This is the first time I can
experience by myself about one of the utopia community, the Twelve Tribes
Community, or the Commonwealth of Israel. I can feel the utopia feeling when I
get into their house and know their daily lives. The members were gathered by
the common faith in God, Jesus Christ (who they call Yahshua), and the holy
spirit, and the teaching from the bibles (old and new testament). The
community in Savannah which moved from state of Tennessee has about twenty
members with elderly, young adults, teenagers, and some little children. They
all give up their possession and live communally in some nearby houses. The guys
work at some restaurants around their homes and do other works using hands like
carpentry, etc while girls mainly do housework. However, both genders can help
doing chore. They cook their own food every day. Some of their delicious
food are Maté tea,
and bread. They all feel peaceful and friendly because they work and do things
for the wealth of the whole community and receive daily supply from the
community. Folk music is popular and used in daily entertainment with dancing. It
seems that there is not any stress or worry for life.Nevertheless, they also
have their own rules in the community and whoever chooses to not follow the
rules will be expelled from the community. Some of their rules that seems to be
dystopic to me are that all members are not allowed to go to school, that they
do not watch TV or entertaining movies or video games. The guys have pony-tail
hair, and the girls wear long and untied hair,
plainly and modest clothes (which is usually in white and simple clothes,
or long dresses that cover legs for ladies). In addition, the guys have to ware
a band and ladies have to cover their hairs as prayer time. They also keep some
Hebrew restrictions against eating pork and shellfish, and give other Hebrew
name. In my opinion, the community has
no freedom to choose what some wants to do for their happiness. Instead, they
have to follow the rules of the community if they do not want to expel from the
community.
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