Posted on 07 October 2006 by Mihai Moscovici
Amish forgive the murder
Even in their grief, the Amish are reaching out to the family of the man who killed five Amish schoolgirls.
Right there, at the child’s casket, grandfather was speaking about how important it is to forgive this man. He said: “We teach our young people not to think evil of this man.†There was a real atmosphere of genuine forgiveness. (source)
“They know their children are going to heaven. They know their children are innocent and they know that they will join them in death,” said Gertrude Huntington, a Michigan researcher and expert on children in Amish society. (source)
At the funeral ceremony “many Amish have embraced the gunman’s wife, Marie Roberts, and their three young children.†(source)
This is true, genuine Christianity!
Photo: Beautiful people / seoulman66
November 21st, 2006 at 4:55 pm
[…] Mariana, o alta colega de la Muskie, a continuat tema despre comunitatea Amish si a impartasit impresiile personale dupa o vizita similara si alte observatii: “Am avut si eu ocazia vara sa merg la amish people in Lankaster (cred ca ati auzit de orasul ista din noutati). Americanii se mirau nevoie mare de fierul de calcat cu carbuni, de lampa cu gaz si alte lucruri de felul asta, pe cind eu am avut senzatia ca sint intr-un sat din Moldova. Dupa excursie am mers la restaurant si am gustat din bucataria lor. Bine ca macar la mancare gustoasa nu au nici o restrictie. In statul in care stau sunt multi Amish. Am vazut si pe la alimentarele noastre femeiuste amish cu spiska de cumparaturi si cu barbateii subsuoara. Ultima pereche era deosebita. Chiar m-am uitat foarte atent la ei. Ea - cu capor (nu tichiuta, nu “cepet” alb, da anume capor), rochie albastra lunga (dar nu tare strasnica) si cu o pelerina neagra de asupra rochiei, ca o manta (la moda!). El - costum din material bun, trainic si scump, dar cusut dupa un model haios, pe deasupra cu un un fel de scurta, cu pantaloni-dudocika, palarie de paie extravaganta si niste bocanci plini de zoi nespalati de multi ani! Da, bocancii astea erau exact de fason moldovenesc si glodul tot ca cel moldovensc, asa frumos, acoperiti cu un strat subtire de lut galben… kartinka!!! Am povestit despre ei cunoscutilor mei din Moldova si numai o fata stia despre ce e vorba, dar si ea se mira ca ei mai exista.” […]