Should Jehovah’s Witnesses buy Amana appliances?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amana_Corporation
The Amana Corporation was founded by George Foerstner as Amana Refrigeration in 1934 in Middle Amana, Iowa to manufacture commercial walk-in coolers. The business was owned by the Amana Society .
The Amana Society:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amana_Colonies#Important_people
The Amana Colonies are a group of settlements of GermanPietists in Iowa , USA , comprising seven villages. Calling themselves the Ebenezer Society or the Community of True Inspiration ,die Gemeinde der wahren Inspiration, they first settled in New York state near Buffalo in what is now the Town of West Seneca .
Also, should Jehovah’s Witnesses buy Oneida flatware?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_Limited
Oneida Limited is one of the world's largest marketers of stainless steel flatware , and offers a range of tabletop products. Its operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Australia market stainless, silverplated, and sterling flatware products, china dinnerware, and crystal and glassware items [1] . The company originated in a utopian community, the Oneida Society , established in the mid-nineteenth century, and has had a strong reputation for quality since that time [2] .
The Oneida Society
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_Community
The Oneida Community was a
utopian commune founded by John Humphrey Noyes in 1848 in Oneida, New York . The community believed that Jesus Christ had already returned in the year 70 , making it possible for them to bring about Christ's millennial kingdom themselves, and be free of sin and perfect in this world, not just Heaven (a belief called Perfectionism ).The Oneida Community practiced
Communalism (in the sense of communal property and possessions), Complex Marriage , Male Continence, Mutual Criticism and Ascending Fellowship. There were smaller Noyesian communities in Wallingford, Connecticut ; Newark, New Jersey ; Putney, Vermont ; and Cambridge, Vermont . In Putney, the authorities attempted to have Noyes arrested for his unorthodox sexual practices. [1] The community's original 87 members grew to 172 by February 1850 , 208 by 1852 and 306 by 1878 . The branches were closed in 1854, except for the Wallingford branch, which operated until devastated by a tornado in 1878. The Oneida Community dissolved in 1881, and eventually became the giant silverware company Oneida Limited .
It would be wise for "True Christians" to avoid purchasing and owning any appliances or house wares that have such deep rooted history in false religion.
-LL06
