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Amish men ‘shunned’ after nationwide emergency alert outs them for having phones (www.independent.co.uk)

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[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 113 points 2 years ago

“shunned” by their church

Take that as a compliment and move on.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 114 points 2 years ago

Being shunned in Amish culture is VERY aggressive. You’re basically cut off from the community and family. You can’t get rides, you have to eat alone, etc. It’s pretty fucked up.

Mormons also have versions of this that are notoriously fucked up. Stay in line or lose contact with everyone you love.

[+] squaresinger@feddit.de -26 points 2 years ago

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[-] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago

This is absolutely not true. I know a parent who wasn’t allowed to go to their child’s wedding because the church wouldn’t allow her to after she left the church.

[+] squaresinger@feddit.de -21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nice misunderstanding of facts here.

The church wedding for members of our church happens in a place we call temple. Temples are not our churches, they are a sacred place that only members in good standing are allowed to visit. This is not the place we meet at every week for our weekly church services.

So yeah, that parent would not be allowed to go to the temple, where the wedding ceremony happened. But that parent would not be excluded at all for the rest of the wedding and/or any other kind of communication with their child.

In the eyes of the church, someone who has been excommunicated has the exact same status as someone, who has never been part of the church.

It's quite interesting to me, how many people believe they know more about the church than members of said church, because they know someone who knows someone who said a thing.

But I guess it's not surprising, since also lots of people who never actually met a trans person strongly believe they really understand trans people and their supposed evil motivations.