tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314143222011-12-14T22:15:18.587-05:00Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is home to the oldest Amish community in the world. Our website tries to explain their lifestyle and faith to the watching world. While their ways may seem backward and old-fashioned to many, our world can learn much from studying the Amish culture and their emphasis on community, non-violence, forgiveness, faith, and putting the needs of others before self. We invite your comments and questions here. Tough questions will be referred to local experts.PaDutch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05563272752042092623noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31414322.post-1160949004823151852006-10-15T17:47:00.000-04:002007-04-07T09:38:10.150-04:00<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tragedy struck the Amish community when an armed gunman shot 10 young girls in a local Amish school, then committed suicide.<span style=""> </span><a href="http://www.800padutch.com/amishshooting.shtml">Read a summary</a> of the shooting and the resulting forgiveness by the Amish.<span style=""> </span><a href="http://www.800padutch.com/amishvictims.shtml">Learn more</a> about the aftermath of this tragedy, including how you can help.<span style=""> </span>Express you comments here.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-2257960910480259"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; google_ad_format = "336x280_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_ad_channel ="0266118775"; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "0000FF"; google_color_text = "000000"; google_color_url = "000000"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31414322-116094900482315185?l=padutch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>PaDutch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05563272752042092623noreply@blogger.com36