tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post112818086093732473..comments2024-02-19T05:09:00.099-06:00Comments on Lutheran Confessions: Notre Dame & The AmishClint Schneklothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707900080657719369noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post-1128633720097640992005-10-06T16:22:00.000-05:002005-10-06T16:22:00.000-05:00The bishop we spoke with does not encourage a worl...The bishop we spoke with does not encourage a worldly year, but they do expect that at a certain point, their children will make a decision and possibly experience life outside the community. <BR/><BR/>Also, they will not be shunned if they go for experience outside, but then decide to be baptized into the community. Worldliness is only condemned if it happens after baptism.Clint Schneklothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00707900080657719369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post-1128534245007755402005-10-05T12:44:00.000-05:002005-10-05T12:44:00.000-05:00I understand from my years in Gettysburg that the ...I understand from my years in Gettysburg that the Amish encourage a "worldly year" (it's called something like that) during which a late-adolescent pre-adult young person (age 18) is encouraged to explore life among the "english" (as they call non-Amish) to see whether that's something they want to live with or not. (They are not expected to hold to the Amish way of life or morals, either: Smoking, drinking, maybe even sex are OK.) At the end of the year, the person makes his or her decision whether to return or not. <BR/><BR/>Do the Indiana Amish follow that custom? <BR/><BR/>And, by the way, what are you doing in the CTI seminars -- reading, writing, etc.?<BR/><BR/>dwightDwight P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15849665963994688905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post-1128531728107347732005-10-05T12:02:00.000-05:002005-10-05T12:02:00.000-05:00Thank you for pointing out this error in my post. ...Thank you for pointing out this error in my post. Obviously, you're correct, and I even remember noticing that it was tile when I was looking at it. Shows how unilluminative I am when it comes to art.Clint Schneklothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00707900080657719369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post-1128524841688290012005-10-05T10:07:00.000-05:002005-10-05T10:07:00.000-05:00The image of Jesus is not "painted" on one side of...The image of Jesus is not "painted" on one side of the Library. It is actually a huge mosaic with thousands of colored tiles [or tessarae, as mosaic tiles are termed].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com