rastafari question

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

i believe this is bullshit you are bullying me deleting my threads because you think i am not living my life as a perfect rasta..read my post i never said i was a rasta i said i try to live my life as a rasta read my posts before you jump to conclusions..there are a 100 other threads talking about alcohol and ciggarettes which are legal mind you...so please leave my theads alone

[surreys princess]

enough of this...i was asking you a question...what you do, i could care less..i was asking you a question..this has nothing to do with the other threads and you need to relax and get a grip already...

[Amun]

i thought dreads were to symbolize their dedication to the beliefs?

damn.

i heard this documentary on TV where bob marley was telling them about what it means, but i totally forgot.

must be the pot.

sorry.

[RedLocks]

A little bit bored so I decided to dredge up an old post. What is it about rasta thread that attract the rats to come out their holes, someone always gotta piss on the tread. Anyways..

Alcohol is shunned, but I've heard comments about some of the most influential rasta of the day that drink too much. I myself hate alcohol, it gives me a sick feeling the whole next day, not a hang over just the feeling that I poisoned myself the night before, but still on occasion I will drink, and a rather lot. Purity is a long road to travel, and a long way to go. It is our vices and weaknesses that make us human, and it is the struggle to do what is right that blesses us..

Amun, you are right also, it is the length of the dreads that let other rasta know what is in I and I hearts, but as with much of rasta beliefs reasons for wearing our hair fashioned in natural locks is multi tiered.

Although there is so much else involved in the importance of dreads. In the bible many important figures wore their hair in dreadlocks. Samson who is thought to have worn his hair in this fashion had great strength given unto him by God, and that strength was contained within his hair. When Delilah learned of the secret of his power he cut off his hair, allowing the Philistines to capture and mutilate him.

Dreadlocks are also believed to be how many early Christians worldwide wore their hair. Not only Cristians but the most devout of several faiths, and even gods of some pagan religions wore their hair in this fashion.

Not only religions but tribal warriors of Africa and Europe also wore their hair in dreads, which also fits into the theology of things, especially with the somewhat more militant of followers of Ras Tafari who view themselves as warriors in the Name of Jah.

Ok this little quick reply box is starting to get on my nerves, end post

[LIP]

I thought i'd point it out - although you probably all know, but alot of people think of RastafarI as a way of life, as well as a religion.

[Pipe Dreams]

Bob also said you cant become a rastafari, you have to be one from creation.

[40oz]

Bob also said you cant become a rastafari, you have to be one from creation.

I love bob marley as much as the next man, but since when does bob know everything about the universe.

[Pipe Dreams]

I love bob marley as much as the next man, but since when does bob know everything about the universe.

Since I said he does!

[RedLocks]

Bob also said you cant become a rastafari, you have to be one from creation.

somewhat cryptic, I read it differently the second time after remembering he wasn't raised rasta, rather learned from his friends (remembering some interview with Rita where she was talking about Bob).. After remembering that and thinking why would he say that I came to the conclusion he meant something like it is predestined that rasta is rasta. Marley isn't all that big of a deal, I respect him as Rasta and as a person, and I like his music, but not to the extent that I actually listen to him when I feel like listening to some music. You'll hear all types of bizarre comments from some artistes (not saying there is anything wrong with what he said though) I even remember hearing Beanie Man who has always just released commercial music (w/e the fad was at the time, from slackness, to singing about rasta, to pure dancehall) say back in the 90s that only Jamaicans could be Rasta, which I am certain that so many of Rasta worldwide in Africa, the States, Europe, etc., would take offense to had they been sitting in county jail on a possession charge watching BET also :jointsmile:

[Reefer Rogue]

I feel Jah in my heart, I am white, it does not matter. I have a shaved head rite now but i am ready to commence my spiritual journey to bond with Jah. It grows as i type. I am unsure if i could uphold an ital diet, i think that will be my most hardest challenge, but i don't believe it is what a man puts in his mouth that is important, it is what comes out of a mans mouth.