Do we really know what true rastafarianism stands for?I think it is the blackman's interpretation of true christianity,a reverse of the story,with him,(blackman) in the picture as the messiah and the player.

We need to claim the authority and live with it,we are what we say we are,it is our own makings.

Only true love can conquer.

Is this not more religion than culture? Or more culture than religion? Either way, good luck with your research.

I thought i posted on relgion,anyway,religion is culture and culture is religion,infact life itself is a religion,everything is entwine with U as the point of equilibrium.

redsun:

I thought i posted on relgion,anyway,religion is culture and culture is religion,infact life itself is a religion,everything is entwine with U as the point of equilibrium.

No, culture is not religion but religion is part of culture.

Any where you see JAH children leave them alone. JAH Bless.

Rastafarianism A wah ya know?
Zion, is homeland to the Rasta and is the place of rebirth
to the Lord of Lord, King of Kings- Emperor Hailie Selassie The First, Jah RAS TAFARI!
Rastaman chant.
yeh, fool fool bwoy yu mus fi wan die, anyow, yu try disrespect king selassie_i, bruk two a yu foot
am tab ina ya eye wit propa infamation bout Ras-ta-far-l. mek sure yu read bible and salut di mos high.
Di ones oo don't know dem a di ones fi aks why his imperial majasty really get crucified.

Allow'll real get di colour blue inna di sky.
Why afta yu feed di youth di baby still a cry? yu need jah insida yu life
Mi na tell yu no lie. better believe that i  and i will really verify
the spirit of salassie-l will tek yu very high.

Dey want mi stop dis time sit dung di odda guy.
laang time wi a wait to see people unified. clean wi self
and really start purify. wi dun uniform know wi straight multiply,
know wi straight multiply on a staight multiply.

THE REAL RASTAFARIANS ARE THE ONES WHO NEVER FORGET THAT THEY ARE AFRICAN, AND SO OBVIOUSLY BELONG TO AFRICA.

"yeh, fool fool bwoy yu mus fi wan die, anyow, yu try disrespect king selassie_i, bruk two a yu foot
am tab ina ya eye wit propa infamation bout Ras-ta-far-l." - ladysex

Translation - You are seeking death, idiot boy for disrespecting King Selassie I. I'll break your two feet and stab your eyes with true information about Rastafari.

Girl, you sure have a way of expressing yourself.

"Why afta yu feed di youth di baby still a cry?" Point that right back at the Rasta's. Maybe, aspects of your knowledge are still incomplete and some over idealised? We have had a traumatic past.

BAGLLLLLLLL

One more offtopic and this thread is closed!

michelin89:

One more offtopic and this thread is closed!

Seriously?

The person whose photograph appears there looks like he needs to be admitted to Aromental hospital as a special emergency case.

JustGood:

The person whose photograph appears there looks like he needs to be admitted to Aromental hospital as a special emergency case.

In as much as i loff dreads,that pix up there is a big NO NO.
@Topic,I and I are one of the few Jah kids left.One love.

Greetings in the name of Jah, Haile Sellassie First.
Rastafari is a strongly syncretic Abrahamic religion that draws extensively from the Bible. Adherents look particularly to the New Testament Book of Revelation, as this is where they find the prophecies about the divinity of Haile Selassie. Rastas claim that they, and the rest of the black race, are descendants of the ancient twelve tribes of Israel, cast into captivity outside Africa as a result of the slave trade.

ladysex:

Greetings in the name of Jah, Haile Sellassie First.
Rastafari is a strongly syncretic Abrahamic religion that draws extensively from the Bible. Adherents look particularly to the New Testament Book of Revelation, as this is where they find the prophecies about the divinity of Haile Selassie. Rastas claim that they, and the rest of the black race, are descendants of the ancient twelve tribes of Israel, cast into captivity outside Africa as a result of the slave trade.

HEY.

Please please please. . . dont bring the Bible into your rastanonsense.

Michelin,how can u differentiate culture from religion?

On a more serious note,if there is any true belief that exist today,it is rastafarianism,because it is based on true love,simplicity,self consciouness and self empowerment,exactly what a blackman needs right now,that is if he must believe in something.

Personally,i am not a folower of any faith but i identify with rastafarianism,just like do with African Traditional Religion,they give black people voice,identity,spiritual eyes and ears to the world.

redsun:

Michelin,how can u differentiate culture from religion?

michelin89:

No, culture is not religion but religion is part of culture.

They are two different things and one is not equal to the other.

JustGood:

HEY.

Please please please. . . dont bring the Bible into your rastanonsense.

whaaaaaaaaaaaa? iman don't know what your idea of a rastafariansim is.
iman mean no disrespect, You are definetly not in the position to tell I that.
True follower of him (RASTAFARI) wouldn't accept such nonsense !
Jah never gave man brain for nothing - use it to make sense out of nonsense - simple.

JustGood:

HEY.

Please please please. . . dont bring the Bible into your rastanonsense.

The bible was written by men for men (read the preface).

Religion is mans way of striving to a higher level of existence. Religions always start in good faith, but end up being tools of power and division; so you have Rasta's and baldheads, Moslems and khafirs, Jews and gentiles, Christians and heathen.
However, if you reason that the rain falls for everyone, the sun shines on all crops and the overriding principle that God created society - not the individual; then you don't need religion to guide your steps.

Afterall, no person (priest or scientist) can define life, so why would anyone feel that they can dispence divine truth?

That said, I do love Rasta philosophy (maybe not the weed).

abeg make una go find igbo smoke make una comot for road.

JustGood:

abeg make una go find igbo smoke make una comot for road.

@ Beaf,
WHAT A FOOL, this person you speak of. to turn the other cheek and leave him alone to his own ignorance would be sensible. but on the other hand he is confused or just ignorant, he is just looking at the stereotypical view of rasta which so many people today think. He needs to learn the truth of rasta, so to approach him with anger may be necessary, so he knows he is wrong. teach him what rastafari is about so that he can overstand and correct him self. than see if he still feels the same way, weather he wanted to smoke ganja or starts to embrace the deeper meaning of Rastafari.

Blessing, and much respect,

I and I man lover here.

now I man listening to Max Romeo and Tosh

sing I man today

Rastafari Is
by Peter Tosh

''[Chorus:]''
Rastafari Is
Lord of lords and savior

There are two groups of Rastafarians, one group is known for the marijuana also called ganja or reefer that they smoke. The other group is considered the real Rastafarians, they live in the mountains and practice a pure way of life. They refer to those who sell drugs and smoke marijuana and hashish as rascals. Are you Rasta or Rascal?

Horus:

There are two groups of Rastafarians, one group is known for the marijuana also called ganja or reefer that they smoke. The other group is considered the real Rastafarians, they live in the mountains and practice a pure way of life. They refer to those who sell drugs and smoke marijuana and hashish as rascals. Are you Rasta or Rascal?

Almost stereotypical of the Rastaman is the use of herb. This needs to be set straight: not all Rastas smoke marijuana. Reggae great Lucky Dube, for example, says that if God wanted us to smoke, he would have created us with chimneys. The majority of Rastas, however, prefer to smoke ganja. Ganja is seen not as a 'drug' or something to get 'high', but as a spiritual aid. It gives Rastas insight and helps meditation. Marijuana is sometimes referred to as the "Holy Herb" and Rasta legend states that it grew on King Solomon's tomb, perhaps the wisest person from the Bible.
Norman Hugh Redington protests the Rasta stereotype in his "Sketch of Rastafarian History" that "pious Rastas do not smoke marijuana recreationally" but rather smoke, as Macka B sings, "fe good meditation."

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; (Psalm 104:14)
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat." (Genesis 1:29)

ladysex:

@ Beaf,
WHAT A FOOL, this person you speak of. to turn the other cheek and leave him alone to his own ignorance would be sensible. but on the other hand he is confused or just ignorant, he is just looking at the stereotypical view of rasta which so many people today think. He needs to learn the truth of rasta, so to approach him with anger may be necessary, so he knows he is wrong. teach him what rastafari is about so that he can overstand and correct him self. than see if he still feels the same way, weather he wanted to smoke ganja or starts to embrace the deeper meaning of Rastafari.

Blessing, and much respect,

To much igbo don scatter your brain.

Rasta ko, Raggamuffin ni.

see your name sef, sheeor

JustGood:

To much igbo don scatter your brain.

Rasta ko, Raggamuffin ni.

see your name sef, sheeor

I just feel like your ganjalex, That makes me sick.
battybwoy!!! like you.

Much respect and love. 
@ladysex,u cool maam.

@Ifyalways,
Big up and nuff respect to you.
@ JustGood,
Haile Selassie I is the Godhead, the Almighty in the flesh of a hue-man. This is the groundation of Rastafari, anything else is confusion and hyeanas in lion's mane! A dat we say straight! All glory to JAH Rastafari to him be honor and praise forIver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00rFqqOh_XI&feature=related

Listen,the redemption of the good.The meek shall inherit the earth.

redsun:
Michelin,how can u differentiate culture from religion?

On a more serious note,if there is any true belief that exist today,it is rastafarianism,because it is based on true love,simplicity,self consciouness and self empowerment,exactly what a blackman needs right now,that is if he must believe in something.

Personally,i am not a folower of any faith but i identify with rastafarianism,just like do with African Traditional Religion,they give black people voice,identity,spiritual eyes and ears to the world.

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Link up with Rastafari United Front RUF Nigeria Branch, at Eaglestone Hotel opposite Ojo barracks Lagos. or search for our page with same profile name on Facebook to reach us.....