Rasterfarion?

[Creeper]

Werent the black people in africa the first to enslave their own people?......
And science and all the stuff one of you mentioned didnt start in africa actually it started in asia... And if they dont let white people become Rasta, then Im gonna start a religion with only white people in it allowed but well be carnivors and not veggie heads, and just smoke alot of reefer and wrship the Cannabis plant

[naturalmystic]

then Im gonna start a religion with only white people in it allowed but well be carnivors and not veggie heads, and just smoke alot of reefer and wrship the Cannabis plant
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what would that accomplish, besides making you feel big. I don't mean to 'nay-say' and i dunno if that was a joke, but if we're trying to unite the world, that only segregates

[RhymePhysics]

i duno if i have spelt that correctly but hmm i wanna no how to become one of these?!? what do i have to do ?!?! haha apart from smoke shit loads of weed


peace

you cannot just become one. Jah will call you.

[RhymePhysics]

Uuum, first off you have to be black. So, if you are then visit Rasta Nick's forum and I'm sure you'll find whatever information you need. If you can't find the info in the forums, then you can email Nick with any questions. And if you are white, then you can still visit the forums for info but you won't be able to become a true Rasta, just a wanna-be (which I'm sure is very disrespectful of Rasta religion!).

Rastafari is not based on color. I am caucasian and was called by God in the name of Rastafari to serve him. You would never know (baldheaded) until i took off my clothes and you saw my body covered in Ethiopian tattoos.

[royal]

Werent the black people in africa the first to enslave their own people?......
And science and all the stuff one of you mentioned didnt start in africa actually it started in asia... And if they dont let white people become Rasta, then Im gonna start a religion with only white people in it allowed but well be carnivors and not veggie heads, and just smoke alot of reefer and wrship the Cannabis plant

U sound lik someone who used to put on some white sheets tryin to impersonate a ghost,whilst u blasphemed by burnin a cross;marchin down the ghetto whilst u cowardly tortured black mothers and their children just bcoz u were shit scared of their strength and culture.Read (Ras)king kaya's forum,u might pick up something with morals and an understanding of Jahovah's way of life,co-exist with yo fellow man.FYI;the mans name is Tafari Mackonnen thus Ras Tafari and he made his place in history,who do u think will follow a pig-head lik u.im ashamed to know that theres someone who smokes Sensi,with the same Red Skin Ass ideas lik yos.Hail to the King His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I.PS:I didnt mean to sound harsh its just that i loath ignorance and numbskulls.I n I r a proud African n a RasTa youth. Now do lets smoke in Peace n Harmony,the RasTa way.never get yo wires crossed or else u'll burn Babylon man.

[royal]

I just noticed this thread...

read my thread, if you'd like to learn a bit more...more than myths anyway.
True, Rastafari is a movement of liberation of black ppl. BUT, it is more about the unity of all man-kind. For we are ALL origional desendents of Africa. Africa is the Birthplace of humanity, relgion, culture, science & technology.
It's not about race or color AT ALL!!! H.I.M. Haile Selassie I, proclaimed, "We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ulitmate alligence not to nations, but to our fellow men w/in the human community."

Not only that, but it is against the teachings of H.I.M. Haile Selassie I to question the faith of others. "No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God." These are some of His more famous quotes. You'll find more on my thread, if you are interested...though it is my perspective.

Rasta is about living Ital~
In addition, I don't know many Christians who take everything literal all the time or who follow each & every sentence in every day life....I find more literal truth in the teachings of Haile Selassie I & Baha'u'llah, than the Bible. & about the mistreatment of women....there are always disagreements among members of any given faith as to what the true "way" is...just as there are Rastafarians who do not like white Rastas, because of the tendency for ppl to think of Rasta as merely an "excuse to smoke a shit load of pot"....there will always be ppl who take advantage or take things out of context. However, this IS NOT truely a Rasta principle~ it may be a tendency of some ppl who might happen to be Rasta. It is against Haile Selassie I's teachings to "capture or enslave" mentally or physically, another person, so I don't think mistreatment of women is something that He would promote or condone. I'm sure you'll find sites where Rasta's say all kinds of things!!



"If you have played no part in the capture of enslavement of Africans mentally as well as physically & accepted no benefit there of, then it is only left to consider one's humanity." H.I.M. Haile Selassie I

ONLY THROUGH JAH LOVE~ [BTW~ it's spelt JAH]


Take care, stay safe & be peacefull,
--NKGG

its nicer than a joint of sensi to see that a Woizero lik u is there to guide some Brethrens out of their misconceptions.Its a pity though that we cant sit down and chat over a session of some nice Ganja heads.A queen as cultured as u is every true RasTA mans dream,big up the faith Princess,anyway good research work.Ritenow i'll smoke one for u and hope that you acknowledge the compliment.ta taa!

[EuLibra]

Nice thread.. I was looking into Rastafari for a while. I'm only 15, and am on the way of purging myself of hate. That is why I don't follow anything my race has accomplished(I'm white). I might take a few quotes by a few leaders into mind, just because of the way they celebrate the human opportunism(Those who will sacrafise freedom for security deserve neither - Jefferson). I doubt I would ever get accepted into the Rastafari community, but it sounds like something for me. Maybe not Rasta, but something similiar. I want to be in a culture that doesn't base life on what you see on your cox cabel television set, and doesn't promote anything that will underscore another.

Peace \\//

[naturalmystic]

have you looked into pagan? I'm 16, and im just really confused about a lot of things right now. the human race really bothers me. I just wish it weren't so complicated, and people weren't so ignorant. I wish people could just think for themselves instead of letting a book (bible) tell them what to do. If you think about it, it seems kind of lame, maybe thousands of years ago, someone was smoking weed, wrote the bible and now millions maybe billions of people are worshipping it. When its all said and done, religion was just a way to control the masses, control the people. get them to do what you want them to do. And i think it was certainly affective. I like to lean towards the ideals of rastafarion, their lifestyle seems very simple, but from what i hear, they do not except caucasion people, you have to be black, that sort of bothers me,

[HvyFuel]

EuLibra & naturalmystic - It sounds to me like you're both describing Buddhism. Have a read.......
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/5minbud.htm

peace

ps. I'm not Buddhist btw but it's a way of life I have great respect for.

[EuLibra]

"â?¢ What are the 5 Precepts?

The moral code within Buddhism is the precepts, of which the main five are: not to take the life of anything living, not to take anything not freely given, to abstain from sexual misconduct and sensual overindulgence, to refrain from untrue speech, and to avoid intoxication, that is, losing mindfulness."

Hm.. I thought that Buddha spent 7 years in a forest in asia somewhere, eating mushrooms?.. maybe that was just a story from one of my stoner friends. Oh well.. very interesting though. Thanks for the link )