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mikestew 21 hours ago

Many Amish will ride in your car if you’re going into town, as one example. Similar to Sabbath-keeping Jews are allowed to have Gentiles do $TASK (not recalling offhand what that might be). Regardless, to think it hypocritical is to perhaps misunderstand the reasoning, in the case of the Amish. As I understand it, it’s not avoidance of technology, but avoidance of relying on technology. Thus opportunistic car rides in the neighbor’s car, or using a fridge someone else built as long as it runs on propane (which isn’t extracted with horses and buggies, either).

Anyway, I don’t speak for any Amish, but I have lived around them and take that FWIW.