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.
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
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?
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.
"The dildo of consequence rarely comes lubed." -- Eileen Rose
"Colonialism is not 'winning' - it's an unsustainable model. Like your hairline." -- Candace Linklater
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.
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
