What do Amish know about the outside world?

It depends on the community of Amish. There are Amish communities that know very little of much outside their community. read more

They know about everything you and I do, but choose not to use it. Furthermore because the Amish are anabaptists, every adult explicitly chose to be Amish. Many adolescents do engage with the outside world during rumspringa. read more

High voltage electricity was rejected by 1920 through the actions of a strict bishop, as a reaction against more liberal Amish and to avoid a physical connection to the outside world. Petrol-powered farm equipment, such as tillers or mowers, may be pushed by a human or pulled by a horse. read more

Some Amish, notably in Indiana, speak a version closer to Swiss-German. Where they live. With farming at the center of their lives and their population rapidly expanding due to large families, the Amish, anxious not be influenced by modern ways, are always seeking out new land away from urban areas. read more