You talk about them making a “free choice with full commitment”?
Commitment to what?
Commitment to never ever thinking any sinful thoughts or having sin in their hearts? Or commitment to wearing certain clothes, avoiding modern conveniences, etc? Anyone can commit to only wearing certain clothes, etc. That’s easy.
But the former: Good luck with that. Not gonna happen. As was said before, we are all born with a sinful nature - the “Adamic” nature.
We all have to fight the good fight of faith as the Spirit wars against what Paul called “the flesh.” It ends when we go to be with the Lord.
So, a 15, 16, 17, 18 - all the ay to 65 year-old Amish person - will have to say no to sinful thoughts and desires that are INWARD and “walk in the Spirit” to not “fulfill the lusts of the flesh” as Paul the Apostle said in the New Testament.
Rumspringa or not, walking in the Spirit to not fulfill the lusts of the flesh won’t get any better or worse with a “Rumspringa.”
Rumspringa: a dumb idea whose time to get rid of has come.
“Commitment to what?
The Amish church.
“Rumspringa or not, walking in the Spirit to not fulfill the lusts of the flesh won’t get any better or worse with a “Rumspringa.”
I agree, but you are confusing Amish legalism with Christianity.
“Rumspringa: a dumb idea whose time to get rid of has come.
Can’t wait to see you change the Amish!