Are you Rastafarian?

Just bi-curious, how many of you are Rasta?

 

I'm Pastafarian.

 

my man with the rasta got the best green pasta. tree trunk buds, but that good shit'll cost ya!

 

Personal Opinion. Well when I was first starting my dreads I used to read on alot of forums and topics and whatnot and I always remember hearing people talk about being Rasta from like England and stuff like that. To me I think you must be born into the rasta tradition rather than turning rasta at the age of 13+. To me it doesnt seem like it fits but thats just me. No disrespect to anyone who considers themself Rasta but Im just sayin thats my personal opinion.

 

your ridiculous

 

Far from it. I have trouble believing in a mesiah of any sort, Haile or Jesus or anyone else. And I like meat and liquor.

I see so many young white kids who have no real knowledge of Rastafari, who just smoke a lot of weed and listen to Marley, but dont even know who Haile Selassie is. They eat non iree diets, drink alcohol, and generally dont know what they're talking about.

 

I have dreads, eat ital, listen to reggae.

But I hate all religions.

 

Well it's more complicated for me, I certainly am not a 'real rastafarian' 'cause I kind of agree with Kannabis King in a way. I don't eat meat and I very rarely drink plus I don't smoke cigarettes. My truths and views are pretty much rastafarian in most ways, but there's one big thing that separates me totally, I don't believe in gods of any sort, I'm not gonna stand here and keep spreading the biggest lie we have ever had to deal with - religion. Jah is in my heart but in a different way, I just realized how complicated it is for me...I kind of do believe, but in a whole diff. level....to make it short pretty much like there's no proof of any god whatsoever, people still keep them in their heads...but as an...atheist i think(?) I'm aware of what's going on but I still kind of believe, not that there's someone really up there somewhere but I think everyone needs "someone" in their head, so to speak, to kind of look up to...it's all fictional but it helps to do the right thing as the rastafarians have pretty much chosen a person who is worth looking up to.

Damn, I think I failed miserably at explaining what's going on, but to sum it up, I don't call myself a rastafarian although I'm a full time supporter of most of their truths and ..perspectives. A rastafarian follower without ..religion maybe - probably doesn't make any sense to most people.

 

ditto on that...it drives me nuts when people claimto be rasta just because they have dreads and like reggae music. that just rings of poser to me. i think many people don't even know the history behind it, much less live up to it. anyhoo, to answer your thread..no, i am deffinately not a "rastafarian".

 

All hail the Flying Spaghetti Monster, baby.

 

Oh, have you been touched by His Noodly Appendage?

 

I've considered it, but I would never believe in Haile Selassie as a Messiah. He himself never admitted to be a Messiah. I look upon the Rastafari religion as a cultural phenomenon like I do with every belief system (must be because of my anthropology studies)

Don't get me wrong, I'm a higly spiritual person. I think there is reality/thruth whatever you call it so deep that it goes beyond our grasp and that it is worth all the respect love and admiration there is. my dreads are a symbol of my spirituality in general, wherever it may leed me to.

man I could write an essay on what I do believe and still not even be close, partly because I would change my mind already when I'm revising it

 

As for my take on it; I'm more or less on the same plane as Phen.

I can identify with MANY of the Rastafarian traditions and ways of life, yet I don't hold their main Truth, as Truth. Jah is another word for G-d, same to Allah and all these other words. So I DO believe in Jah/G-d/Allah, but not in the way that it is portrayed in religions.

Personally, I think of it as a Spiritual bond with the world and more if there is more, do you understand?

I beg to differ on conversion of Rasta at the age of 13+ is poser. First of all, that word is WAY too overrated in nowadays society, and secondly; I know a man who turned Rasta at the age of 23 and has been so for 30 years strong. It all depends on when you are introduced to it, and also; Minds change.

Maybe he decided at a later age that is what he is going to follow.

I am a Vegetarian, growing dreads, listen to Reggae, STRONGLY against Alcohol and any man-made intoxicants, but I do support and advocate the use of Ganja.

So, In a sense I am, but also I'm not.

Ehhh, it's confusing.

Peace and Love, John.

 

Personal Opinion man I never called anyone a poser either. Bob Marley said it himself your born rasta man you cant just become it its in your blood.

 

Since when does Bob Marley speak for all Rasta people?

If that's your personal opinion, that's fine. I was just showing you mine.

 

nope

long live the flying spaghetti monster!!!

 

Didnt say he was speaking for all rastas. Hes the most recognized rasta and 99% of the people first heard of Rasta because of him. Dont say thats not true cause it is

Thats only reason I brought it up, either way Rastas themselves shun upon people who have dreads over other races and religions as they find it disrespectful so I dont kno how anyone can really consider themselves rasta if the rastas dont consider it. I dunno man if your Rasta thats cool isnt affecting me in any way. Im just saying to jump into certain religions at certain ages of growing up doesnt make sense to me thats all.

 

"Hes the most recognized rasta and 99% of the WHITE people first heard of Rasta because of him. Dont say thats not true cause it is"

fixzord for accuracy

 

Yeah, that's pretty much what I was going for. It's true that it's way too complicated and maybe our ways of communcation are still too raw to be able to pass on the overwhelmingly complicated thoughts in our head.

I guess the thing what matters here is how people define it to theirselves...the people who rather follow the already written down guidelines and so called explanations instead of thinking it through on a higher level just choose the most common path and and keep it all black and white. I believe it's all about the 'spiritual bond with the world (and more if there is more..)'...people just tend to need to be able to be aware and explain the things they believe in so they choose different figures to act as synonyms for the things they believe in.

I wouldn't be surprised if the text above is hard to underestand, I'm having a really hard time expressing myself in english on that kind of a higher level, (but Im pretty sure that on the expressing part, I'd do worse trying to explain things in my mothertongue - im not sure why but it's probably because english is alot more older than estonian and that probably matters when it comes to thoughts being limited by lack of words).

And as for the becoming rasta subject..
like Damian sings in "It was written", the gift of Rastafari is for all man to share.(he might've quoted it from somewhere, but the point remains). Yeah I know there are many ways how to underestand that, but it works great on explaining you don't need any kind of qualification to be rasta, the things that matter are, in my opinion, the motives and how devoted you're able to be. But if you ask me, i believe no rasta is doing what they do TO BE rasta, but we call them rasta 'cause of the THINGS THEY DO AND BELIEVE. They follow the teachings that have the power to make the world live together in harmony, too bad that at this point, the world is way too corrupt and controlled by the media so that even the confused masses of people follow the road that has been jammed into their head for many years from television and so on. The blind lead the blind.

Might've went on a rant there...but heck, i'll stand by it. And yeah, I'm feeling like a whole book on the subjects wouldn't totally uncover my thoughts on the subject too so don't haste to any assumptions if I described something a bit unclearly.

 

Not necessarily I said people hearing of Rasta. You say white meaning that ALL BLACK PEOPLE have heard of Rasta before. Not really lots of black people in canada and the states. Other races as well, when I made that statement I was referring to the people who say there rasta at 13+ because he was telling me since when did Bob Marley speak for all Rastas. If you understand that dunno if I made it clear lol.