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Originally Posted by Kae
We were at a festival and saw some Amish girls come walking by with their head coverings around their waste and smoking cigarettes. They were in their teens. Apparently at the age of sixteen they are allowed to go out and do what they want to experience life and then decide if they want to stay or not.
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Strangely enough, 97% of them return and never leave their people. That's part of their normal way of life. Rumspringa is what it's called, and it's a tradition of rights, so to speak. During this time, they are allowed to do whatever they please, then make a decision. Makes me wonder if the same would be true of Pentecostals...but I'm not wanting to find that out.
Those girls weren't rebelling. There is no need to rebel when one is given permission.