32. Shunning Is A Real Thing
Anabaptists are literalists in regards to Biblical interpretation. In addition to adult baptism, Amish communities believe in using excommunication, a means by which a member becomes excluded from a faith community due to sinful behavior. A major splintering of the Anabaptists in Germany was focused around the Amish denying even common meal sharing to excommunicated people. Shunning, public shaming of an individual, can be either temporary or permanent, depending on the severity of the act that a person performed.