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I'm Paige Wesley.

I'm Marie Bella.

And today we're talking about the Amish

now I did not really want to talk about the Amish because I don't necessarily think that in

and of themselves they are a cult. I'll back up my findings here here's why I

don't always think so. They don't have a centralized leader.

Typically, colts will have like one leader. They do make a physical sacrifice to be a part of

the lifestyle in that they live on farms with no

electricity. They can leave whenever they want but they're shunned but

people aren't like actively stopping them.

Don't they have a thing where they get to leave for a little bit and then come back?

Rum Springer.

You basically get a chance to experience the outside world and then if you want to come back then you're back forever. That's basically

the it's like if you want to leave you can leave no one will fault you for

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