08AM (#35337767)

Well, you know, there's a reason opiates are used as a pain killer, but that doesn't mean it's their lack that's causing the pain.

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