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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm living proof that there is a difference between Amish and most Mennonites. I am a Mennonite, though I was not born one. :-) and yes, there are great differences between types of Amish too.[/quote]

You must be one of those cool
Mennonites someone was just telling me about :) I heard there's a progressive Mennonite congregation somewhere in the area.[/quote]

I am the quoted PP:
I guess it depends on how you define "progressive". My congregation has never been what I call "conservative Mennonite" (though in a political sense most of us would still be labeled conservative)

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I'm living proof that there is a difference between Amish and most Mennonites. I am a Mennonite, though I was not born one.  and yes, there are great differences between types of Amish too.
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What are the some of the things a lot of people confuse between the two?[/quote]

A lot of people think they are basically the same, driving buggies, wearing plain clothes, going without electronics etc. While as a pp has pointed out, there is at least one über conservative Mennoite group who is more strict then the Amish, this is not at all the norm. You would be hard pressed to point out any of my fellow church members in a crowd. We have no church standards as far as clothing (except that being modest is valued) or really any church rules about anything. While we have beliefs based off of the Bible, you'd have to being doing something drastic to be asked to leave (like sexual harassment or something). There is nothing like shunning in any Mennonite church I'm familiar with. My congregation is not old, it is only been around for 25 years, myself and my family have attended for 15 years now. Before that we went to a different Christian denomination.
 Our faith is based on our relationships with Jesus, not a set of rules. Though we all have standards we set for ourselves as far as what we believe God says is sin. For example, and please don't attack me for this, I do believe that homosexual behavior (not attraction, only the choice to act on that attraction)  is a sin. BUT I love the people, I have friends and family members that I am close to that I can disagree with but still love and hang out with. I also do not think that homosexual behavior is any "more a sin" than the other sins that can be a temptation for me such as greed, gossip, pride, heterosexual sex outside of marriage and so many more. But it all comes down to faith in Jesus, the way we live should reflect His love, but is not what is most important.[/quote]

Interesting.  I was raised Mennonite (as were my parents) and my home church is about as liberal as they come--politically and otherwise.  And I don't believe homosexual behavior is a sin.  So I guess that's even more proof of the differences across different congregations.
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