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Also, especially with the younger men, their dress may vary during the week. Say, a plaid shirt & work pants.

They have a very active youth group, that mingles with youth from other more liberal Brethten churches. Always volleyball or something going on.

The Old Order Bible Brethren are a smaller group, located primary in Adams County. They are only one church (not a group of churches) and would line up most closely with the Old Order River Brethren. The men typically have long beards (as long as possible for most) with mustaches. Proper attire is c...

I have honestly always wondered why alcohol is legal & marijuana wasn’t. (I read up on the history so kind of know now.) I have known a few alcoholics in my day, as well as some non-alcoholics who would smoke marijuana… and in my mind, there is no comparison~ alcohol is worse by a long shot. I a...

I’ll have to look up Amos Miller.
Whatever happened, I missed it.

None of this sounds wholesome for God’s people to be involved in. Where I live (PA), it’s legal with a medical card, and almost all connecting states have legalized it for adults in general. Maybe it’s just me, but I have a daughter with epilepsy that drugs/diet/etc do not always help… and I’d rath...

Ken wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 1:17 am
The operations around here look like this

Wow! Thanks, I had no idea.

I just have this picture in my head of them plopping them out in a field, like they do with tobacco now.

So I asked an old order brethren today, ‘How do you know which rules are okay to break & which ones aren’t?’

He said, ‘If I’d just get nicely asked to stop, I can do it.
If it would get me a visit by the ministry, I don’t do it.’

So there, mystery solved.

Old Order Bible Brethren member.

He should do his hair a bit better too, but they’re letting it slide for now.

Just curious on people’s opinions.

I’ve heard discussions on it, that “it’s just a matter of time.”

As someone who used to live by CL, and now lives surrounded by Mennonites, this is just so weird.

I pity CL though.