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Meet the Hutterites!

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:48 am
by BoSoxGal
American colony
Meet the Hutterites—a small religious colony in rural Montana who holds desperately to their sacred traditions while fighting the modern temptations of the outside world. King Colony is made up of 59 people and they are almost all related. This family lives together, works together, and worships God together, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, for their entire lives. And, like any family, this one doesn’t always agree. Most of the colony is holding tight to the age-old traditions of their ancestors, while others are flirting with modern society. Some feel that bringing modern technology, education, and ideas into the colony will only help it, while others fear that this modern way of thinking threatens their very existence. We follow the men, the women, the young, and the old, as they strive to live as proper Hutterites. Some will succeed, some will fail, and everyone will have a choice to make. This is the very first glimpse into the world of the Hutterites.

Check it out!

Re: Meet the Hutterites!

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:28 pm
by dgs49
The Wiki article indicates this is a relatively small colony compared to the ones elsewhere and (mainly) in Canada. Total of 40-50,000 in the U.S. and Canada.

Begs the question: Do all of our "modern conveniences" improve our quality of life, when compared to those societies who shun them?

Re: Meet the Hutterites!

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:44 pm
by Scooter
Actually the Hutterites have a much more pragmatic view of modern technology than their other Anabaptist cousins (Mennonites and Amish), sort of a "most things in moderation" approach.

Re: Meet the Hutterites!

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:07 pm
by rubato
They had a significant presence in Washington State and Portland.

yrs,
rubato

Re: Meet the Hutterites!

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:46 pm
by dgs49
There are interesting variations in the Amish communities in this neck of the woods, as well.

For a reason I've not been able to discern, many of them use cell phones, which would appear to be "English" in the extreme. Many own or lease gas-powered machinery in their businesses, but of course have no electric lights at home.

No internet.

Re: Meet the Hutterites!

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:35 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
We do the hutterites about every five years, neh?

Re: Meet the Hutterites!

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:17 am
by rubato
Any issue?

yrs,
rubato

Re: Meet the Hutterites!

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:38 am
by MajGenl.Meade
I think that was what did for the Shakers.