Can an Apostolic become Amish?

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Originally Posted by Blaylock

The Kings are one for example from Virginia.

ON the baptism...From what I have been told by former Amish is that their method of baptism is more for a confirmation into the church than a salvational issue.

History of the Anabaptist tell us that the sprinkling and infant baptism started as a way for the RCC to get more taxpayers paying taxes. What better way to get more taxes than to have them start at birth.

This is a tradition that they keep from their roots.

We also have a former Amish/Mennonite couple in our assembly. They are our Sunday School administrators.

Yes. I have met the King family and am thrilled what God is doing in their life.

Agreed - it is a tradition on the pouring/sprinkling question. And true, the baptism is seen as an initiation into church membership rather than salvation.

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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Any thoughts on the issue?

Can one be both at the same time?

Are some Apostolics already Amish?

I've often said this very thing.

The Amish were at one time totally in synch with the styles around them, when they started their movement. But they stayed that way. Had they started at an earlier time and remained in the manner of appearance that existed at that earlier time, their present manner of appearance would have been immodest to themselves in the era in which they ACTUALLY started.

Any group that sticks to the manner of appearance when they started their movement will become AMISH in appearance in a sort in a few decades.

Any group that does not change in appearance with the times, but still retain modesty, will become this way.

There was a time NO MEN wore pants. Had any group, with the tendency to remain in the form of dress the era in which they started manifested, started at the time before pants were introduced to men, they would not have accepted pants for men and felt they were immodest.

Instead of spanning a few decades of dress styles, we need to look across 6,000 years back to Adam.

Since we accepted the late comer of pants for men, and accepted the transition from robes, this has shown we have tolerated CHANGE IN THE PAST and included it into what we honestly consider to be modesty, but refuse to see change in the future. I think, Dan, you hit the nail on the head, as to why this has not continued since 1945.