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How much do you know about the Hutterian Brethren, Amish, some of the Mennonites and other religious communities in the United States and Canada? As members of the intentional communities, they have been self-sufficient of their needs for food, clothing, shelter and other daily needs for the past 300 to 470 plus years, including the years of persecutions since they first started in Western Europe. They are twice older than the establishment of the United States Government! They are almost immune from the economic plague which is inflicting the whole Earth! Being practicing Christians, they do not immigrate or migrate illegally across the international boundaries to find jobs or to seek better opportunities for their future. As members of the unique Christian groups just like the original New Testament Church, they have been practicing and living successfully in their states, provinces and few countries for several centuries. The Hutterian Brethren, Amish, some of the Mennonites and other Christian intentional communities have been growing continually in the villages which they themselves established and maintained. In contrast, thousands of the world's popular Christian churches, congregations, denominations, synagogues, charities, missions and other religious groups in the Middle East, Africa, Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, North and South Asia, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, America, Central and South America, other continents and island countries have been surviving through the tithes, offerings and other means of financial support from their members, donors, sponsors, etc. When the communal groups outgrow their self-sufficient communities, they simply branch out to other states or provinces and immigrate to few countries at their own expenses instead of over-crowding their present self-sustainable environment! They build their own housing, farms, ranches, livestock, bakeries, cottage industries, air-conditioning, heating, construction and other diversified enterprises. They establish and administer their own schools and retirement centers! Some Mennonite churches have their own educational institutions from the elementary school to college levels. Of course, they pay taxes to the respective secular governments under which they reside, but when they are too old to work, they do not depend on the social welfare and other services from, for example, the American and Canadian governments to take care of their fellow senior citizens. They are the ideal and successfully tried "church government" within the world's governments whether or not capitalistic, communistic, socialistic, democratic, federal, parliamentarian, dictatorial or military junta, aristocratic or authoritarian, and other forms of government on Earth. Do not be deceived! Do not believe your eloquent politicians and other so-called world's top leaders. The more power and/or wealth they have to covet and maintain, the less quality time they have to spend to fix their own family, relatives, neighbors and country's problems. They have their own individual and family problems to deal with 365 and 1/4 days per year! When it comes to politicians, governments, peace, economic opportunities, highest standards of living, etc., the Scandinavian countries are the best models in the world to learn from! "Which ones would we do best to copy, to emulate and to admire for their foresight, hard work and long-term conscience? Which countries would have humanity survive gleaming into a clean, happy, bright future? Who are tardy on humanitarian issues, science or development?" Scandinavian countries are the first too in creating the sustainable communities.
Church in Armenia. It was initially built in 303 A.D. and rebuilt in 480
The remnant of the New Testament Church When it comes to historical Christianity, Armenia is the very first Christian country in the world! All the other so-called Christian churches, congregations or followers of Yahushua/Jesus have no historical or scientific proofs of their direct and unbroken links to the original New Testament Church in Jerusalem which started on the Day of Pentecost. Why not challenge your cardinals, bishops, priests, TV and radio evangelists, pastors, ministers, missionaries, and other religious leaders to learn from and follow the examples of the Apostolic or Orthodox church in Armenia instead of the church in Roma or Italia? (Italy did not exist as a nation until about 1870!) Why not emulate the original lifestyles of the New Testament Church in Jerusalem which the Hutterites, Amish and some of the Mennonites have been practicing successfully as self-sustainable communities for over 3 to 4.7 centuries? They have never been involved in any war! The historical fact is that the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches persecuted the Hutterites, Amish and Mennonites for several decades after the Anabaptists as well as the Sabbath-keepers disagreed with the non-biblical doctrines and teachings of the traditional churches. Majority of the so-called Christians from and in the First World are not interested to practice what they are supposed to be doing and preaching in the first place! The priests, pastors, missionaries, educators, authors, producers, directors, actors, and other leaders do not practice the self-sustainable lifestyle of the original New Testament Church. They are very prolific in preaching behind the podium, over the radio, TV, movie, Internet and other means of mass media. Some of them earn thousands to millions in U.S. dollars from writing, selling books and producing movies and TV documentaries on Jesus Christ, Anti-Christ, 666, Mark of the Beast, Planet X, Wormwood, "2012", Apocalypse, Armageddon, Bible Codes, Da Vinci Code, Illuminati, shadow governments, secret societies, secret rapture or "left behind" theory, etc. They are excellent talk show hosts, convention or seminar speakers, preachers, professors, writers, media tycoons, but not the doers against the air and environmental pollutions and Earth or climate changes. Is Global warming real? Or are they in denial? Even the U.S. Military goes "to war" against the climate skeptics! On the other hand, the church members and regular visitors spend more of their time, tithes and offerings either to build, buy, lease or rent and maintain church-office buildings, campuses and parking lots, rather than to help create the necessary sustainable rainforest, conservation, rescue missions, and other related products and services! One internationally famous Christian church with weekly TV broadcast ends up selling their very expensive church building to escape bankruptcy. When millions of the Christians drive to church on Sunday, which is not the biblical Sabbath day, they spend more time worrying where to park their vehicles in the crowded parking lots and streets than to spend time preparing their minds for their religious services. One pastor will reward $1 million dollars (U.S.) to anyone who can prove, using the Holy Bible, that Sunday is the Sabbath day! In the commercial and industrial sectors, hundreds of them accumulate millions to billions in U.S. dollars from buying and selling stocks on oil, commodities, other traded products and services, and earning overpaid salaries beyond their firms' assets but neglecting their liabilities. Despite the high incomes of the so-called Christians with tax breaks and access to off-shore banking to hide their wealth from the Internal Revenue Service or other tax collectors, they do not aid the Third World as well as the Second World Christians to become fully independent and self-sufficient in their own native land, so that the latter do not need to seek work or immigrate and take the jobs of the First World. Almost all of the followers of religion as well as the secular people around the globe deny or ignore the following facts: "Indoor air pollution is estimated to cause approximately 2 million premature deaths mostly in developing countries. Almost half of these deaths are due to pneumonia in children under 5 years of age. Urban outdoor air pollution is estimated to cause 1.3 million deaths worldwide per year. Those living in middle-income countries disproportionately experience this burden," according to the World Health Organization report in September 2011. There are many kinds of pollutions. Their unhealthy and deadly effects are such that there is hardly any individual in populated islands and continents who has not suffered. Moreover, millions to billions of the people become the manipulated consumers of the oil cartels and the traditional car and truck manufacturers. Millions of the individuals and families in the First World buy one or more vehicles which are powered with gasoline and/or diesel fuels, instead of the ones which run on free energy motors, hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel and other alternative, cleaner and renewable sources of energies to protect and preserve our Earth for the next generations. However, in the New Testament Bible it is written: "Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, they had all things in common... Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles' feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need" (Acts 4: 32, 34-35).
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