I live in Lancaster and have been around Mennonites my whole life. I don't disagree with some of your points but I think there is more nuance to it. My understa

I live in Lancaster and have been around Mennonites my whole life. I don't disagree with some of your points but I think there is more nuance to it. My understanding is that it isn't about delaying judgment on new technology, it is about chasing "wants" or "keeping up with the Joneses". This is what their culture is designed to protect against. They know that cars are more efficient than a horse but if one person gets a car, another person will be tempted to a nicer one, and the next one even nicer. So to prevent the chase, they say they aren't allowed. The same with clothes or appliances or technology. This is how they can still do okay with farming because they don't have any million dollar tractors. Their costs are super low and they have large families to do the labor so they don't need to hire workers. Lots of Amish have cell phones but it is mostly the younger ones and they hide them in the corn fields. They sneak out at night or use them when they work off the farm. It might be surprising to some that the Amish have moved into the trades with a force. Most of them can't farm anymore because there isn't any farmland for sale in Lancaster anymore, and lots have pushed west to Ohio or Indiana or Iowa. The ones that work in the trades, get picked up every day and ride in someone else's $80K crew cab truck, they go into the convenience store and buy breakfast and lunch just the same as everyone else. They have learned that there is more money out in the "English" world than in farming. It will be interesting to see what happens across time as they get used to "keeping up".