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The video presents a documentary segment from approximately 15 years ago featuring Amish youth visiting a mosque for the very first time during their period of exploration known as Rumspringa. These individuals, who typically live in rural isolation without electricity or internet access and adhere to a lifestyle reminiscent of centuries past, are brought into contact with the modern world and an unfamiliar faith. The narrative highlights the confusion and curiosity displayed by the Amish participants as they observe Muslim prayers, learn about the concept of Mecca, and encounter the idea that God cannot be depicted in human form. The speaker notes that while the documentary includes some sensationalized editing and dramatic music to heighten reactions, the core interviews reveal a sincere openness among the Amish teenagers to understand Islam, which they find surprisingly similar to their own Christian beliefs but with distinct theological clarifications.
A central theme of the video is the theological discussion regarding the nature of God and the rejection of the Trinity. The speaker explains that the Amish participants initially struggle to comprehend that Muslims worship Allah as the one true God rather than a separate deity named Jesus Christ. The transcript details how the Amish correct the misconception that they believe in "another guy," clarifying instead that they view Jesus as a prophet, not divine, and reject the notion that he died on the cross or is part of a trinity. This aligns with the Islamic teaching that God is uniquely one, neither begotten nor begetting, and that worshipping any created being constitutes a grave error. The speaker argues that this monotheistic stance corrects what he perceives as a major deviation in Christianity, where Jesus is worshipped as God, a concept that the Amish find difficult to reconcile with their understanding of scripture.
The video also explores the psychological barriers faced by the isolated community when encountering new religious ideas. The speaker points out that people from secluded backgrounds often associate the word "Allah" with a specific person or idol due to a lack of exposure to the universal concept of God, leading them to mistakenly believe Muslims worship a different deity alongside Jesus. This mental imagery is contrasted with the Islamic belief that Allah simply means "God," the sole creator and source of the universe without any partners or children. The Amish youth's reflective questions about which religion holds the truth demonstrate their genuine search for knowledge, free from the disinformation and brainwashing the speaker claims mainstream media often infuses into such topics. Their willingness to engage in honest dialogue serves as evidence that when presented with a clear message of monotheism, individuals can easily accept it if they are not burdened by preconceived biases or conflicting theological narratives.
In conclusion, the video uses this unique encounter to argue that Islam offers a comprehensive and simple message that resonates deeply with those who have been shielded from complex religious dogmas. The speaker emphasizes that the Amish experience illustrates how removing external influences allows people to see the logical consistency of Islamic theology, particularly regarding the oneness of God and the status of prophets like Jesus and Muhammad as human beings rather than divine entities. While acknowledging that the documentary is somewhat old and edited for effect, the speaker maintains that the interactions were authentic and revealing, showing that the Amish found the visit interesting and thought-provoking. The ultimate takeaway is a call to recognize the similarities between Islam and Christianity while correcting the specific errors regarding the divinity of Jesus, suggesting that many people would readily embrace Islam if they could view it without the filter of established religious conditioning.
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>> [laughter]
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viral lately, even though it is a pretty
old video. The first time that this has
been uploaded is, I believe, roughly 15
years ago, but now it is going around
again. It is called Amish youth visiting
a mosque for the very first time. This
from the documentary where the Amish,
for the very first time, actually
stepped into the modern world. So, they
documented how Amish people that live in
rural areas, usually they abstain from
all kinds of electronics, basically.
They're living a lifestyle very similar
to, well, let's say, 300 400 years ago,
prior to the Industrial Revolution, and
they're brought to the modern world.
However, in this particular cutscene, we
see them entering a mosque. Guys, before
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>> Our London friends believe David will go
to heaven.
They are Christians, too.
Well, not all the group.
The Haas family is Muslim.
She wants to show us how the Muslims
worship. If you believe in other gods
other than Jesus,
those are all a trick by the devil.
There is only one God.
>> It's very surprising for me to see that
even a secluded community like the Amish
have been infiltrated by this man-god
belief. You would think that people that
are abstaining from the internet,
abstaining from an organized church as
such, they would actually have the time
to look into the Bible. At this stage, I
really don't know how often I've read
this passage. It's one of my favorites,
matter of fact. If a prophet or a
dreamer of dreams arises amongst you and
gives you a sign or wonder, and the sign
or wonder that he tells you comes to
pass, and if he says, "Let us go after
other gods which you have not known, and
let us serve them," you should not
listen to the words of that prophet or
that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord
your God is testing you to know whether
you love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul. You shall
walk after the Lord your God and fear
him and keep his commandments and obey
his voice, and you shall serve him and
hold fast to him. But that prophet or
that dreamer of dreams shall be put to
death because he has taught because he
has taught rebellion against the Lord
your God who brought you out of the land
of Egypt and redeemed you out of the
house of slavery to make you leave the
way in which the Lord your God commanded
you to walk. So you shall purge the evil
from your midst. So this is the Bible
passage that she's probably referring to
here, that you shall have no other gods
but God himself. You shall worship no
other gods but God. La ilaha illallah.
But unfortunately, she has been
brainwashed into believing that this God
now is Jesus Christ. Matter of fact, if
you go by this passage here, this is
Yahweh speaking. This is the Lord your
God of Israel and he's addressing the
children of Israel directly here. So, he
is warning them from gods that their
ancestors have not known. And the fact
is that those guys here, while this
passage is being revealed, do not see
God as Jesus. Neither have their
forefathers, their ancestors. Nobody
believed that a man is God. Nobody
believed that Jesus Christ is God
because they never heard the name Jesus
Christ at that point. So, therefore this
point Amish girl says here, "If you
believe in other gods than Jesus, then
you're going to hell."
No, you are going to hell because you
believe that a man who ate and slept is
God. This goes against the Old
Testament.
London.
Beautiful photo.
>> My son, if sinners entice thee, consent
thou not.
Walk not thou in the way with them.
Refrain thy foot from their path.
>> Thank
>> Okay. Okay, what? I don't know if this
is due to the people that made this
documentary and they simply put this cut
scene in where the Amish man is reciting
Proverbs.
No idea. I don't think that he is
talking about Islam just yet. I cannot
make this assumption, but let's see what
the video shows. Anyways, he is citing
Proverbs where he says that you shall
not walk with sinners. Yeah. So, can you
explain now why the Muslims, especially
the practicing obeying Muslims, are
sinners?
>> Back home, we're all God-fearing
Christians and we've never experienced a
faith other than our own.
>> And and how did they find out?
>> Allah
and God
Did they pray anywhere else?
In their house and they
>> Why are there only men here?
>> Men and women can't pray together?
>> Well, I've never heard of people praying
here all day long.
>> But this is a
set time.
They pray five times a day.
>> It's really funny to see all of those
confused looks.
>> [laughter]
>> I mean, this is normal, of course. They
grew up in the village. As I said
already, they're not surrounded by any
electricity, etc. And therefore, once
they see another faith, it is foreign to
them, of course. They cannot understand
what is going on because they only know
what they know. That's not surprising.
But I always see this language barrier
here, and I've seen this in Germany as
well. When you hear that those evil evil
Muslims, they're praying to Allah, that
really throws people off because then
they associate their own paganism with
Allah. Auzubillah, but the point is that
all those different religions all their
worship some sort of deity that is
specific someone that they can depict.
The Buddhists pray to Buddha. The
Christians pray to Jesus. The Hindus
pray to
Krishna and to many many others. The
point of the story is that they all have
those depictions. And once they hear
Allah, they right away put some mental
imagery onto it. And then they believe,
"Ah, okay. So, those Muslims, they pray
to another god named Allah." You see how
that psychology works? They don't
understand that Allah simply means the
god. That when we say Allah, we
associate nobody else but the source of
the universe, the creative force behind
the universe, so to speak. This really
an issue, but at the same time it is
proof of Islam, of course, because it
shows you clearly that all of those
other religions are in shirk, are in
kufr because they have a mental image.
For them, it's actually very foreign
>> [laughter]
>> that you simply pray to God alone. They
can't even comprehend that right away.
If they hear about another religion,
then they're looking for the guy. As I
said already, the Buddhist, when he
talks about Christianity, he will tell
you, "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, there's this
Jesus guy on the cross and the
Christians will tell you, "Yeah, there's
this Buddha guy who was meditating in
front of a tree." And because they are
trapped in their disbelief, once they
hear about Allah, simply the word, they
really fail to understand what it means.
This is why communication matters.
>> The first mosque we believe in the world
was created by Abraham
in Mecca.
And this is where Muhammad, peace be
upon him, was born.
The direction of all mosques is towards
Mecca, so we pray in the direction of
Mecca.
>> What is
What is Mecca? in the Middle East
>> in Saudi Arabia.
There's a place called Mecca.
>> You face it toward the east?
>> Toward the east.
>> Mhm.
>> And we believe all prophets were normal
human beings. They were They were men.
>> you don't believe that Jesus was God?
>> We believe he was a prophet. We believe
Jesus was a prophet like all other
prophets.
We believe that he did not die on the
cross.
>> [snorts]
>> Red flag.
Alarm bells. Oh.
>> Do you think that
uh is different from the
God that Christians believe in?
>> No, we believe there's only one God.
We believe there is only one God and
it's just people have different names
for him.
And people have different ways of
worshipping him.
>> It was very interesting to learn
>> That's so funny, man. Back in the day
you could have done those stereotypical
cliches. You can just put on the
documentary and nobody blinked an eye.
There is this Imam, he's talking, he's
educating them.
>> [laughter]
>> And in the background you hear this
threatening Arabic music, this
mysterious dark music.
>> [laughter]
>> I miss the old days, man. Funny.
>> about the way Muslims
pract- how they
about their beliefs and everything. I'm
glad we went just to to just observe and
to see.
Like it was the first time I talked to
either like a
a Muslim or a
or anybody that has a different faith. I
kind of just thought about like
why do why are there There's many
different religions, so many different
faith in the world.
I mean, how do people know which is the
right one?
>> Mhm.
This is super interesting actually. This
is really gold watching this because you
see this woman that has been isolated.
She's been in her bubble quite literally
and she hasn't had any input from the
outside world. Not through TV, not
through internet, not through other
people. She's been in her secluded
little happy world. Quite amazing. But
now for the first time she gets in
contact with another faith. And then she
asks herself, she's very reflective
here, which one is the true religion
then? So it's really amazing to see this
innocent genuine pattern of thought in
this woman where she right away has to
ask them, mhm, am I on the truth then?
Or maybe I just grew up in a cultural
environment. So what is the truth? And
that is the beauty of our world in this
day and age of course that messages can
spread way, way faster.
>> Do people know which is the right one?
>> We found out what kind of religion they
have.
It's
not unlike ours except they don't
believe that Jesus is the son of God.
They believe in
some other guy.
There is a lot of similarity.
>> No, no, we don't believe in another guy.
>> [laughter]
>> But see, that's exactly what I mean.
They're always looking for the guy.
>> [laughter]
>> Where's the guy, man? Show me. That's
the whole point, right? So
still have to laugh. It's really, really
funny to me. Yes, we believe in an
additional prophet so to speak, that is
the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him,
but the same time Islam is the red
thread and the clarification of who
those people prior to the prophet
Muhammad were. Because
genuinely just doesn't really make
sense. If you look at the Bible for
example, you have all of those prophets
in the Old Testament and they're all
preaching monotheism and they're telling
you not to sin and not to worship idols
etc. Okay, but then all of a sudden
Jesus comes around and now people are
supposed to worship Jesus even though
they haven't done that prior. As I said
already, you can find this in the Bible.
With the Jews on the other hand, it is a
bit more tricky because the Jews, yes,
they believe they were prophets of God
and they preach monotheism, but then
they come to an ethnocentric religion
that they call Judaism then.
They're still upon monotheism in a
sense, that is true, but at the same
time they believe that they are
exclusive. They have a specific law set,
which is only for them and nobody else
and they shouldn't even share Judaism.
Judaism is their form of monotheism
primarily for their ethnic group. They
believe as well in the coming of the
Messiah, but they deny that Jesus Christ
was the Messiah. So, they're still
waiting for the Messiah to come. And
because the Messiah didn't come, Jesus
is not a prophet, Jesus is not God,
obviously, and they don't believe in
Prophet Muhammad either. Matter of fact,
they didn't believe in Prophet Muhammad
because Prophet Muhammad is the Gentile
prophet. He's not Jewish. He's a
descendant from Ibrahim, from Abraham,
but at the same time he's not from the
lineage of Isaac. And therefore, many
Jews, not all, some did believe, but
many Jews did not believe. Anyways, yada
yada yada, the point of the story is
that we don't just believe in another
guy, we simply believe that God himself
cannot be depicted. God himself is this
original being, this ultimate existence
which cannot be classified with anything
here in this creation. It is absolutely
impossible, and therefore we don't
worship anything in this creation, we
simply worship the creator.
>> There is a lot of similarities.
It's very interesting and
kind of cool, I think.
>> For Jerry,
>> Interesting.
>> looking at another faith and set of
values is a reminder of the crucial life
decisions he needs to make.
>> [music]
>> Like many Amish teenagers, Jerry is on
what's called Rumspringa, or a running
around period. Only some Amish groups
acknowledge [music] this window of
opportunity, and for those that do,
their 16th birthday [music] is an
exciting landmark.
>> All right, boys, let's go.
>> For the first time in their lives,
they're allowed to go and explore the
world [music] outside their Amish
community.
This can mean anything from giving up
their Amish clothes, their horse and
buggy, and doing things [music] that
other teenagers do.
Like driving a car, using electricity,
[music]
and watching TV to really letting their
hair down, drinking alcohol, and smoking
with non-Amish friends. [music]
Jerry is 23. He's been enjoying running
around now for [music] a long time.
But he
>> [laughter]
>> I let this clip run here so you guys
understand the context who the Amish
are. But there has been a very long
time, Jerry.
>> [laughter]
>> It has been 7 years, bro. Come back.
This is really amazing, man. So, I heard
about this period, Rumspringa,
Rumspringa. The Amish they're
descendants of the Germans. So, it comes
from rumspringen, jumping around.
Rumspringen.
But anyways, I always thought that this
period is 1 year at most. From 16 to 17,
you explore the outer world, and then
you make your decision if you want to be
Amish, or if you want to go out in the
world. So, they all have this option
essentially, and they can make the
decision for the rest of their life,
however. But good old Jerry here
has been jumping around for 7 years,
man.
>> needs to make up his [music] mind
whether to give up the modern world, be
baptized, and become Amish for the rest
of his life [music] or not.
It's a torturous decision for him to
make.
>> All right, guys, but I'm going to cut it
off here. We're not going to watch the
whole documentary. This is just about
the Islamic part here. It was very
interesting. I have to say that those
Amish kids were quite reflective. This
was a sensationalized documentary 15
years ago or so, and therefore obviously
they had to put on some cut scenes, some
dramatic music, some close-up of their
faces. And "And be honest, man, if you
would film any person, you can get all
kinds of reactions or seeming reactions,
of course, because you just caught them
in the moment, and then you just put it
on top of the footage, and you make it
appear as something that it's not. But
then, the interview after visiting the
mosque was quite sincere and quite
revealing. They all found it very
interesting. Jerry even said it was kind
of cool. I believe the less input you
have from mainstream media, the less
disinformation, the less brainwashing
you've gotten from mainstream media, the
easier it is for you to accept Islam
because the message is quite simple,
especially for Christians. It should be
very, very simple if you wouldn't have
all of that brainwashing going into
their heads. Because Islam believes
very, very similar to Christianity, but
it comes to correct certain errors. The
main error, of course, being that
Christians believe that Jesus Christ is
a god and that you should worship him.
Islam's clear on that. God is neither
begotten nor does he beget. He's
uniquely one. There is nothing like him.
And that is the beauty of Islam, but a
very comprehensive message, of course.
So, people, I believe if they were not
so biased, would accept it in a
heartbeat. Anyways, if anybody knows
what happened to those Amish kids, I
would really like a follow-up here.
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>> [music]