Who are the Amish?

[popcornbird]

Thanks so much everyone for explaining and for the links. This is very interesting.

Sirrahbed, thanks for telling about your experience. Wow. Makes me want to go and meet some Amish people. I find it amazing, and would love to experience a bit of their old/country-style living someday. I've always been a city girl and doubt I could ever live such a life, but it would be interesting to experience it for a day or two sometime. I used to dream of living on a farm, as a child, and having all sorts of animals around me. Now when I think of it, I imagine it would be a hard life, but it would still be nice to experience a different lifestyle, different people. Do these people tend to follow the Bible more closely than other Christian sects? Some of their beliefs seem similar to my own, but others are just sooo different...and some rather strange.

Oh...I think someone mentioned they don't use modern toilets... If they don't use modern toilets, 'what' do they use?? Do they use those 'floor toilets' people have in older homes, in other countries? Or is it something even 'older'? After all...'floor toilets' do flush normally...they're just on the ground.