Yep, the Amish are my kinda zealots since they're only zealots to themselves and are accepting of others ideologies and lifestyles since it has no bearing on their own beliefs. Indeed this would be a refreshing attitude for all people of faith to embrace as it would be far better for humanity as a whole were they all to adopt such a stance. I have never been able to comprehend the need by most believers to extend their belief structure outside their own psyche and have often wondered whom they're trying to convince in such efforts, others, or themselves.

On a sidenote, and as a show of some pretty extreme tolerance on both sides of the faith issue: My business recently crashed and burned causing me to lose my shop and the 2 acres I was buying with it. After putting up a valiant fight the dwindling economy in the printing industry here finally took its toll and I wound up selling off my existing machinery and parts inventory for scrap metal and closing my doors for good .... HiHo

Anyway, I have relocated 120 miles away to 10 acres my sister and brother-in-law own. They're both very deeply involved in their church and are hardcore in their positions regarding their faith, so much so that in a testament to their faith they've named their place here Hallelujah Hill.

In an interesting dichotomy that is an example of peaceful coexistence of polar opposite belief structures, this atheist now lives on Hallelujah Hill. Though we are all 3 equally set in our ideologies regarding religion, neither their position, nor mine has any bearing on how we interact with one another since each one respects each others right to belief, or in my case, lack of it.

If only the rest of the worlds believers of differing religious ideologies were able to be so accepting of one anothers positions mankind as a whole would benefit enormously