Talk:Mennonites/Archive 1
Wiki
This article could use some wikification. The history section especially needs some titles. Riyehn 20:50, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)
It's strange that the largest Mennonite community currently existing, Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico, is not even mentioned. This is a very U.S centered article.
http://www.chepe.com.mx/ing_html/estaciones/est_cuauhtemoc.html
Cuauhtémoc Km. 401. Largest Mennonite community in the world (German descendant farmers with strong religious traditions). Main apple producing region in Mexico and famous for its cheeses and creams.
- so write it up! i don't know anything about this community and would not be qualified to say a word. this is what wikipedia is for, so you can write it up and include it. r b-j 14:10, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
To have a definitive encyclopedia allow people (Mennonites, Mormons etc) to pack entries with their self serving propaganda is so sad. Mennonites use secrecy inside and totalitarian tactics outside to conceal their internal authoritarian controls. As a son of a Mennonite ban, shun and shamee father I insist on balance here so that potential Mennonite converts know how Mennonites use such shameless shames to torture people.
- The Mennonite family is far too broad and varied for such as narrow characterization. Could you please be more specific? Thanks. - Rlvaughn 00:50, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
Since when do Mennonites have a sense of humor?
Has anyone been to mennolicious.zoomshare.com? Anyone know their story? And what exactly is mennolicious, anyway? -M.Conrad
Amman
Is it Jakob Amman, or Jakob Ammann? I've seen it spelled both ways. --Karl Juhnke
Foot washing
I noticed User:80.130.189.119 made two contributions (17:21, 21 Jan 2003; 17:20, 21 Jan 2003)to Wikipedia, both of which were to delete from this article the following: "4. Foot Washing as continuing outer sign of humility within the church.
Foot Washing was not originally an Anabaptist practice. Pilgram Marpeck before 1556 included it, and it became widespread in the late 1500s and the 1600s. Today it is practiced by some Mennonites as a memorial sacrament, in memory of Christ washing the feet of his disciples as recorded in the thirteenth chapter of the Gospel of John."
Feet washing appears to play a prominent part in most Mennonite churches (including Mennonite Church USA, which is one of the larger bodies), so I'm not sure why it was taken out. Perhaps it would not belong under core beliefs, as originally listed, but it seems it should have a place somewhere in the article. Since I can't contact 80.130.189.119, perhaps someone else will have an explanation, a comment and/or a suggestion. Thanks. - Rlvaughn 04:02, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Amish
Someone added a note saying "This appears to be inaccurate" to where I referred to the Amish being a splinter group from the Mennonites, following Joseph Amman. I'm happy to have this challenged, but here are some references I used in making this statement:
- http://www.amish.net/lifestyle.asp (look under "Amish Origins"
- http://www.religioustolerance.org/amish1.htm under "Amish"
- http://www.amishacres.com/aa_miscellanous/faq.htm question 3
Some other sites say the Amiesh split from the "Swiss Brethren", though it seems most people classified the Swiss Brethren as Mennonites. DJ Clayworth 03:24, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
There is a new page for this topic which could use expansion by someone with expertise in that area. KHM03 11:44, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
mennnite contributions to belize
Separate History?
So, I'm wondering if the history section is a little to long for this sort of article. Should it be a separate article that is linked to at the beginning of the section, as is done in many history sections in other articles? 16:14, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
- dunno if it would be the best thing to split it off or not, but i'm not opposed to trying it. r b-j 04:04, 17 October 2005 (UTC)