Yes, but their wealth is based not on how much money they earn, but on how much money they keep. They do not buy things that are not needed, such as electrical gadgets, electronic gizmos, cars, insurance, etc. The money is saved for the purchase of farm land or to start an Amish business. So while the average non-Amish becomes a slave to the debt master and the task master, the average Amish owns land and/or a business and their only master is God.
No.
The same way we do, they use water.
Look at the convoy of Amish people in wagons.
Amish are called Amish because the founder of it was Jacob Ammann
Yes, there are there of many Amish people.
The Amish believe that shunning is biblical and base the practice on various scriptures. Shunning is done when an Amish member disobeys church laws and doesn't change their ways.
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Horse or mule drawn farm machinery.
No. There are no Amish communities in NJ.
Yes, if they have the time and money. I know an Amish couple in their late 50's from Penn. that have been to Europe on vacation and have traveled a good bit in the US.
Not all Amish people have to be white. This is because some other people can be adopted or converted into the Amish way of life.
As a married couple if you meet and Amish person and want to become Amish you can. There is nothing in the Amish lifestyles that prevents people to converting to the Amish lifestyle.