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[[File:Amish farm morristown new york.jpg|right|thumb|250px|An Amish farm near Morristown, New York.]]

[[File:Amish farm morristown new york.jpg|right|thumb|250px|An Amish farm near Morristown, New York.]]

The '''Amish''' are an [[Anabaptist]] [[Christian]] denomination and part of the [[Mennonite]] sect best known for rejecting many modern conveniences such as [[electricity]] and [[automobiles]], while adhering to an [[agrarian lifestyle]]. They dress plainly (a compliment is "You look plain") and live apart from mainstream society while strictly observing the [[Lord's Day]] (Sunday) as a day of rest.  There are Amish communities in 32 out of the 50 [[United States]], in 2022, while rapidly growing and expanding into additional states.

The '''Amish''' are an [[Anabaptist]] [[Christian]] denomination and part of the [[Mennonite]] sect best known for rejecting many modern conveniences such as [[electricity]] and [[automobiles]], while adhering to an [[agrarian lifestyle]]. They dress plainly (a compliment is "You look plain") and live apart from mainstream society while strictly observing the [[Lord's Day]] (Sunday) as a day of rest.  There are Amish communities in 32 out of the 50 [[United States]], in 2022, while rapidly growing and expanding into additional states. "The Amish are one of the fastest-growing population groups in [[America]]," and their population "has more than tripled" in just three decades.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/15/amish-ten-things-you-need-to-know/14111249/</ref>

Amish live "[[off-the-grid]]" without use of electricity, which [[liberal]]s ostensibly prefer yet hypocritically rarely do themselves, and even impose regulations making it difficult to live this way.  Amish do not participate in [[Social Security]] (they obtained an exemption due to their religious beliefs) and also generally do not attend school beyond 8th grade but continue to learn by reading throughout their lives.  Their ancestors were [[German]]-speaking [[Swiss]] who arrived in eastern [[Pennsylvania]] in the 1700s, and more came over in the 1800s.  The now-largest Amish settlement (148 large families today) west of the [[Mississippi River]] was from [[Switzerland]] to Kolona in southeastern [[Iowa]], in 1846.<ref name="Trib">https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-08-09-8801210505-story.html</ref>  Many Amish people speak [[Pennsylvania Dutch]], a dialect of [[German language|German]].

Amish live "[[off-the-grid]]" without use of electricity, which [[liberal]]s ostensibly prefer yet hypocritically rarely do themselves, and even impose regulations making it difficult to live this way.  Amish do not participate in [[Social Security]] (they obtained an exemption due to their religious beliefs) and also generally do not attend school beyond 8th grade but continue to learn by reading throughout their lives.  Their ancestors were [[German]]-speaking [[Swiss]] who arrived in eastern [[Pennsylvania]] in the 1700s, and more came over in the 1800s.  The now-largest Amish settlement (148 large families today) west of the [[Mississippi River]] was from [[Switzerland]] to Kolona in southeastern [[Iowa]], in 1846.<ref name="Trib">https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-08-09-8801210505-story.html</ref>  Many Amish people speak [[Pennsylvania Dutch]], a dialect of [[German language|German]].