The Amish don’t like cameras. Humility tells them to shun photographs. Why? Because a photograph draws attention to oneself. Christ calls a human being to be humble. Christ calls a person to be modest. Christ calls a person to take a place in the community and to shun “the English” love of ostentation and self-aggrandizement.
There are no Bentleys or Fords among the Amish, no one-percent and 99 percent, or, if there is the latter, no one can tell it by the buggies they drive. It’s the community that counts. They all wear black.
Maybe the president and his family thought the Pope was Amish? Although the Pope is robed in white linen, the Pope’s facial expression leaves one to wonder whether perhaps the Trumps were right.
American Gothic and the Amish Pope
Gordon C. Stewart, Chaska, MN, May 26, 2017.
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Many feel that Melania was dressed as a widow because even she lives in hope.
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Hmm. I wonder who recommended that funereal dress — and mostly, OMG!
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On reading this, for the record, on about all official photos of the Pope with others, he has a straight face…. though this one seems a little more so if possible… From a recent article about the visit, one that was much more objective than most.
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