What is Rasta

....to you???????? I am not gonna flame anyone, I just wan't to get everyones view of rasta in one thread without aanyone saying whos right or wrong. Yes I know I have argued in here, but I promise no arguing in this thread. Just put down what you think and feel about rasta here...........
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The thing is no one knows!!!

 

what do you mean, no one knows?
i know what rasta means to me...

 

Rasta is just from Rastafari, a christian religion that is pre-catholic, and it was reinvented by Marcus Garvey, via the knowledge of Emporer Haille Sellassie of Ethiopia was the rightful heir to the throne of Zion. That he is a descendant of King Solomon, and that the Coptic Christianity is a much more pure version untainted by mainly the Catholics. I think it is an awesome religion, if you must buy into one. If you do it only for the dreads your a fuckin poser. If you are white you are bound to meet strange situations, even though they view all humanity as one people. There are still racist rastafari, that associate Babylon with white culture and white dominance, just because the Babylonians were aryan (white skin blue eyes). Sum aryan Sumerian, just to throw that out there.
The baldheads they refer to comes from this reference to ancient Babylon knowing the lay person had to shave their head showing submission to their emporer, as well as give him all shares of everything in their life. Whereas the original religion said this should only be done for god. This is the origin of dreadlocks, showing the rebelliance of material wealth and the physical body restrictions of society at that time. Plus the spiral action of Africans hair naturally forming locks, showed that "Jah" was the creative force behind nature, and this spiral pattern is found all over. Yet I have studied the annunaki accounts of Jah and jehova and I believe him to be a false god, only taking on that name when accounts were translated into greek,latin,and english.

Lets now avoid the fact of Ganja as the wisdom weed too. Hell Id go to church if all it was, were a larger group of philosopher/religious types like myself just getting togethor and talking about shit while we passed doob eaze, or chillums like they would smoke before the allmighty Rasta spliff was used.

 

Rasta is just from Rastafari, a christian religion that is pre-catholic, and it was reinvented by Marcus Garvey, via the knowledge of Emporer Haille Sellassie of Ethiopia was the rightful heir to the throne of Zion. That he is a descendant of King Solomon, and that the Coptic Christianity is a much more pure version untainted by mainly the Catholics. I think it is an awesome religion, if you must buy into one. If you do it only for the dreads your a fuckin poser. If you are white you are bound to meet strange situations, even though they view all humanity as one people. There are still racist rastafari, that associate Babylon with white culture and white dominance, just because the Babylonians were aryan (white skin blue eyes). Sum aryan Sumerian, just to throw that out there.
The baldheads they refer to comes from this reference to ancient Babylon knowing the lay person had to shave their head showing submission to their emporer, as well as give him all shares of everything in their life. Whereas the original religion said this should only be done for god. This is the origin of dreadlocks, showing the rebelliance of material wealth and the physical body restrictions of society at that time. Plus the spiral action of Africans hair naturally forming locks, showed that "Jah" was the creative force behind nature, and this spiral pattern is found all over. Yet I have studied the annunaki accounts of Jah and jehova and I believe him to be a false god, only taking on that name when accounts were translated into greek,latin,and english.

Lets now avoid the fact of Ganja as the wisdom weed too. Hell Id go to church if all it was, were a larger group of philosopher/religious types like myself just getting togethor and talking about shit while we passed doob eaze, or chillums like they would smoke before the allmighty Rasta spliff was used.

 

anyone else going to give me their answers.....

looking for your own opinions on rasta, not cut and paste, not bible verses, not anything like that. just how you feel and what you think it is....

it's like this, there are some christians who know what they are talking about, there are also some who i have met who get confused in an argument if you don't let them have their bible, they can't answer things from the top of their head, they have to quote and look things up, I am sure there are people like this of every relegion...........

so I want a "bible free" (so to speak) point of view.......
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Hey Robin its big Danie

to me the central theme of Rasta without getting all ethiopian princely and what not is best said by Bob Marley's get up stand up

"Is not all that glitters in gold and
Half the story has never been told"

going biblically slightly, in the bible it says the new tribe of God will have her word written in their hearts. The truth written on their hearts is the "half of the story that has never been told"

A Rasta in my mind has made it to a point where they have saught and found enough truth in this world that they have unlocked the key to the truth in their heart.

 

Look you can have my veiw or you could go to the all mighty Wiki. Trust me Wiki will make more sense. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasta

 

ok, sounds like funky wants it in our own words
to me, rastafari is peace...it's neither black or white, yellow, or brown...it's the belief that all life comes from Africa, and Africa is the motherland...it was fed fire from Marcus Garvey, who was one of the first people to speak publicly and proudly about the back to Africa movement! I believe it's a shame that everything from Rasta colors to Rasta symbolism has become a fashion statement, since even stores like hot topic or Hecht’s now sells "lion of Judah" clothing.
i do not belief that rastafari is in any shape of fashion racist, it came from white supremacy, it wouldn't make any sense to go to the opposite side of the spectrum and turn to black supremacy...
the belief of H.I.M. Heile Sellassie being the messiah differs from person to person, some people believing that he's the second coming of Jesus Christ, some believing that he's the first messiah that has shown!
i belief that religion is all about what you can identify with...rastafari's goal of "chanting down Babylon" or bring down Babylon (which is not America or England or anything else, but instead, anything, any belief system, or religion, or government that oppresses people) is what I identify with

 

Thanks Danie and Smallpencl......

and thanks for the link but I do wan't it in your own worlds Alden, if you don't wanna give it to me thats cool LOL but I am interested in the personal opinions of hipforumers.......................
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in my own words, rastas just want peace. to love everyone no matter the color of a persons skin. And to fulfill this the world must realize the rastas true place is in Africa. I have also noticed that more and more discussion is that of the catastrophic issues in Africa. The main beleif is that Haile Selassie will return and all rasta will return to Africa.

 

thanks so much alden
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Yeah no problem.

 

I have no religion and Im not too shure that Rasta dose either. It seems to me that Rasta is all who fight and resist babelon in the name of God in order to promote peace and harmony for God. Im not realy interested in someone rizin from the dead or not.

 

not sure what you mean lumpy, I was always under the impression rasta was a religion......... can you elaborate so I can get a better grasp of what you mean?
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Hey Howdy FPM ! I havnt got out an got that CD yet but Im gettin to it ! Im not real popular in my beliefs on religion. Not meanin to be offensive to annyone but I dont like anykinda religion that I seen so far. I think that if anythings really gettin ya closer to God it aint gonna be religion. I think God wants more of a one on one with everyone. When we get the one on one with the Lord rite we learn to work together. When we do that we get the Agape love thing goin. I dont think I realy know enough bout Rasta to know anything bout them for shure but if its pure Love its gonna be without payin tenshion to weather someones got loks in their hair or not. Or wether someone believes in certain doctrin or not. I just got the impression that with Rasta theres a wide differance in beliefs. Long as we love the Lord and fight babolin were on the same side. I like Jesus,Budda and Hari Krishna too! I dont care if they lived died and lived again either! Mabey Im readin it as tolerance. I guess Im shure that theres gonna be radicals in every groop but I guess I just dig the diversity in Rasta beliefs. I shure do share lotsa views. I dont share others. But maby what makes us true is when we can all sit together and share comunion and hear God together. and There shurly is no doubt that Herb was the origional Sacriment given to us by God for the purpos of Comunion ! I guess what I was tryin to say is that I like the un-orginization . -Meanin it in a good way!

 

I'm gonna research it more. Since it comes from christianity, then I wouldn't mind converting. I'm not sure about this second coming of the messiah and all, but I think more research can help me on that.

 

I don't really have much of a personal opinion on Rasta itself. Seems that it originally develpoed as a "gathering point" if you will for black resistance to white dominance and oppression. The idea of white Rastas is really fairly bizzare I think. It was born of the "Back to Africa movement", something that it would make no sense for a white person to be a part of given the meaning and intent of the movement. All I'm hearing here is that folks think that it is about sitting around and smoking dope and talking about peace and love, that Rastas are basically a bunch of hippies or something. It is a fairly well developed relgion drawn from Christianity, and no it is not just about peace, love, and pot (though those things are important). More later, my battery is about to die.

 

...*chough chough*Jesus was black

 

"The idea of white Rastas is really fairly bizzare I think. It was born of the "Back to Africa movement", something that it would make no sense for a white person to be a part of given the meaning and intent of the movement."

Is it not possible that all life at one point in time began in Africa?? Not saying I do or do not beleive this but it is possible.