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Saida.M wrote:

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Everywhere you'll have people who won't fit the description of what they are suppose to believe in.

Rastafarism is an African based religion. Haille Sallaisie is believed to be a reincarnation of Jesus. When you say rasta is a b**tardised verision of Christianity someone could say that Christianity is a b**tardised version of Rastafarism.

Ethiopia or Ethiopians who the West call 'coptic' Jews (that's debatable) is central to the belief.

However the mainpoints of Rasta is first to believethat Haillie Sallasie is from the line of Judah. Second that Africa (Ethiopia) is our spiritual homeland. Third that you have to keep yourself pure until God comes back again. Meaning to eat ital foods, (no pork) and worship Jah.

Rastafarism does not strictly rule out marrying people from other races. There is nowhere in the scriptures that absolutely forbids it. BUT theremust bea conflict in that if the religion is African based if you're married to a white it is kinda compromised.

You are entitiled to your thoughts. But why pick on Rasta when there are a myriad of other religions, (many rastas call it a way of life rather then religion), that could equally incur your wrath for not preaching what you want to hear.

http://www.earthcultureroots.com/rastafarism.html

At the end of the day rasta is just another'religion'for people to fuss and fight over like they do any other.

The fact it is African centered must be a positive thing. Thealternative is toworship a white God.

@ Saida.M,

I am not disputing any of what you are saying. What you have said sounds logical...However I know exactly what darth nomran is on about from his post, as there are too many wannabe rastas in the UK who are living the rasta dream...lol and quite frankly it makes me want to puke. If you are true to Africa then be true to Africa, in every way possible.

Furthermore what they do which makes me angry (men am on about), is that they fill up the heads of young people with stupidness and then they get angry when you tell them to stop trying to school you about Africa, because the only places they know about in Africa is Ethiopia or Somalia and then to sound like they are more in touch with roots then you they say "Africa is a big peice of land you know, Africa is not just one country...and am like never"...then they go into kings and queens...then they go into de Jews...it just goes on and on. Now that the weather has changed there is going to be so much of them about in there little gardens/parks with their lion flags/banners and mixed raced wild head kids...my system really cant take them.

I think my personal objections against rastas is that they always seem to recruit the people who are easily led or manipulated, those who are lost I suppose and that is wrong. As if you are entering a religion you should always look at life logically, rationally and objectively and just because you follow and believe in something, that does not mean that everyone else is going to and further that also does not mean that you have the right to dictate to people how they should live.

Fake Rastas = no no.