Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists

[steve-in-kville]

Our local fire companies do a lot of spaghetti dinners, chicken pot pie, ox roasts, food truck events and such like. Their biggest hurdle is getting help for these things.

[MaxPC]

Professional or amateur sports?

[Josh]

Professional or amateur sports?

No plain Anabaptist would be OK with being a professional athlete. Most conservative Anabaptists wouldn't be OK with amateur sports like playing in college or the Olympics. Most (but not quite as many) conservative Anabaptists wouldn't be ok with organised sports at all. Generally, groups that are OK with organised sports are transitional groups that are on a trend to become more worldly, and will eventually embrace watching professional sports on TV, if they haven't already.

[MaxPC]

Neighborhood watch?

[mike]

I don't think anybody has commented yet on to what extent CAs would be OK with being an internet service provider. Could this be considered similar to any other IT job - selling and servicing computers and networking?

[Ernie]

I don't think anybody has commented yet on to what extent CAs would be OK with being an internet service provider. Could this be considered similar to any other IT job - selling and servicing computers and networking?

Wow. That would be a tough one for me personally. If I started such a business, I think I would feel morally responsible to put some sort of filter on it.

[steve-in-kville]

Professional or amateur sports?

No plain Anabaptist would be OK with being a professional athlete. Most conservative Anabaptists wouldn't be OK with amateur sports like playing in college or the Olympics. Most (but not quite as many) conservative Anabaptists wouldn't be ok with organised sports at all. Generally, groups that are OK with organised sports are transitional groups that are on a trend to become more worldly, and will eventually embrace watching professional sports on TV, if they haven't already.

What about the Hornings and Joe Wengers and their baseball leagues? Or is that not a thing anymore?

[Josh]

What about the Hornings and Joe Wengers and their baseball leagues? Or is that not a thing anymore?

I don't know much about them. My statements were generalisations - the more conservative the group, the less comfortable they are with organised sports.

[steve-in-kville]

What about the Hornings and Joe Wengers and their baseball leagues? Or is that not a thing anymore?

I don't know much about them. My statements were generalisations - the more conservative the group, the less comfortable they are with organised sports.

That was huge when I was driving Joe Wengers around in the mid-90's. Summertime it was baseball, winter was hockey. I even watched a few games and they took it pretty serious.

[mike]

I don't think anybody has commented yet on to what extent CAs would be OK with being an internet service provider. Could this be considered similar to any other IT job - selling and servicing computers and networking?

Wow. That would be a tough one for me personally. If I started such a business, I think I would feel morally responsible to put some sort of filter on it.

Which would really mean that you couldn't offer the service. The CA-run ISP I know of is an actual service provider running fiber, wireless transmitters and towers, and receivers and routers on the client end, broadly serving whole geographical areas as an alternative to DSL & cable options and also for areas that have no other broadband service. Due to that last bit they are also a recipient of government subsidies. The owners are Pilgrim Mennonite Conference.